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June 4, 2021 Celebrating 10 Years! Support us at highlandscurrent.org/join Four Stories — Again Beacon to review latest development proposal By Jeff Simms

our years ago, the construction of a four-story retail and apartment F building at 344 Main St. in Beacon ignited a movement among residents who called its development out of sync with Main Street’s traditional character. Next week, as Yankees legend Yogi Berra once said, it could be déjà vu all over again. The Beacon Planning Board on Tuesday (June 8) will begin its review of a proposal to redevelop the former Citizens Bank build- (Continued on Page 6)

Dan and Darrin Santos pose at midfield with their sister, Mikayla, before a Haldane lacrosse game last month. Photo by Amy Kubik Two Brothers, Three Sports, Twin Threat Haldane’s Dan and Darrin hood. Not just because they’re twins but, Darrin singled out the lacrosse team because to them, brotherhood is what during their sophomore year, which Santos excelled in basketball, sports are all about, whether it’s football, finished 15-3. “We won a lot,” he recalled. football and lacrosse basketball, lacrosse or baseball. They were “We didn’t win a championship, but it was both three-sport athletes over the past still a lot of fun.” By Michael Turton three years. Asked if they were glad they attended a Brotherhood — and having fun. smaller school, Darrin again emphasized arrin and Dan Santos, who are 17 “I had the most fun with the football togetherness. “It’s that brotherhood thing years old and seniors at Haldane team our junior year,” Dan said. “It was I keep talking about,” he said. “You have The four stories of 344 Main High School, are big on brother- just a very nice brotherhood.” D (Continued on Page 22) File photo by J. Simms Mayor Drops Out of Cold Spring Race Beech Leaf Disease Detected in Highlands Two trustee candidates also which has five members, Citizen scientists needed to but to another new, deadly disease with including the mayor. unknown origins that recently hit the end campaigns Like Merandy, Early track spread Highlands: beech leaf disease, which was By Michael Turton would have been seeking By Brian PJ Cronin discovered last week at the preserve. Bosca- her fourth, 2-year term. rino works for the New York-New Jersey week after submitting a nomi- There will be three hen you’re dealing with the Trail Conference, where he coordinates nating petition to appear on the open seats on the board, early parts of a pandemic,” “citizen scientists” who report and track A November ballot in pursuit of his including one held by Merandy “W said Brent Boscarino as he invasive species. fourth term, Cold Spring Mayor Dave Heidi Bender until her resignation on April rubbed his hands with sanitizer at the One of the many things that’s unclear Merandy has dropped out of the race. 16. Merandy named Tweeps Woods to fill Granite Mountain Preserve in Putnam about the disease is how it spreads. Human Trustee Marie Early and Matt Francisco, the seat until Election Day on Nov. 2; Woods Valley, “you take the conservative approach contact hasn’t yet been ruled out, which is the chair of the Planning Board, also aban- will appear on the ballot to fill the seat for until you know more.” why after examining one of the stricken doned plans to run for the Village Board, (Continued on Page 3) Boscarino wasn’t referring to COVID-19, (Continued on Page 9) 2 June 4, 2021 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

FIVE QUESTIONS: HÅKAN MÅRTENSSON

By Brian PJ Cronin about how the bonbon will be filled. For example, this salted caramel one is round, By Michael Turton n Saturday (May 29), Håkan which means it has a smaller opening, Mårtensson opened Håkan Choc- because the filling is very fluid. If you have O olatier at 462 Main St. in Beacon. too much of an opening, it’s going to leak What’s your favorite when you’re sealing it. With this Key lime song that mentions You were a member of the Swedish pie one, you want a higher shape because National Culinary Team. How did the filling has layers, so it’s a diamond the moon? they recruit you? shape. Also, because it’s Key lime pie and I was only 22 when my mentor recom- I love Key West, it’s the diamond of Flor- mended me for the team. Competing for ida. This one, it’s cinnamon and Tabasco the Swedish National Culinary Team is in a thin, dark shell. Tabasco is the only like competing for Brazil in soccer. I called hot sauce that doesn’t activate in your “Moon Shadow,” by home and told my mom, “Don’t tell anyone mouth, so you’re slowly going to feel it in Cat Stevens. I just love about this because when they realize what your throat while the cinnamon lingers in a fraud I am, they’re going to kick me off.” your mouth. It’s not going to get too hot, his smooth music. To compete at that level, you have to step and a few minutes later the heat is gone. A up. Six months later, we tested a Christmas hot sauce bonbon doesn’t sound good, but ham recipe for a magazine article and it if you balance it, it’s tasty. was only then that everyone learned I was on the team. How would you translate the Swedish neon sign in your store? What’s “ruby chocolate?” It’s from a Swedish song from 1949 that’s It’s the fourth kind of chocolate, after always in my head. It means “Clap to the dark, milk and white. Ruby is a naturally of yet. That’s the flavor profile I have in my rhythm, all you baker’s kids.” We’re all chil- red cocoa fruit. It’s almost like milk choco- head, so that’s what I think fits, but some- dren of bakers. Around the corner I have late, but it has much fruitier notes, which times you’re completely wrong. another sign with the next line of the song, makes it taste a little darker. I add spices which means “Bun feast, bun feast every to it: chili and chopped-up fruits, since it When creating a bonbon, how do you day!” Yes, I’m making chocolates, but we’re ~ Patty Lamoree, Beacon already has some berry notes. It can prob- pick which shape goes with what flavor? also going to make a lot of buns, Swedish- ably go with other things I haven’t thought With some shapes, you have to think inspired buns, not just because it’s what I know, but because it’s what I like. Carda- mom buns, cinnamon buns, butter-and- “Moon River,” from vanilla buns. That’s not something you can find in Beacon and it could be a nice addi- Breakfast at Tiffany’s. tion to all the doughnuts and bagels. It has a magical, mystical quality. What challenges you? The more I learn about chocolate, the more I realize I don’t know enough about chocolate, not just in terms of texture and flavor, but how to grow cocoa. I’m going back to the farmers. I visited Ghana to try and understand it. Now that I’m in the Hudson Valley, I’d like to learn more about the cream, the butter, the milk. Before, I took it for granted that I had access to the best cream and butter. But what makes it so good? If I can get it down to a point, I can formulate my chocolates to taste better. ~ Cassie Ward, Cold Spring

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able permits. Village Race (from Page 1) ¢ Rentals must be for a minimum of two the second year of Bender’s term, along with nights. Yaslyn Daniels, who announced her candi- dacy on May 24, the day before nominating ¢ Fines will be increased to $1,000 for a petitions were due. first offense, $2,000 for a second offense; and With Merandy’s departure, the candidates $5,000 and a loss of permit for a third offense. for mayor who will appear on the ballot are ¢ Only one rental at a time will be allowed Trustee Kathleen Foley, who ran unopposed for each short-term rental unit. in November to join the board, and former ¢ The application fee will be $100. If a Putnam Legislator Vinny Tamagna, who is one-year permit is issued, the fee will be the county’s transportation director. $250. If the property does not pass inspec- In a statement issued on Thursday (June tion by the code enforcement officer, 50 3), Merandy said a three-way race for mayor percent of that fee will be refunded. “would not serve the best interests of the village.” He and Early, who were planning ¢ Hosts must submit a record of all rent- to campaign with Francisco, called the als to the village annually. decision to withdraw “extremely compli- A request to operate a food truck at cated and heart-wrenching” but offered no Mayor’s Park was denied, in part because details about their reasoning. parking in that area may soon be metered, Francisco said in a statement that he depending on recommendations from the had joined the race to “work with Dave we support Parking Committee and acceptance by the and Marie,” but when they withdrew, “I felt Village Board. I could make a greater contribution to the village by remaining on the Planning Board.” our STUDENT JOURNALISTS. The three remaining candidates for the two full-term seats now held by Early and Fran Murphy, who is not running for re-elec- COVID-19 by tion, are Eliza Starbuck, the president of the you can, too! Cold Spring Area Chamber of Commerce and co-owner of Flowercup Wine on Main Street; the Numbers May the words of founding supporters of the Student Cathryn Fadde, a former Village Board PUTNAM COUNTY Journalists Program inspire you to help The Current mentor member and owner of Cathryn’s Tuscan Grill Number of confirmed cases: our students from Beacon and Haldane high schools. on Main Street; and Jeff Phillips, a carpenter who, like Starbuck, will be seeking office for 10,585 (+18) the first time. Tamagna, Fadde and Phillips Active Cases in Philipstown: <5 are campaigning together. Foley had worked to elect Merandy in Tests administered: From WILLIAM L. HARRIS and JO ANNE SIMON his three campaigns, dating to 2015. When asked why she wanted to unseat him, she 231,879 (+2,562) Current members, Cold Spring replied in a statement on Wednesday that Kudos to The Current and its program to mentor she has “the dedication, enthusiasm and Percent positive: student journalists — one of the best career paths experience to lead Cold Spring now — it’s (0) time for the next generation to step up and 4.6 available anywhere. The need is great here in the lead. Our mayor, trustees, staff and so many Percent vaccinated: Valley, beginning with Tomorrow's Deadline! volunteers have thanklessly laid the ground- work that makes this village strong. We need 58.5 And from JACQUELINE FOERTSCH to build on that foundation.” Number of deaths: At board meetings in recent months, Current member, Cold Spring Foley and Merandy have engaged in a number of tense exchanges over issues such 92 (+1) I'm proud to support The Current's excellent as the ongoing review of the Cold Spring internship program: Young reporters learn their Police Department. More than once, Foley craft from high-caliber, hometown professionals, and chastised the mayor over his tone when DUTCHESS COUNTY addressing her and former trustee Bender. the community gets a pipeline of quality journalists Number of confirmed cases: for years to come. A win-win for us all! In other business … (+54) The Village Board, with Murphy absent, 29,413 To donate to the Student Journalists Program, go to: Active Cases in Beacon: <5 on Tuesday (June 1) continued its discus- highlandscurrent.org/donate sion of a proposed local law to regulate Tests administered: short term rentals, including Airbnbs. No For program details, see: action was taken but there was general (+9,177) agreement on a number of provisions: 759,831 highlandscurrent.org/student-journalists-program Percent positive: ¢ Permits will be issued in three classifica- tions: hosted sites where the owner lives in (0) the building; unhosted sites where the owner 3.9 lives elsewhere; and special provisional sites Percent vaccinated: THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING for residents who want to rent out their house once a year for up to 14 consecutive nights. 54.9 The total number of permits to be issued is the next generation Of journalists! yet to be determined, but the board members Number of deaths: favored issuing a larger number for hosted sites than for unhosted. 445 (+1) Source: State and county health departments, ¢ A lottery will be used to determine who as of June 3, with weekly change in parentheses. is granted a permit only when the number Active cases in Philipstown as of May 27. 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SENIOR EDITOR Vets and mental health Worker shortage Leonard Sparks I appreciated reading about the chal- As one of the people interviewed for the lenges facing local American Legion and Correction article about the difficulties that restau- BEACON EDITOR Veterans of Foreign Wars chapters (“Ameri- rants are having in finding workers (“Help A story in the May 28 issue on a Jeff Simms can Legion and VFW Chapters Soldier On,” Needed,” May 21), I’d like to clarify that I survey conducted by Cold Spring May 28). As a psychologist, I found it inter- have raised wages significantly [at Beacon ARTS EDITOR about attitudes toward the Police esting that the reduction in membership Pantry], in addition to paying bonuses Alison Rooney Department reported that the [email protected] that took place in the 1970s coincided with to employees who stayed on during the village had received 367 responses. the American Psychiatric Association’s COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, 367 responses were REPORTERS attempts to standardize post-traumatic Although we sell primarily sandwiches, Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong submitted online, and another 15 stress disorder as a diagnosis. we are offering a wage higher than fine Brian PJ Cronin • Joe Dizney completed on paper, for a total Although PTSD had been observed for dining places I see advertising for posi- Pamela Doan • Deb Lucke of 382. In addition, some of the many decades (it was typically called “war tions. As the article pointed out, several of Skip Pearlman • Michael Turton calculated percentages included neurosis” or “shell shock”), throughout the my employees left because they changed in a graphic that accompanied the STUDENT CORRESPONDENTS 1970s mental health researchers sought to industries. Unless you have information story were incorrect. The percentage Ezra Beato (Philipstown) standardize it as a diagnosis, which greatly on what an establishment is paying, don’t Rachel Thorne (Beacon) of respondents who agreed that increased the chances that a clinician or assume we are all paying lousy wages in officers try to get to know villagers institution would agree on its presence lousy conditions (Letters and Comments, LAYOUT DESIGNER was 37 percent, not 73, and the in a patient. Once that happened, clinical May 28). If you walk up and down Main Pierce Strudler percentage who said the CSPD and research interest in veterans and their Street, or anywhere, there are help-wanted makes them feel safe was 62 ADVERTISING DIRECTOR psychology burgeoned, decreasing igno- signs everywhere. The fact that they are Michele Gedney percent, not 65. rance of and stigma about PTSD. aren’t all mentioned in the article doesn’t For information on advertising: 845-809-5584 I can imagine there were many years mean it isn’t an issue. 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their cases to neighboring counties that do. How They Voted The courts allow veterans who are strug- gling with mental illness or substance use Governor signs round and charged with certain crimes (exclud- The Current of bills passed by state ing domestic violence) to receive treatment instead of jail time. The district attorneys Wins Six legislators of both counties must approve the transfer. The first Veterans Treatment Court was By Chip Rowe Serino, Jacobson, Galef established in Buffalo in 2008; there are State Awards ov. Andrew Cuomo has so far signed now about 30 across the state (not includ- he Highlands Current won six Debt collection 111 bills passed during the 2021-22 ing in Puntam or Dutchess counties). citations in the annual Awards for Cuomo on May 13 signed legislation that legislative session, which began in Senate passed 63-0 Excellence competition sponsored G prevents debt collectors from garnishing T January. Serino  by the New York News Publishers Asso- COVID-19 stimulus payments, tax refunds Below are summaries of select laws and the ciation, bringing its total to 17 since 2017. or rebates. The law does allow stimulus Assembly passed 150-0 votes cast by Republican Sue Serino (whose The winners were announced on June 1. funds to be collected for child and spousal Galef  Jacobson  Senate district includes the Highlands), The Current competed against support or in situations that involve fraud. Democrat Sandy Galef (whose Assembly Solitary confinement member newspapers that have circu- district includes Philipstown) and Democrat Senate passed 48-15 Cuomo on March 31 signed legislation lations of 10,000 or less. Jeff Simms, Jonathan Jacobson (whose Assembly district Serino  that limits the time an inmate can be kept Victoria Shannon, Leonard Sparks and includes Beacon). Assembly passed 112-38 in solitary confinement to 15 days; reduces Michael Turton won for business report- Galef  Jacobson  the number of infractions that can be ing for COVID 2021: Business as Usual, Loitering punished with solitary; and exempts younger and Sparks won for investigative report- Cuomo on Feb. 2 signed legislation that Early voting and elderly prisoners, pregnant inmates ing for his story, “Placed in Harm’s Way,” repealed portions of a loitering law — Cuomo on May 21 signed legislation and people with disabilities or serious mental about a interaction with the Putnam known derisively as the “Walking While allowing county boards of elections to illness from being segregated as punishment. County child welfare system. Trans” ban — that opponents said led to create early voting sites for special and The law also established Residential Rehabili- Turton won for sports writing for “She arbitrary arrests of transgender women on primary elections in the most populous tation Units to “provide incarcerated individ- Walked Away,” a profile of Aaron Nastasi, prostitution charges. Passed in 1976, the municipality in which voters are eligible to uals with therapeutic and trauma-informed who 20 years ago, after a stellar basket- law was vague enough that it allowed offi- participate. Under the previous law, boards programming in a congregate setting.” ball career at Haldane, decided not to cers to “stop-and-frisk trans women of color had to establish sites in the most populous play in college; Brian PJ Cronin won Senate passed 42-21 and other marginalized groups for simply municipality regardless of where the elec- for column-writing for Out There; Ross Serino  walking down the street,” according to one tion was actually taking place. Corsair won for feature photography of its backers in the Senate. Assembly passed 101-49 for a photo essay of residents of Garden Senate passed 62-1 Galef  Jacobson  Senate passed 43-20 Serino  Street in Cold Spring honoring health care workers called “Make Some Noise!”; Serino  Assembly passed 150-0 No parking and Pierce Strudler won for page design. Galef  Jacobson  Assembly passed 104-45 This legislation, which was enacted last Galef  Jacobson  year and went into effect April 5, bans non- Retiring ‘incorrigible’ electric vehicles from parking in electric- Right to vote On April 6, Cuomo signed legislation to vehicle charging spaces. On May 4, Cuomo enacted a law giving remove the word incorrigible from Family HOWLAND convicted felons the right to vote after their Court proceedings. “This is a term that, at least Senate passed 57-3 release. In addition, before a judge can implicitly and in practice, singles out girls of Serino  CULTURAL accept a guilty plea, defendants must be color for not matching expectations of stereo- Assembly passed 138-0 CENTER informed that a conviction will cause them typical ‘feminine’ behavior and labels them Galef  Jacobson  to lose their right to vote while imprisoned. as ‘uncorrectable’ or ‘unreformable,’ ” said the Sat. June 5 – 1-5 pm VIOREL FLORESCU: Retrospective 1970-2021 “With this new legislation, a clear rule of law bill’s Senate sponsor. The word “is completely Prepaid cellular Mr. Florescu’s artist talk: 7 pm has been established: if you are living in the out of line with the current understanding of On Jan. 28, Cuomo enacted a law that Art show by award-winning photojournalist Weekends in June (except June 13) Free community, you can vote in all local, state the goals of our Family Court system.” requires the expiration date on prepaid and federal elections,” said the New York Senate passed 53-10 cellular phone cards to appear in at least Civil Liberties Union. Before a 2018 exec- Serino  14-point print. The law was a compromise utive order and this law, convicted felons after the governor expressed concern about Assembly passed 147-2 could only vote if they were pardoned by the a version that stated the expiration date Galef  Jacobson  governor, their maximum prison term had must be twice as large as the company logo, expired or they had completed parole. which he found “overly burdensome.” Veteran courts Senate passed 43-20 Cuomo on March 29 enacted a law Senate passed 56-7 Serino  sponsored in the Assembly by Galef that Serino  Sat. June 5 – 8 pm Assembly passed 97-52 allows veterans who live in counties with- Assembly passed 148-2 Courtyard Concert w/ LESLEY FLANIGAN Co-presentation by Fridman Gallery & HCC Galef  Jacobson  out Veterans Treatment Courts to transfer Galef  Jacobson  Electronic musician, vocalist (Weather permitting) Free Sat. 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The City Council has restricted developers’ (from Page 1) Four Stories ability to build four stories on Main Street Beacon to Consider Main Street ing at 364 Main St. into a four-story building by requiring special-use permits and, in with 27 one- and two-bedroom apartments. some cases, public benefits, such as addi- Properties for Historic District The proposal is being submitted by tional affordable housing or public green O’Donnell Construction Corp., whose space, after a spate of four-floor projects Distinction would limit The City Council is required to make a owner, Fishkill resident Sean O’Donnell, were approved there. decision on the properties within 60 days in 2016 was granted approval to develop Although not required for this proj- changes to exteriors of the hearing, or by early August, unless the neighboring 344 Main St. He sold that ect, the 364 Main St. blueprints include By Jeff Simms Monday’s hearing is continued to a later building in 2017, before construction had a strip of public green space on the west date. The owners of the buildings can ask been completed, for $6.1 million to devel- side of the planned building. If the project he Beacon City Council will hold a to be excluded, but a supermajority of the oper Bernard Kohn, who also heads a group is approved as proposed, it and 344 Main public hearing on Monday (June 7) council (five of its seven members) can over- that bought the 64-acre estate that includes would form four-floor bookends with the T on 18 properties on Main Street or rule an objection. the former Craig House psychiatric facility single-story Beacon Natural Market and close to Main that are being considered for Historic properties are eligible to apply and is building a commercial and residen- the Masjid Ar Rashid Islamic Teaching the city’s historic district. for permits allowing special uses asso- tial development at 248 Tioronda Ave. Center sandwiched between. The council began discussing additions ciated with history, the arts or culture, Because 364 Main St. is not located to the historic district — which is actually such as hotels or other professional uses, Its design “will improve within the city’s historic overlay, the Plan- an overlay, meaning it can be applied to according to a letter sent last month by the the [existing] building’s ning Board, rather than the City Council, buildings throughout the city — in 2018. In city to the owners of the 18 under consider- Main Street presence” in will review the request for the permit to 2019 and early 2020, before the pandemic ation. The restoration of historic features build a fourth floor. According to docu- shutdown, the council held public hearings may be eligible for tax exemptions and, an effort to be compatible ments submitted to the board, the project on 35 properties recommended for inclu- in some instances, historic preservation “with the historic character of does not require variances from the Zoning sion in the district but never voted upon. grants. buildings along Main Street. Board of Appeals or City Council approval. Those 35 were narrowed to the current However, the district also has its own Its design, the project’s attorney wrote, 18, which the city has referred to as a architectural and design standards, which O’Donnell purchased 364 Main St. in “will improve the [existing] building’s Main “practice run.” bothered some property owners during 2017 for $1.3 million, according to Dutchess Street presence” in an effort to be compat- “We wanted to do this first round as previous public hearings. County records. His proposal follows what ible “with the historic character of build- a chance to get some public feedback,” Any alteration of exterior historic features has become the standard model in Beacon, ings along Main Street” and the properties City Administrator Chris White said on visible from a public street, sidewalk or park with 7,826 square feet of retail space (along in the historic overlay. Wednesday (June 2). would require a certificate of appropriate- with 1,155 square feet of residential common The city requires 43 parking spaces for About 280 homes and structures are ness from the Planning Board. All of the space) on the first floor and apartments on the residential and commercial compo- already in the district, which prevents nominated properties are located in the the second, third and fourth floors. nents of the project. The submitted plans them and neighboring buildings from Central Main Street zoning district, which The fourth floor would be recessed to exceed that requirement by utilizing 16 being altered in a way that the city believes already requires site-plan review by the Plan- minimize the appearance of what would spaces in a parking lot behind the build- will harm their historic value. ning Board for significant exterior changes. become one of Beacon’s tallest buildings. ing and 32 in an adjacent Eliza Street lot.

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Today, technology is much more T science fiction writer’s imagination. powerful and has the ability to affect not The tool known as CRISPR, or Clus- just individuals but species and natural tered Regularly Interspaced Short Palin- environments, she said. dromic Repeats, which won its creators the From the start of the COVID-19 Nobel Prize in chemistry, is being used to pandemic, Hastings researchers have been change the single gene that causes sickle prolific in creating guidelines and raising cell anemia, a debilitating medical condi- concerns about the ethics around testing, tion that primarily affects Blacks. treatment and, most recently, vaccinations. But CRISPR also has the ability to alter Humans are “infatuated and excited and Daniel Callahan, left, and Willard Gaylin founded what became The Hastings Center in the genome of fetuses exhilarated” in their pursuit of progress, 1969. Photo provided in “permanent ways,” which is good, said Solomon. But progress noted Millie Solo- also “has an underbelly, which is sometimes Courts around the country found them- mon, the president of we develop abilities that maybe aren’t in selves dealing with similar “right to die” Special Reports The Hastings Center, our best interest to execute.” cases well into the 1980s, necessitating a national bioethics The center was founded in 1969 as the a need for guidelines, said Solomon. “It A selection of reports research institute Institute of Society, Ethics and the Life was an open question at that time: Was it published by The Hastings based in Garrison. Sciences by philosopher Daniel Calla- murder to disconnect the ventilator?” “If that gets done Solomon han, who died in 2019, and psychoanalyst Solomon said she approached Callahan Center since its first in 1998 on a big scale, then you’re changing the Willard Gaylin, who is still on the board. in 1986 about helping Hastings roll out species,” she said. It was renamed The Hastings Center after ethical guidelines for families and doctors „ Democracy in Crisis: Civic Learning Weighing the benefits and harms its original home in Hastings-on-Hudson. faced with life-extending treatment. A year and the Reconstruction of Common of health, scientific and technological After relocating to the Pace University later, Hastings published Guidelines on the Purpose (2021) advances has been the goal of Hastings campus in Briarcliff Manor, the institute in Termination of Life-Sustaining Treatment „ Looking for the Psychosocial Impacts of since it was founded more than 50 years 1997 moved into the former home in Garri- and the Care of the Dying. Its guidelines Genomic Information (2019) ago, when it was considered the world’s first son of the private Malcolm Gordon School. are used by many hospitals and states and bioethics research organization. The organization was born two years have been cited by the U.S. Supreme Court. „ Defining Death: Organ Transplantation From the beginning Hastings has after the first heart transplant in the U.S. Solomon, who is also a professor at the and the Fifty-year Legacy of the followed the same model — bringing and two years before scientists began the Harvard Medical School, said she kept Harvard Report on Brain Death (2018) together experts from multiple disciplines, clinical work that led to in vitro fertiliza- being invited back to be part of discussion „ What Makes a Good Life in Late and with different viewpoints, to seek tion. Other issues that brought researchers groups at Hastings. She was named its pres- Life? Citizenship and Justice in Aging consensus on the ethical use of medical together for debate were death and dying ident in 2012. Societies (2018) treatments and technologies. The organi- and behavior control. “I believed that what For other projects, Hastings researchers zation has 20 scholars on its staff and more could come out of biology and medicine have debated topics as varied as the genetic „ The Ethics of Sequencing Newborns than 200 fellows around the world. could be as important in the coming years testing of babies for potential diseases, the (2018) Researchers, educators and authors from as what came out of physics was in the growth in the use of psychotropic medi- „ Recreating the Wild: De-Extinction, fields as varied as science, English liter- years before,” Callahan later recalled. cines for children with behavioral and Technology and the Ethics of ature, medicine and philosophy, they all One of the ethical questions the founders emotional problems, and the use of biotech- Conservation (2017) share a common interest in bioethics. Their anticipated, said Solomon, was the exten- nology in agriculture and the environment. debates have fostered guidelines, reports, sion of life with ventilators. The “poster Its current projects focus on issues such as „ NFL Player Health: The Role of Club journal articles and books aimed at medical case” came in 1975, when Karen Ann Quin- the “human-animal chimeras” created when Doctors (2016) professionals, policymakers, governments lan, a 21-year-old woman in New Jersey, human cells are inserted into animals, the „ Sports and the Search for Fairness and the public. Hastings itself publishes fell into a persistent vegetative state after use of genetics to predict behavior and char- (2010) two bimonthly journals, reports and issue consuming Valium with alcohol. Doctors, acteristics of artificial intelligence. briefs, posts updates to its blog at thehast- fearing homicide charges, refused her Hastings and its scholars and research- „ Children’s Bodies, Parents’ Choices ingscenter.org and hosts public programs. parents’ request to turn off the ventila- ers have also been prominent during (2009) Half the organization’s $4.8 million in tor that kept Quinlan alive, leading a state the pandemic. In the early months, they annual revenue for 2020 came from private court to rule it could be shut off. (Quinlan proposed ethical guidelines for hospi- how to balance them. Sometimes you can’t.” donors and about 40 percent from grants continued to breath on her own and, with tals that were facing shortages of ventila- Resolving these ethical problems awarded by foundations and government a feeding tube, lived until 1985.) tors and other supplies, debated privacy together is becoming more difficult concerns around contact tracing and because of polarization, often along politi- warned about social inequities in health cal lines. Partisan fights have accompanied care exposed by the pandemic. mask-wearing and now vaccines, spread- More recently, they have deliberated ing from the administration of then-Pres- issues involving COVID-19 vaccinations, ident Donald Trump and the chambers of ranging from access problems for lower- Congress to cable television, the pages of income patients to a shortage of vaccines Facebook and the feeds of Twitter. in poorer countries and the question of In March, Hastings departed from its tradi- whether businesses and governments tional focus on medicine, science and technol- should mandate inoculations. ogy to issue a report decrying the coarsening Any position on a topic necessarily of public debate and what it considers to be emphasizes “one value over another,” noted the country’s weakened ability to make deci- Solomon. She cited as an example vaccine sions based on what’s good for everyone. mandates, a debate pitting collective health “We’re unlearning the ability to listen and against individual rights. Both are “good we’re unlearning the obligation to provide The home that houses The Hastings Center was built in 1854 on a private estate known as values,” she said. “It’s hard to figure out reasons for our beliefs,” said Solomon. Woodlawn and later became a boarding school. WindingRoad/Wikimedia 8 June 4, 2021 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

cials and others to obtain information. Before the subpoena vote, legislators comments about anyone personally. I made Chaos in Carmel The Legislature and its committees have clashed with Montgomery on the appoint- comments about procedure.” those powers already under the county char- ment of three members of the Board of An unidentified female voice tried to Legislators shut down ter and state law, but Robert Firriolo, the Health. She sought to postpone action, silence her. Legislature’s counsel, said in May that the saying she had only received the candi- Other legislators joined in. Cries of “out meeting after criticism resolution would consolidate responsibil- dates’ resumes two hours earlier. She of order” competed with “you’re out of line” from Montgomery ity in the Rules Committee, which he called also contended that she had been cut off and “you don’t have the floor,” aimed at the “catch-all” panel for legislative business. when attempting to ask questions at a May Montgomery, and pleas to Legislator Toni By Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong During the committee discussion on May committee meeting, the usual forum for Addonizio of Kent, who chairs the Legisla- 20, Montgomery had questioned the need discussion of pending agenda items. ture, to “end the meeting.” he Putnam County Legislature to expand Rules Committee authority. She “We’re in the middle of a pandemic” but “Time and time again the Republican adjourned in chaos on Tuesday (June expressed doubts again on Tuesday. are rushing through appointments to a Legislature does not allow the Democratic T 1) after Legislator Nancy Montgom- “Why should the Rules Committee, or board that sets policy on public health, she minority leader to speak,” Montgomery ery accused her colleagues of partisanship any member of the Rules Committee, have said. “We need to take a look at how we persisted. “And there goes democracy down and undermining democracy, and they any more power?” she asked. “It appears establish these boards.” the drain in the Putnam County Legislature.” blasted her for “grandstanding.” that we’re providing the Rules Committee Her colleagues rebuffed her and approved Sullivan shot back that “this has noth- Montgomery, who represents Philip- with subpoena power that could be used the appointments. ing to do with democracy. It has to do with stown and part of Putnam Valley, is the politically.” The arguments resumed later, during the common sense and respect for the body Legislature’s only Democrat; the other She also said subpoenas might be directed period reserved for remarks by legislators. we’re part of.” eight members are Republicans. at citizens, leaving “their privacy completely “Tonight Montgomery once again took “That means allowing legislators to have The acrimony capped the Legislature’s unprotected.” She called the push “a waste of over the Legislature with her out-of-order the floor when they request it,” Montgom- formal monthly meeting, held by audio time” and repeated the assertion the change comments, snide remarks and unprofessional ery told him. connection under ongoing pandemic was politically motivated. demeanor toward the Legislature,” Legislator “You don’t have to prolong the meeting,” restrictions. “To say something is politically motivated Amy Sayegh of Mahopac complained. “The an unidentified legislator loudly informed Though not the only source of friction, is very insulting,” countered Legislator only political motivation I see during these Addonizio. a resolution granting special subpoena Carl Albano of Carmel, a Rules Committee meetings is the grandstanding and skew- The cacophony continued until powers to the Legislature’s three-man member. Legislators “have to learn facts” ing of the narrative of issues by the minority Addonizio announced a vote to adjourn, Rules Committee sparked the meltdown. and a subpoena “may be a necessary tool we [party] legislator. I take offense that we’re which passed. The Rules Committee had passed the use to get the facts.” Likewise, he asserted, accused of organizing in a partisan manner The meeting shut down. measure 11 days earlier and sent it to the it “is inaccurate” to say “we’re jeopardizing for doing the business of Putnam County.” The sound feed did not. full Legislature for action. It extends the people’s rights.” Referring to herself as “open” and “respect- Still on-air, legislators cited their frustra- Rules Committee’s authority to any matter When Montgomery attempted to speak ful,” Sayegh said that “time and time again tions over Montgomery. “How do we even under the Legislature’s jurisdiction — again, Legislator Neal Sullivan of Carmel- my voice is overshadowed by the grandstand- get a censure?” a male legislator wondered. which means nearly anything in county Mahopac, who chairs the committee, and ing of one legislator. This is not fair to the “We’ve got to do something to have these government — and allows the committee, others urged an immediate vote on the people of Putnam County, not fair to the other meetings in control.” or any of its members, to launch investiga- measure, which passed, 8 to 1, with Mont- legislators, not fair to the process.” Montgomery overheard. “Allow me to tions and issue subpoenas to county offi- gomery in dissent. Montgomery observed that “I made no speak,” she advised. 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The dark banding indicates beech leaf disease. How to Help Citizen scientists can utilize two free smartphone apps to help track beech leaf disease. iNaturalist can be used to identify beech trees and other plants and will add the GPS location of identified Nicole Wooten and Brent Boscarino examine a stricken beech tree. Photos by B. Cronin beech trees to a database accessible to researchers. Users identify plants by taking photos of them, which are had beech leaf disease or if they were just but likely cause the disease. Tests have (from Page 1) tagged and uploaded. If the leaves are Leaf Disease showing the effects of an unusually late frost. shown that the worms are non-native, clearly diseased, researchers will notice. trees Boscarino applied hand sanitizer and The good news is that the Fahnestock which means the disease itself can be clas- Locations can also be uploaded using sprayed his boots with disinfectant. trees returned to normal in the spring and sified as an invasive species. iMapInvasives. For those who don’t know Beech leaf disease was discovered in lab tests failed to detect any microscopic How the disease spreads is one of the a beech tree from a beach ball, and Ohio in 2012 when researchers noticed deep worms called nematodes that are associ- biggest puzzles. Along with human hands don’t want to photograph every tree in green stripes appearing on leaves. In time, ated with beech leaf disease. and boots — or campers moving firewood, the woods, the mnemonic device “waves the leaves shrivel and fall off. The disease The bad news is that early last week, hikers brushing against trees and beech on the beach” will help you remember also appears to affect the ability to bud; Nicole Wooten, the director of natural trees being transported to nurseries — that the serrated edges of beech leaves leaves do not grow back and, deprived of resources for the Hudson Highlands Land researchers are looking at birds, snow melt, resemble a child’s drawing of waves. the ability to photosynthesize, the trees die Trust, which manages the Granite Moun- spider mites and root systems. within a few years. tain Preserve, was there with a work crew The nursery theory is of particular inter- As reported in The Current’s “The Fading that, laden with chain saws, stopped under est because the disease first appeared in rino. “Right now, it’s about early detection, Forest” series in December, foresters in a tree to rest. As it happened, it was a beech, Ohio and then in Connecticut, skipping and getting as much reporting as we can 2020 noticed that beech leaves in Fahne- and the crew saw deep green stripes on the several states. Moths or birds probably about its range so we can understand how stock State Park had started to shrivel leaves. Wooten also found the stripes on wouldn’t have gone from Ohio to Connect- it’s spreading. The best way to do that is to and grow leathery. At the time, beech leaf other beeches. icut without stopping, but beech trees being get a good mapping.” disease hadn’t been detected in the High- Much remains unknown about the transported by humans would have. The best way to get a good mapping is to lands, although it had reached Westchester. disease, although science is moving quickly However, as Wooten pointed out, it’s enlist the public to report any dark green Because the Fahnestock trees hadn’t to keep up with its rapid spread. In the past possible the disease did spread to every bands on beech leaves (see above). Since the shown the characteristic deep-green band- year, scientists have come to a consensus state but just wasn’t noticed. leaves will eventually shrivel, now is the ing, the jury was out as to whether the trees that the nematodes aren’t just a symptom “There’s no clear answer,” said Bosca- best time of year to look. real estate auction Stunning Garrison Home on 3+/- ac Open 1-4pm Sunday June 6 and 13 Private appointments also available by calling 918.956.1711

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TRANSFORMATION — On Saturday (May 29), the volunteer Green Team of First Presbyterian of Philipstown created a pandemic-delayed pollinator and native plants garden in front of the church. Kory Riesterer of Bull Hill Gardening made the plans and Nick DePaolis of Cedar Hill Maintenance took care of the grass removal and ground prep. At the bottom right are Rose Inman, Diana Geller, Laura Ried, Kate Dayton, Rachel Thompson, Leslie Hoellger and Jean Llewellyn Photos by Rachel Thompson

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Celebrating 10 Years! Page 13 Renters’ Aid on the Way Census data suggests a Support us at highlandscurrent.org/join third of New Yorkers at risk of a bailout. On Tuesday (May 4), Gov. Andrew Cuomo By Leonard Sparks signed another extension of the state’s months-long moratorium on residential and or the last year, many tenants and commercial evictions, which had expired on landlords have bailed to keep the boat May 1. But a big motivation for the extension, Fthey share from sinking. Their hardships are not necessarily to Aug. 31, is to give local municipalities and reflected in local and state data, whose New York State more time to distribute $1.2 tallies of eviction filings has been depressed billion in federal funding that could erase a by court system shutdowns and a series of year’s worth of unpaid rent. moratoriums imposed by the state and State Sen. Sue Serino, a Republican who federal governments. But Justin Haines, the represents the Highlands, voted against attorney in charge of Legal Services of the the extension, which was also opposed by Hudson Valley’s Poughkeepsie office, said groups such as the Hudson Gateway Asso requests for help have come from renters ciation of Realtors, whose territory includes the Highlands. - with arrears as high as $18,000. Sundown Just sign up at: Now, beleaguered tenants and their land Assembly Member Sandy Galef, a Demo at lords may be able to stop bailing because crat whose district includes Philipstown, - and Assembly Member Jonathan Jacob - Indian Point (Continued on Page 9 - ) Second of a series

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t was supposed to usher in a golden age for nuclear power in New York, in 1973 and cost $65 million. Instead and initially had little opposition. I it was completed in 1985 and cost $6 But eventually a network of environ mental groups as well as everyday citi billion. The overruns would be comi - zens who were wary of nuclear power cal if not for the fact that the people - - highlandscurrent.org/gradgift in the wake of Three Mile Island, and of Long Island were charged an extra Charlotte Guernsey then Chernobyl, turned against it. The 3 percent on their power bills for the public questioned the wisdom of build next 30 years to help pay for a plant ing a nuclear power plant so close to that never supplied them with a - New York City. Activists led protests, single watt of power. It was the last The Star of Bethlehem Baptist Church has occupied a former bank building on Main serenaded by folk singer Pete Seeger, nuclear plant built in New York while Street in Beacon for six decades. a resident of Beacon. The evacuation simultaneously being the first nuclear plan the plant created was deemed plant decommissioned in the U.S. to be unrealistic, and state officials In 2004, the Long Island Power Historic Church May Leave BeaconPhoto by L. Sparks refused to certify it. Finally, after Authority built two 100-foot-tall wind Then every Friday for the next 12 months you’ll Developer to buy former many tumultuous years, Gov. Cuomo turbines at the site of Shoreham. At a public ceremony, LIPA Chair Rich Team Principal announced the decommissioning of bank building of Beacon, some as far away as Sullivan ard Kessel declared: “We stand in the the plant. - County. On Sundays they must compete shadow of a modern-day Stonehenge, By Leonard Sparks The year was 1988. for parking spaces with day-trippers, espe a multibillion-dollar monument to The facility was the Shoreham cially during the summer, said Blackburn. a failed energy policy, to formally he Star of Bethlehem Baptist Church, - Nuclear Power Plant on the north “Everybody up from the city is coming, a historic Black congregation in shore of Long Island, which was origi commission the operation of a renew and with the restaurants having spots able energy technology that will T Beacon born in 1900 when its found nally planned to be the first of many - blocked, it’s just worse and worse for park - ers began worshipping in a private home on nuclear plants on Long Island. But harness the power of the wind for the - ing,” he said. “Come June and July, it’s North Avenue, is selling the former bank when Gov. Mario Cuomo — father of benefit of Long Island’s environment.” really tough.” - have a new digital Current in your inbox. building on Main Street that has been its New York’s current governor, Andrew And with that, the turbines whirred home for six decades. The building, located at 139 Main St., to life, generating 200,000 kilowatt- Licensed Associate RE Broker Cuomo — announced its closure, it is being purchased by Hudson Todd LLC, The big problem? Parking. had never been in operation. The hours of power a year — or 1/35,000th one of two firms run by Joe Donovan and The Rev. Daniel Blackburn, who was plant had conducted low-power tests of the power that Shoreham would his wife, who own a dozen other commer hired as pastor in 2019, estimates that after its reactors had come online a have created. cial properties along Beacon’s west end. It half of the church’s members live outside few years earlier but the approval to was built in 1929 for Mechanics Savings - go to full power never came. The next generation Shoreham was supposed to open In the wake of another nuclear plant (Continued on Page 7 in New York closing — Indian Point, ) (Continued on Page 20 ) [email protected] Questions? Email: O: 845.831.9550 [email protected] Beacon Office: 492 Main Street Beacon, NY 12508 The Gate House Team is a team of Licensed Associate Real Estate Brokers and Licensed Real Estate Salespersons associated with Compass. Compass is a licensed real estate broker and abides by Equal Housing Opportunity laws. highlandscurrent.org The Highlands Current June 4, 2021 11 The Calendar

Never to Be Repeated Photographer chases fleeting moments

By Alison Rooney that moment into a two-dimensional thing, something you can hold in your hand. iana Vidal specializes in fleeting “Light is something I’m sensitive to, even moments — specifically, capturing on a gray day,” she says. “On sunny days, D them. especially in lockdown, I looked for light A series of her latest photographs, within my house. With good light, you don’t Strange Invention, will be shown at the need too much in the image; it can speak Beacon Artist Union gallery on Main Street for itself.” beginning June 12. Vidal used 35mm film for the series, “I’m interested in capturing moments rather than digital, because film “makes it major, she instead began studying photog- of what has otherwise been lost — those so that attempts to recreate or reproduce a raphy. She graduated with a bachelor of fine quiet, small moments in time which can’t frame would be in vain. Documenting these arts and returned to New York to work as an be recreated,” says Vidal, who lives in fleeting instances insures that the sublime, assistant to wedding and event photogra- Beacon. “The sun is not going to come out which manifests itself in the everyday, is phers, and then for product photographers. tomorrow as it does today.” captured in perpetuity and can be experi- Vidal still shot on her own. For one series, Part of the magic comes from “having enced over and over again.” she tried street photography. “For months light expose the film,” she adds. “It alters Shooting on film also requires more I took photos of the bottom half of peoples’ patience, she says. “You have to trust that bodies,” she recalls. “It was fun. The city you got what you wanted. It’s freeing and helped nudge me back into an art realm.” interesting. Isolation is sometimes a bad After six or seven years in Brooklyn, she word, but isolated in a dark room, you must moved to Beacon, where she had friends. have deep focus. It takes a while.” “The town just has so much more breath- Vidal often works in series. Usually the ing room, which gives you more time to photos come together without planning. think, which is crucial in relation to art,” “For this show, I shot intuitively, looking at she says. light,” she says. “The images represent a lot Strange Invention is Vidal’s first solo of rolls of film, used over about a year-and- show at BAU, where she is a member. a-half. I chose to not shoot people because I Earlier this year, she curated a BAU exhibit wanted the viewer to experience it without of portraits of women by women artists. seeing people’s expressions. Ultimately, it’s a show about delayed gratification.” BAU, located at 506 Main St. in Beacon, Born in the Dominican Republic, Vidal is open from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday and moved with her family to New York City Sunday. Its second gallery room will feature Photographs by Diana Vidal; part of her when she was a child. After enrolling at the Daniel Berlin’s Recognition. Both shows Strange Invention series Diana Vidal Photo provided University of Rochester as an economics continue through July 4. See baugallery.org. 12 June 4, 2021 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

THE WEEK AHEAD Edited by Pamela Doan ([email protected]) For a complete listing of events, see highlandscurrent.org/calendar.

COMMUNITY SUN 13 FRI 11 Boating Safety Class Dragonfly Story Hour SAT 5 GARRISON COLD SPRING Putnam Pride Celebration 8:30 a.m. Fish & Game Club 7 p.m. Butterfield Library CARMEL 183 South Highland Road 845-265-3040 | butterfieldlibrary.org 1 p.m. Historic Courthouse This eight-hour class meets state Register to join the adult slam 40 Gleneida Ave. requirements for boating licenses (age hosted by Karen Kapoor via Zoom. Global Water Dances Festival, June 12 Drag queens Angel Elektra and 10 and older) and personal watercraft Shay D’Pines will lead a march to operator (ages 14 and older). Presented SAT 12 SAT 5 SUN 13 the Gilead Church lawn. in cooperation with the Garrison Feel Good Music Series Yacht Club. Email garrisonyachtclub@ Lesley Flanigan/ Eclectic Music & PEEKSKILL SAT 5 hotmail.com to register. Free Mark Trecka Poetic Impressions 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Charles Point Park Service Academy BEACON BEACON westchesterballet.org/feel-good- 8 p.m. Fridman Gallery 5 p.m. Howland Cultural Center Info Session STAGE & SCREEN music-series 475 Main St. | fridmangallery.com 477 Main St. | 845-831-4988 The Westchester Ballet Company NEWBURGH SAT 4 Flanigan, an experimental howlandculturalcenter.org and other dance groups will offer 1:30 p.m. Office of Rep. Sean Maloney The Freedom Project, electronic musician (below), will The CompCord Ensemble and poet 123 Grand St. | 845-561-1259 classes and perform. Free Part 2 showcase instruments she builds Roger Aplon will perform. In-person facebook.com/repseanmaloney and Trecka, a sound artist who attendees must be fully vaccinated. GARRISON High school students are invited SAT 12 uses intermedia techniques, will Cost: $20 ($15 livestream) to learn more about applying to the 6:30 p.m. Philipstown Depot Theatre Global Water juxtapose text and sound during an country’s military academies. Each 845-424-3900 Dances Festival outdoor performance. academy will be represented. philipstowndepottheatre.org KIDS & FAMILY In the second online event KENT LAKES TUES 8 pairing a contemporary play with a 2:30 p.m. Arts on the Lake SAT 5 640 Route 52 | artsonthelake.org Sensory Development Beyond the Knit Stitch classic, watch Maxwell Anderson’s Miracle of the Danube, written in The Putnam County Dance Project Craft Time GARRISON 1940, and Expression of Regret, and musician Pierre de Gaillande COLD SPRING 2 p.m. Garrison Art Center written this year by Christine Toy will draw attention to the worldwide 11 a.m. Butterfield Library 23 Garrison’s Landing | 845-424-3960 Johnson. Watch until SUN 6. Cost: water crisis with performances. 10 Morris Ave. | 845-265-3040 garrisonartcenter.org $15 ($12 members, $10 students) butterfieldlibrary.org This workshop, taught by Kit MUSIC Children ages 1 to 3 will make Burke-Smith, will cover how to get crafts engaging all their senses. a knitting project started with two SAT 5 common methods for casting on: Joanie Madden, Mary long tail and cable. Cost: $50 SAT 12 Coogan and Bruce Foley Studio on the Farm PUTNAM VALLEY WAPPINGERS FALLS SUN 6 4 p.m. Tompkins Corners Cultural Center Blood Drive 10:30 a.m. Common Ground Farm 729 Peekskill Hollow Road 79 Farmstead Lane | 845-231-4424 BEACON tompkinscorners.org bit.ly/studio-farm 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Members of the Irish group Cherish Molly McKinley will lead an Lewis Tompkins Hose Co. SUN 6 the Ladies will perform. Cost: $20 outdoor workshop of art-making 13 South Ave. | 800-933-2566 Bees in the Barn and exploration of nature through nybc.org BEACON WED 9 SAT 5 foraging and sculptural play. Schedule an appointment or drop The Thing Viva the Divas 1 p.m. Beacon Farmers Market Suitable for children ages 5 and in to donate. 223 Main St. (DMV parking lot) older. Registration required. Free BEACON GARRISON 7 p.m. Philipstown Depot Theatre Bees in the Barn, a bluegrass/ 8:30 p.m. Story Screen Drive-In “newgrass” band from Beacon, will FRI 11 10 Garrison’s Landing | 845-424-3900 VISUAL ARTS 724 Wolcott Ave. | 845-440-7706 play in a performance sponsored by Walkway at Night philipstowndepottheatre.org storyscreendrivein.square.site The Highlands Current. POUGHKEEPSIE SAT 5 Kurt Russell starred in this 1982 Goldee Greene will perform 9 p.m. Walkway Over the Hudson classic jazz, opera and stage songs Let’s Make a Book horror film set in Antarctica. Also THURS 10 Parker Ave. | walkway.org THURS 10, FRI 11, SAT 12, SUN made famous by women singers, Out of Anything Experience the Hudson River 13. Cost: $10 ($8 children, seniors, accompanied by Tom McCoy on Carl Craig GARRISON landscape under the stars. military) piano. Cost: $20 ($25 door) BEACON 10:30 a.m. Garrison Art Center Noon. Dia:Beacon 23 Garrison’s Landing | 845-424-3960 SAT 12 845-231-0811 | diaart.org garrisonartcenter.org City-Wide Yard Sale Gallery educators will discuss Bring odds and ends and Craig’s experimental techno music in BEACON Christina Di Marco will this Zoom webinar. Register online. 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Various locations demonstrate how to turn them into beaconny.gov a book. Register online. Cost: $60 Visit the website to see a list of SAT 12 participating households. Lydia Adams Davis & SAT 5 Friends Understanding Color SAT 12 BEACON in Watercolor Pride Parade 8 p.m. Howland Cultural Center PUTNAM VALLEY BEACON 477 Main St. | 845-831-4988 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. 2 p.m. Memorial Park howlandculturalcenter.org Tompkins Corners Cultural Center bit.ly/beacon-pride The performance will mix 729 Peekskill Hollow Road The sidewalk march will proceed original songs with folk/traditional tompkinscorners.org on Verplanck Road and Route 9D to music and selections from the Landscape painter Anne Johan will Polhill Park. American songbook. In-person give an overview of watercolor painting attendees must be fully vaccinated. as an introduction to a 4-week series of Feel Good Music Series, June 12 Cost: $20 ($15 livestream) outdoor classes. Free ($140 for series) highlandscurrent.org The Highlands Current June 4, 2021 13

SAT 5 TALKS & TOURS SAT 12 Nancy Steinson Instagram Agility COLD SPRING SUN 6 GARRISON Noon – 5 p.m. Buster Levi Gallery Rowing Clinic 11 a.m. Garrison Art Center 121 Main St. | 845-809-5810 POUGHKEEPSIE 23 Garrison’s Landing | 845-424-3960 busterlevigallery.com 11 a.m. Hudson River Rowing garrisonartcenter.org Steinson’s sculptures and drawings 270 North Water St. | bit.ly/rowing-clinic Jana Platina Phipps will will be on view through June 27. Learn about rowing on the discuss relationship-building and Hudson River in this workshop. storytelling on the social media SAT 5 Also SAT 12. Free platform, and how artists can Viorel Florescu showcase their work. Cost: $75 MON 7 BEACON 1 – 5 p.m. Howland Cultural Center Vaccine Mandates CIVIC 477 Main St. | 845-831-4988 and Passports MON 7 howlandculturalcenter.org GARRISON City Council See images by the photojournalist 1 p.m. The Hastings Center taken since 1970. Florescu will 21 Malcolm Gordon Road BEACON speak about his work at 4 p.m. thehastingscenter.org 7 p.m. Via Zoom Through June 27. Hastings President Mildred 845-838-5011 | cityofbeacon.org Solomon will discuss the legal and ethical issues with four experts MON 7 FRI 11 Viorel Florescu, June 5 A (re)Introduction to from across the political spectrum. School Board Watercolors BEACON communities, as well as the Native FRI 11 COLD SPRING 7 p.m. Beacon High School American presence in the Hudson Sunset History Hike 845-838-6900 | beaconk12.org 5 p.m. Supplies for Creative Living Valley. 165 Main St. COLD SPRING suppliesforcreativeliving.com 6:30 p.m. Little Stony Point TUES 8 WED 9 Learn basic techniques and ways 3011 Route 9D Board of Trustees Advances in putnamhistorymuseum.org to develop a personal practice. For COLD SPRING Breast Cancer / Enjoy scenic views of the Hudson ages 8 and older, accompanied by 7:30 p.m. Via Zoom TUES 8 River and Storm King Mountain an adult. Cost: $35 Cooking for Wellness 845-265-3611 | coldspringny.gov New Research & Listening YORKTOWN HEIGHTS during this guided hike and learn about the area’s significance to the SAT 12 to Native America 1 p.m. Support Connection environmental and conservation WED 9 Strange Invention BEACON 914-962-6402 or 800-532-4290 | supportconnection.org movements. Village Board BEACON 7 p.m. Beacon Historical Society NELSONVILLE Noon – 6.p.m. | BAU Gallery beaconhistorical.org This two-part webinar is open to people who have or have had breast, 7 p.m. Via Zoom 506 Main St. | baugallery.org Mount Gulian consultant Harv Hilowitz will discuss revelations ovarian or gynecological cancer 845-265-2500 | nelsonvilleny.gov Diana Vidal will show her latest about the colonial period, identity, and their family and loved ones. photos. See Page 11. land acknowledgement, tribes and Registration required.

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MUSIC: Viva the Divas: The Real Estate Market is Booming! Women of Song Contact these top local agents to see the latest listings, or to sell your home With Goldee Greene and Tom McCoy June 5 at 7pm Krystal Campbell BROKER | NOBLE SQUARE REALTY [email protected] | 845-401-9326 PRINTMAKERS Liberty Speaks www.noblesquarerealty.com Playlets by Samuel Harps, K. Lorrel Manning, FINE ART and Gabrielle Fox PRINTING Abbie Carey June 11 and 12 at 7pm SCANNING HOULIHAN LAWRENCE | ASSOCIATE REAL ESTATE BROKER LARGE FORMAT 845-661-5438 | [email protected] www.abbiecarey.houlihanlawrence.com STREAMING ONLINE: HUDSON VALLEY’S ARCHIVAL PRINTING Putnam Theatre SINCE 1997 Alliance: Freedom Ann McBride-Alayon Project #2 HUDSON RIVER LINE REALTY | REAL ESTATE BROKER PICTURE FRAMING The Miracle of the Danube by 718-637-3143 | [email protected] print & map gallery Maxwell Anderson and www.hudsonriverlinerealty.com Expression of Regret by Christine Toy Johnson 845-809-5174 June 3-6 Advertise your real estate business here. 31 STEPHANIE LANE CONTACT: COLD SPRING, NY Tickets at 845-809-5584 | [email protected] www.thehighlandstudio.com philipstowndepottheatre.org Michele Gedney highlandscurrent.org/ads 14 June 4, 2021 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

Kid Friendly as buildings in Gaza fell and we watched videos of children being shot or pulled from bombed buildings, my own children asked Cotton Candy Racism me what was wrong. What was going on? Weeks later, I had my daughter talk to By Katie Hellmuth Martin play the strongest witch in a battle with a my Muslim friend about Ramadan, the billowing cape. She recently lamented to monthlong observance. She has school he title of this a stylishly edgy friend from Cold Spring friends who were fasting but I wanted her column was when she said: “I don’t look like how I feel.” to learn about the charitable opportunities T going to The first event to throw me off was the they seek — the parts she can’t see beyond be “Teaching one with the child hit by a car in Beacon fasting — so that she could learn the depth Racism”—because while eating ice cream. On May 9, two cars and appreciate the actions. I had beentelling hit each other in the middle of Main Street. Just like when my children first learned my kids how tradi- One hit parked cars in front of the Howland about the reason behind Martin Luther King tionally certain people Public Library and the other jumped the Jr. Day, how he had been shot and killed and think about other certain curb and hit a grandmother and pinned why, I felt the pang of: “Why do they need to people, and I was planting those seeds, and her grandson under its back tire. My chil- learn this? Can’t we all just live blind? And it made me so sad — but I figured nobody dren cross the street, and they use the side- love each other from scratch? Clean slate?” might read a column with that headline. I walks, and visions of cars hitting them keep We can’t. Because that disappears people. am also struggling with what to focus on as appearing as we walk together. Sadly, in order to make massacres such as May closes Mental Health Month and turns Next was the wild awakening of the what occurred in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a century into June Pride Month. decadeslong occupation of Palestine by ago this month appear in white education, I’m a pretty chirpy person. My husband Israel. If I thought writing about Black and it requires a lot of people to be “anti-racist” says he married me because I am “bubbly,” white racial issues was hard, this proved to and buck the norms of comfortable — what so when I’m not so bubbly, or bubbly with be a whole new world of hard. In childhood, I call Cotton Candy Racism. an edge, it can throw off an equilibrium. I was aware of how my Arab friends navi- Cotton Candy Racism is when we absorb Strawberry swirl ice cream was enjoyed My daughter has been called my Mini gated the American world; my family’s first racist, misogynist and classist stereotyp- on the sidewalk where The Accident, as Me, and if you see her, she looks quite … instincts after 9/11 were to protect them ing in new episodic Netflix and old movies Beaconites refer to it, took place. perfectly happy. But she always likes to from Islamophobic thinking. Last month, (like, from the 1980s and 1990s). We eat that Photo by K. Martin sugar so easily. When someone threatens to Cotton Candy Racism is when we absorb take it away by, say, changing school curricu- school, he moved the family to Florida. lums, we get upset. The New York Post had Thank goodness I don’t like cotton candy. racist, misogynist and classist stereotyping a story about an extreme case: a father who I do indulge in cookie dough. But May had was in such withdrawal of his sugar fix that been a lot. I encourage us to put down the in new episodic Netflix and old movies (like, from the after discovering his 9-year-old daughter sugar, pick up a vegetable and figure this out. 1980s and 1990s). We eat that sugar so easily. was learning “anti-racism” at her private

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Something You Don’t purely by accident, through Carol Burnett. were two producers, and we alternated Know About Me I’m a great believer in luck: knowing the daily. The day after you produced a show, right people, being in the right place, you’d go into the editing room and put having some ability. it together. It was a 12- to 16-hour day. I I was a producer until 1979, when I needed a weekend place where I could be Thomas received an offer to become an associ- mellow. Friends had a wonderful house in ate producer for All My Children, which Kent, and one weekend I looked around happened to film two blocks from my and found an 1844 Cape that I bought and de Villiers apartment. I was there for 20 years, until lived in for about 10 years. Eventually, it 1999, and was a consultant for them until became a little difficult to maintain. I homas de Villiers is the show went off the air [in 2011]. It had knew Beacon, had been there many times. I vice president of the 250 people connected with it: stagehands, wanted a place where I didn’t have to drive board of the Howland prop people, scenic artists. It was like a rep two miles to get a quart of milk, and Beacon T company: 35 actors, plus contract players is an eminently walkable city. I moved here Cultural Center in Beacon. who were on three days a week. One thing I in 2007, and on the first day I took a walk He spoke with Alison Rooney. loved was that Agnes Nixon, the head writer, down Main Street and counted 26 empty was a progressive activist. She believed in Thomas de Villiers Photo provided storefronts. Considering where Beacon is The New York City you moved to as a telling stories — about AIDS, breast cancer, today, it’s kind of amazing. young man must feel like a galaxy far, crime in prisons — that affected and hope- anything was possible. But, of course, it was far, away… fully improved people’s lives. not possible for all; we know that now. How did the Howland Cultural Center I grew up on Long Island, and when I got rope you in? out of college, the last thing I wanted was a Do you think your career trajectory is Where do you keep your Emmys? About 10 years ago, when I was sitting on commute on the Long Island Railroad. The still possible? In my living room — they’re just kind a bench outside the HCC, Florence [North- first apartment in Manhattan I saw was in No. Those opportunities no longer exist. of there. I know people who keep them in cutt, a longtime board member] came by Murray Hill — a one-bedroom in a beauti- At the time, there were only three networks the kitchen or bathroom, and that’s disre- with her boxer, Major, whom I’d pet. I had ful old building. It even had a fireplace. The with no competition from livestreams, cable, spectful. I’ve won two, both as a supervis- never been inside, and I decided to go in. It rent was $185 a month. I had started a job etc. CBS believed strongly in the apprentice ing producer. A friend told me, “Now when was a “Wow!” experience — that a city like at CBS. Back then, you started in the mail system: you started in the mail room or as a you die, your obit will say ‘Emmy Award- Beacon has a building like this is incred- room if you were interested in administra- page, became familiar with how the company winning producer.’ ” I feel fortunate I got ible. There is an energy about the build- tion, or as a page if you wanted to work in worked and where it was going, and you were to work with incredibly talented people. ing I find extraordinary. The HCC is my production. I wasn’t making much money. I given the opportunity to decide where you Someone else asked me, “How have you second love affair, after All My Children. I will not tell you how little. Anyway, while I wanted to go within it. Today, the networks lasted so long?” But longevity isn’t a given think I’ve been helpful in raising its visibil- spent 15 minutes debating whether to rent are shadows of themselves. The world and I have no real answer for it. It’s impor- ity. Until the pandemic hit, every Saturday the apartment, someone else took it. The changed, and people’s interests and attitudes tant to love what you do, and I loved it. and Sunday in 2020 we were booked with second apartment I looked at was at 11 W. changed. Also, even with a small salary, you classical and popular music, book signings, 69th St. It had five rooms and it cost $216.11, could afford an apartment in Manhattan. How did you wind up in Beacon? dance. Hopefully, with COVID-19 receding, rent-controlled. I had learned my lesson and We lived in the golden years, when almost When I was at All My Children, there we can get back to it. I took it immediately.

That’s right off Central Park — no way! This was around 1965 and the Upper LEGAL NOTICE OF ESTOPPEL West Side was not a desirable place to live. The bond resolution, summary of which is published herewith, has been All that changed when Lincoln Center was adopted on March 22, 2021, and the validity of the obligations authorized built and restaurants opened. It became a THE GARRISON by such resolution may be hereafter contested only if such obligations were different world. authorized for an object or purpose for which the City School District of the YACHT CLUB City of Beacon, Dutchess County, New York, is not authorized to expend money, Did you study anything related to tele- or if the provisions of law which should have been complied with as of the vision in college? Invites you to the Steve date of publication of this notice were not substantially complied with, and No, I majored in history and minored Leardi Boater Safety Class an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is commenced within in English. I wanted to become a history in cooperation with the United States Coast twenty days after the date of publication of this notice, or such obligations teacher. I was hanging out that summer after Guard Auxiliary and The Garrison Fish & were authorized in violation of the provisions of the Constitution. Such graduation and one day met up with a friend Game Club Community Education Program resolution was duly approved by a majority of the qualified voters of said in Central Park. He had landed a job in the This free, one day, in-person class, is an School District voting at the Annual City School District Meeting duly called, mail room at CBS and told me to apply. I filled in-depth boating safety course which will provide the knowledge and instruction to held and conducted on May 18, 2021. out a form and that’s all it took. I was in the boaters at all levels needed to comply with mail room at their production center on West Brianna's Law. This class meets New York A complete copy of the resolution summarized herewith is available for public 57th, but only for a month. Because TV was State Requirements for Boating License (ages inspection during regular business hours at the Office of the School District 10 and up) and Personal Watercraft (PWC) expanding at that time, I had five jobs over Operator (ages 14 and up). Topics include: Clerk for a period of twenty days from the date of publication of this Notice. the next eight years, all in administration. • Introduction to Boating Dated: Beacon, New York, May 27, 2021 • Boating Law Kelly Pologe, School District Clerk How did you shift to production? • Safety Equipment One day, while on a lunch break, I went • Safe Operation and Navigation • Boating Emergencies into one of the rehearsal halls. The Carol • Trailering BOND RESOLUTION DATED MARCH 22, 2021. • Sports and Boating Burnett Show was filming, and I had my A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF SCHOOL BUSES nose pressed against the window. Carol WHEN FOR THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF BEACON, Burnett saw me, came to the door, opened Sunday, June 13th DUTCHESS COUNTY, NEW YORK, AT A MAXIMUM ESTIMATED COST it and asked, “Do you wanna come in?” I from 8:30am to 4:30pm OF $395,000, AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $395,000 said, “Sure.” I watched them rehearse and BONDS OF SAID SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PAY THE COST THEREOF. decided that administration was not for WHERE me; I became an assistant producer. The Garrison Fish & Game Club 183 South Highland Road, Garrison, NY 10524 Objects or purposes: Purchase of school buses What did you do? Maximum estimated cost: $395,000 I handled the logistical aspects of a RSVP production: putting together the crew, find- [email protected] Period of probable usefulness: Five years ing the studio, etc. I moved up to associate (Space is limited to ensure Amount of obligations to be issued: $395,000 producer and then producer. It all began COVID compliance, so RSVP early.) 16 June 4, 2021 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

Small, Good Things garlic — here for a hot minute — are melted in olive oil, followed by a hand- ful of zucchini. The addition of vegetable Then, Now and stock (fresh if you can muster it, or a quality organic broth) makes an already flavorful base for whatever else is on hand. Then Again To give the stew some body, I added By Joe Dizney cooked and drained dried flageolet beans, maybe not readily available but worth his moment seeking out for their delicate creaminess. — this one Cannellini, Great Northern whites or navy T right here beans are all acceptable substitutes, and — is up for discus- canned, drained and rinsed cannellini sion and negotia- would work in a pinch. tion. Contemporary After these ingredients simmer 15 psychology posits “now” minutes or so, trimmed asparagus, — this experienced moment or the subjec- blanched and drained favas (substitute tive present — to be in the vicinity of three shelled fresh or frozen edamame or lima seconds. beans) are added. Shelled peas are one of By the time you get from “n” through “o” the few frozen vegetables you can count on to “w,” it’s gone — our experience of living being discrete units strung together for the finite expanse, the past a subjective and The nights are usually dubious memory of previous nows unseasonably and the future a series of imaginary ones. But, for now, it’s still spring a bit longer, cool, and we have and a beautiful one it’s been. The nights are unseasonably cool, we have received much- received much-needed needed rain, and the farm markets are starting to get interesting. Though small, rain, and the farm spring onions and garlic, leeks and the first markets are starting to tender herbs are starting to appear. Aspar- Spring Vegetable Stew agus is still to be had, and fava beans and get interesting. zucchini are available in certain locations, with Herb Pistou although I can’t speak for their provenance. and offer yet more flavor and texture. Serves 6 My own faulty memory of previous nows These last few are simmered just long conjured up a vegetable stew that incorpo- enough to warm them and the finished stew rates the best of spring, something green is augmented at the table with a fresh herb and fresh but hearty and filling to ward off pistou — a looser version of a pesto — added 2 cups cooked, rinsed and drained dried 1 cup (about 1 small) zucchini, cut in the still-cold nights. There’s a little some- to individual bowls. Last month it would have flageolets or other varietal white beans ½ inch dice thing Proustian about the final result, been ramps, now mostly past, and basil is still 1 cup shelled, blanched, peeled and 1 cup combination of leeks, sliced incorporating as it does a bit of at least the in the future. In the meantime, a bunch of drained fresh fava beans (substitute medium, and spring onions, spring past and present, and perhaps a soupcon of peppermint I found at the farmers market, shelled or frozen edamame or lima garlic or shallots, sliced thin a possible future. augmented by a little parsley, was more than beans) Spring leeks, spring onions and spring fine this time around, and just for now. Olive oil 1 cup asparagus tips and pieces, 4 cups fresh vegetable stock (or a bias-cut about 1½ inches long good commercial brand) 1 cup frozen organic shelled peas Herb Pistou, for serving (recipe below) (Woodstock brand is great)

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A selection of arepas Fried arepas (arepanadas) and empanadas Chicken chipotle panini and salad Latin American Food, on the Healthy Side Restaurant survives tough But we’ve survived.” doesn’t need to be unhealthy and full of fat.” The key, Holguin says, was the ability to The Green Door’s extensive menu includes start during pandemic promote the restaurant on social media. fresh juices, organic Cuban coffee, break- By Alison Rooney Her parents also help out with the cooking. fast bowls, paninis and Dominican and The Green Bowl blends an array of options, Venezuelan specialties like plantains and n many ways, it’s surprising that The such as wraps, salads and smoothies, with arepas served in any number of combina- Green Bowl Cafe is still in business, dishes from Latin America, particularly tions, along with Venezuelan empanadas, I considering what its owner has been up Venezuela and the Dominican Republic, which are gluten-free. A “patacon-plantain against since its November 2019 opening. reflecting Holguin’s dual heritage. What sandwich” uses two plantains as the “bread” Using her life savings, and with no back- makes the restaurant unusual is where the and is filled with a choice of shredded meat ground in restaurant management, Yamalit two meet — healthy Latin American cuisine. and/or vegan black beans, and salad. There “Our first thought was natural juices and are yuca fries to munch on, too. “Yami” Holguin decided to give it a go, envi- Yamalit Holguin, owner of The Green Bowl sioning no greater initial hiccups than the acai bowls,” Holguin says, “and from there, The bestsellers, according to Holguin, Photo by A. Rooney onset of winter. we thought, ‘Why don’t we do empanadas, are acai bowls, rice bowls and empanadas. Holguin and her family live near fried but healthy?’ We added a rice bowl. In the we-wish-more-people-would-try-this Dominican food and others are surprised — Dutchess Stadium and noticed an empty We’ll try new trends to see if our customers category is the chimi sandwich, with fried ‘This is what you’ve had the whole time?’ ” storefront — formerly a deli — on Route 9D want something.” steak cabbage, tomato and onions. “It’s very What they haven’t seen a lot of yet is fans in Stadium Plaza. She was inspired to experiment with health- good,” she says. attending Hudson Valley Renegades night “Inspiration struck,” she recalls. “I was a ier food after her 11-year-old sister, Yumelit, Holguin describes Dominican cuisine as games at the stadium across the street. human resources director, had never even died of brain cancer. “Nutrition can help us “more Caribbean, similar to Puerto Rican “We’re looking forward to the day games,” worked in a restaurant, but the idea kept at fight illnesses and so I forced my family to and Jamaican food, heavier and fried,” while Holguin says. me. After we opened, we had a rough first switch our eating habits by cooking our Venezuela’s is “all about the arepas,” which few months, and I went home often think- cultural foods with organic options, making are a staple. “A lot of people have no idea The Green Bowl, located at 1485 Route 9D ing, ‘What have I done?’ We were waiting homemade sazon, sofrito and everything else what an arepa is but see a picture and think, in Wappingers Falls, is open daily from 8 on spring, but as soon as it started to get we could source organically,” she explains ‘This looks great’ and then they love it. a.m. to 7 p.m. See thegreenbowlny.com to nice out, COVID hit and we closed for a bit. on the restaurant’s website. “Hispanic food “A lot of people find us because of the order online.

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Darrin (28) races to the endzone during a football game in April. File photo by Skip Pearlman Dan is all business during a lacrosse game against Pawling on May 20. Photo by Amy Kubik

York City hospitals. Three months later, their were in elementary school. “You knew they Santos (from Page 1) mother, Melissa, died at age 49 after a nine- were going to be great athletes,” he said. Highlights fun in one sport and it just carries over to year battle with multiple myeloma. He considers them “two of the toughest the next. It’s all the same guys.” The brothers said sports helped them kids I have coached,” adding that their „ During the 2021 football season Not every moment on the field or court through those difficult times. “When there work ethic, competitiveness and ability (postponed from the fall because has been joyous. “There are times, the weren’t any sports [at school], we’d go to to handle adversity “helped them become of the pandemic shutdown), Dan rainy practices, when you don’t even want the turf field or the park and continue play- great athletes, very good basketball play- threw for 643 yards at quarterback to show up,” Darrin said. “But you still do; ing, throwing the football around, shooting ers, and amazing kids on and off the court.” and scored five touchdowns and everyone does.” lacrosse or playing basketball,” Dan said. Football Coach Ryan McConville was Darrin ran for 411 yards and also Losing a game is seldom painless. Dan “It took a lot of our time during those days. equally enthusiastic. “Both would have had 30 tackles on defense to lead still laments a particularly tough basket- It was good for us, kept us occupied.” played any position I asked them to, and that the team in both categories. ball defeat at the hands of perennial rival Do twin brothers compete with each other? speaks volumes to their character,” he said. „ On May 26, Darrin scored a Tuckahoe, the only other Class D school “It was competitive,” Dan said. “But it made “Neither is a really ‘rah-rah’ type player, but school record nine goals in a 12-9 in Section I, during their junior year. “We us more competitive against the opposition.” they are leaders; I can’t wait to see how they lacrosse win over North Salem. He should not have lost that game,” he recalled, “Being twins just made us better,” Darrin write the next chapters of their lives.” reached 100 career points (goals shaking his head. said. “We know each other, how we play, Like Virgadamo and McConville, lacrosse and assists) as a sophomore. The brothers said Haldane’s coaches have what we do.” Coach Ed Crowe was struck by how the broth- been as important as their teammates, on Neither has trouble identifying the ers’ strengths went beyond athletics. “They’re „ In April 2019, Dan threw a no-hitter and off the field. “All the coaches have helped other’s strength as an athlete. “Dan is great role models for younger athletes,” he against Peekskill, striking out 11 us; they’ve all been there for us,” Darrin said. a good leader,” Darrin said. “He was the said. “They always put team success ahead of batters. “It was nice to have them as part of our lives, quarterback in football, the point guard in their individual accomplishments.” „ In January 2019, Dan stole an especially after what happened.” basketball, leadership roles.” The twin threat will split in the fall. inbounds pass with 1.1 seconds What happened were two losses far more From Dan’s perspective, Darrin’s biggest Darrin plans to attend Northfield Mount left in a basketball game at painful than being on the short end of a asset is his physical strength. “Throughout Hermon Prep School in Hermon, Massachu- Saunders High School and hit a score, for both the brothers and their sister, the years we’ve played together, he’s always setts, where he will pursue what he says is 30-foot shot at the buzzer to win Mikayla, who is a sophomore at Haldane and been stronger than the opposition,” he said. his favorite sport: lacrosse. Dan will head to the game for Haldane, 60-57. also an athlete. In April 2020, their father, Darrin likes to make one important the Salisbury School in Salisbury, Connecti- Darrin, died of COVID-19 at age 50. He was distinction between the two. “I’m older … cut, to pursue his favorite: basketball. a transportation supervisor for NewYork- by about a minute,” he said, with a smile. “If we weren’t going to prep schools, I’m Dan said he isn’t at all worried about the Presbyterian Hospital based in White Plains Their coaches speak highly of the brothers. not sure we’d be going to the same college,” change. “I don’t think excited is exactly and, after the coronavirus began to spread Basketball Coach Joe Virgadamo remem- Darrin said. “I don’t think being apart will the right word,” he said. “But I’m looking in New York, transported doctors to New bers them from summer camp when they affect us negatively.” forward to it. It’s a new experience.”

Darrin (21) keeps his eye on the ball during a lacrosse game on May 20 against Dan leads the offense during a basketball game in March 2020. File photo by Skip Pearlman Pawling. Photo by Amy Kubik highlandscurrent.org The Highlands Current June 4, 2021 23 SPORTS

BLUE DEVILS ROLLPhotos by Amy Kubik Haldane lacrosse defeated league rival Pawling, 10-4, on May 20, the day the team recognized its seniors. Darrin Santos had three goals and an assist, Dan Santos had two goals and Evan Gianchinta, Liam Gaugler, PJ Ruggiero, Soleil Gaines and Rhys Robbins each scored goals. The Blue Devils begin the Section 1 tournament on Saturday (June 5). 24 June 4, 2021 For mail delivery, see highlandscurrent.org/delivery SPORTS Follow us at twitter.com/hcurrentsports

Noula O'Reilly (in blue) of Garrison is a leading scorer for the Kennedy Catholic girls’ Beacon's Evan LaBelle competes in the high jump during the league championships. lacrosse team. Photo provided Photos by S. Pearlman

By Skip Pearlman goals. Reily Mowen had two, and Senior, one. Boswick had 12 saves. BEACON GOLF Varsity Roundup The Haldane boys’ team lost its final game of the regular season on May 28, fall- The Beacon High School boys’ golf team ing 14-5 to visiting Putnam Valley, to finish completed a rebuilding spring season last Heaton went 3-for-4 with two RBI. “We started off the first inning with good 7-8. The sectional tournament begins on week with a 4-9 record (4-4 league). Haldane dropped an 11-0 decision defense and a perfect bunt by Rinaldi to Saturday (June 5). First-year Coach Matthew VanVoorhis Wednesday at Pawling, getting no-hit by score Olivia Spiak,” Coach Michael Caro- Noula O’Reilly, a Garrison resident, is said his team — seniors Gavin Coughlin the Tigers. The Blue Devils also fell, 16-0, fano said. “But after that, we lost our focus.” a member of the girls’ lacrosse team at and Josh Espinosa, sophomores Jack Philip- to Briarcliff on Tuesday night at Dutchess The No. 12 Bulldogs face No. 5 Nanuet Kennedy Catholic High School in Somers. bar and Mike Serino, freshmen Will Martin Stadium. Jeremy Hall had a double and today (June 4) in the first round of the The sophomore scored six goals on May 8 and Leo Lopez, and eighth grader Michael John Bradley and Trajan McCarthy singled. Section 1, Class A2 tournament. against Xaverian and five goals on May 10 Van Buren — showed steady improvement “Our hitting has been better than the against Ossining. in a challenging sport. stats show,” said Coach Simon Dudar. LACROSSE “We faced a lot of tough golfers,” VanVoo- “We’re putting the bat on the ball, but not The Beacon girls’ team dropped an 11-5 rhis said. “But we had a lot of hungry golfers finding holes. We’re still struggling with BEACON TENNIS decision on Wednesday (June 2) to Clark- who were anxious to improve their games. young pitchers trying to find their way on The Beacon boys’ team dropped a 6-1 stown North at home. Anaya Camacho had a It’s exciting to think about how they will the mound but gaining valuable experience.” decision to Arlington on Tuesday (June 1), hat trick for the Bulldogs; Ashley Casserly had improve over the next couple of years. Their The Blue Devils are scheduled to face with Brock Barna and Imroz Ali grabbing a goal and an assist; Casey Senior had a goal; enthusiasm and willingness to learn the Tuckahoe on Saturday (June 5) in the the lone win at fourth doubles. and keeper Isabella Boswick had 10 saves. game is admirable.” Section 1, Class C tournament. The Bulldogs closed their season with a “We transitioned well through the midfield,” said Coach Brian Lange. “We came TRACK & FIELD loss to Ketcham. Philipbar shot a season- BEACON SOFTBALL best 43 on nine holes. The team had its out a little flat on attack; we need to apply a The Beacon boys’ team won the league best match in early May at Hollowbrook Beacon’s softball team finished its season little more pressure, but our defense commu- championship on Wednesday (June 2), Golf Course in Cortlandt Manor, beating on Wednesday (June 2) with a loss at home nicated well and made good decisions.” while the girls’ team placed second behind Hendrick Hudson, 233–249. to Ketcham, 20-1. Leanna Rinaldi had the On Tuesday, Beacon defeated Washing- Alicia Williams and Tamar Adams, who Martin, Philipbar and Espinosa all finished lone RBI for the Bulldogs. tonville, 7-5, at home. Casserly scored four placed first and second in the high jump. at 44, with Coughlin at 49. “That’s a tight For the boys, Mark Guzman won the long course, and our guys really played smart and jump, triple jump, discus and javelin. Zach consistent and shot better,” VanVoorhis said. Cader won the 400- and 800-meter runs “They managed the course well.” and anchored the 4x400 relay, while Cleve- land Wright won the 2,000 steeplechase and led off the 4x800 relay team. Henry BASEBALL Reinke was second in the 400 in 51.62 Beacon defeated visiting Somers on Wednes- seconds, a state freshman record. day afternoon (June 2), 14-7, with pitcher Owen Haldane’s boys placed third behind Pawl- Browne picking up the win in relief. ing and Croton in its league championship. JJ Mazzacone also pitched, and Tyler Luke Flagler was second in the 100 and third Haydt, Jackson Jackson and Dillon Kelly in the 200, while Walter Hoess was second in each had two hits. Mike Lepere went 4-for-5 the 400 and won the triple and long jumps. with a double and four RBI for Beacon. The Luke Parrella was third in the 1,600 and Jake Bulldogs played a second game Wednes- Patinelola took second in the high jump. day night at Dutchess Stadium, falling to For the girls, Andriea Vasconcelos was Ketcham, 8-1. second in the triple jump and the 4x400 team A day earlier, the Bulldogs were defeated of Ella Ashburn, Chloe Rowe, Eloise Pearsall by Ketcham, 8-3, on the road. Derrick Tyler Haydt looks to put the tag on a Somers runner during a 14-7 Beacon win. and Caroline Cates won the league title.