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April 30, 2021 Celebrating 10 Years! Support us at highlandscurrent.org/join Vaccination Demand Falls Local officials urge people to the doors on Tuesday (April 27). None of them needed to hear the message get shots to slow virus spread Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney and Dutchess By Leonard Sparks County Executive Marc Molinaro delivered from a podium stationed to the right of the hey came in cars, Dutchess County entrance. The two elected officials praised Transit buses and vans. the progress in vaccinating people and the T At the former J.C. Penney space at recent drop in infections. Then they got to the Poughkeepsie Galleria, one of two sites the point — this one aimed at people slow to where the county regularly administers get vaccinated or outright opposed. COVID-19 vaccines, a procession of adults “We’ve got to do it now,” said Maloney. — working people, some still in uniform; “We don’t have any time to waste.” retired couples; seniors in wheelchairs While New York State and Dutchess are Sundown at pushed by caregivers — streamed through (Continued on Page 7) Indian Point First of a series

By Brian PJ Cronin

onight at 11 p.m., operators at 100,000 fish the Indian Point Energy Center The fate of Indian Point may have T on the Hudson River south of been sealed by a peace treaty. the Highlands will do something that In December 1980, an agreement environmentalists have been trying to was reached over the only power plant accomplish for nearly 60 years: They in the Hudson Valley more controver- will shut down the nuclear plant. sial than Indian Point: the unbuilt Con The plant’s third and final nuclear Edison plant that was proposed for the reactor will be deactivated. (The first north face of Storm King Mountain. had to be shut down in 1974 for lack The decades-long fight to prevent the Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney and Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro (at left) are of an emergency cooling system; plant is credited with helping birth urging people to get vaccinated as demand slows. Photo by L. Sparks the second was shut down in April the modern American environmental 2020.) In the following days, it will movement and for providing the foun- be opened and the fuel rods inside dation of environmental law. placed in the Unit 3 spent fuel pool. The treaty reached between the Putnam Man Arrested in D.C. Riot Once the reactor has been emptied, State of New York, Con Edison and Entergy, the company that has owned environmental groups such as Scenic and Mahopac. As of Wednesday (April 28), Charged after boasting he the plant for 20 years, will submit a Hudson, Clearwater and Riverkeeper 403 people had been charged from 43 states letter to the federal Nuclear Regula- did more than bring the Storm King and D.C., based on a stormed Capitol tory Commission (NRC) known as a battle to an end. As part of dropping tally by the Program By Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong Certificate of Permanent Cessation of its plans to build a plant at Storm on Extremism at Operations. It will state that all reac- King, Con Edison won provisions George Washington Putnam County man’s claims that tors have been emptied of nuclear for a plant that was already up and University. he stormed the U.S. Capitol during fuel, and that it would now be impos- running: Indian Point, which had According to A the Jan. 6 riot turned off a poten- sible for the plant to be restarted. been in the crosshairs of the embold- a federal crimi- tial date but apparently turned on a federal It will be the end of a facility ened environmental groups. They had investigation, leading to his arrest. nal complaint and Chapman that has provided thousands of taken note of the operational troubles accompanying state- Robert Chapman of Carmel appeared jobs, millions in tax revenues and that were plaguing the young plant, ment by an FBI agent, Chapman illegally before a federal magistrate judge in White hundreds of millions of megawatt how the American public’s appetite entered the Capitol building and sought Plains on April 22 following his arrest hours of power, including up to 25 for nuclear power had soured in the to disrupt government functions. The FBI by the FBI earlier that day on charges he percent of the power used by New wake of the partial meltdown in 1979 also alleged that he violated laws prohibit- participated in a riot that began as a protest York City and Westchester County. at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania ing the use of loud, threatening or abusive of the election of Joe Biden as president. It will not be the end of the contro- and the 100,000 fish that it estimated He became at least the sixth area person language to impede actions by Congress. versies. (Continued on Page 20) charged in connection to the riot, includ- When the riot began, the House of Repre- ing men from Beacon, Pawling, Newburgh (Continued on Page 19) 2 April 30, 2021 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

FIVE QUESTIONS: HOODIE CRESCENT

By Alison Rooney How did you come to be called “Hoodie”? My last name was Furihata, and the By Michael Turton oodie Crescent curated an exhibit first part of it sounded like “Hootie,” like that opens Saturday (May 8) at the band Hootie and the Blowfish. So, my Hthe Howland Cultural Center in nickname became Hootie. An American Golf: Great Beacon to mark Asian Pacific American friend said, “I don’t like it. Why don’t you Heritage Celebration Month. See Page 15. use Hoodie instead?” So I did, but computer sport or systems kept on asking me for a last name. Were any of the works made in I thought, Cher and Madonna don’t need stupid game? response to anti-Asian violence? a last name, but it kept asking. I thought I brought it up with the artists: What about how deeply I love crescent moons. shall we do? They wanted to talk about it I thought Hoodie Crescent sounded nice, but also they’re scared of random attacks, so I changed it legally. Now my fabrics all It takes a lot of especially in the city. I asked two artists, have this name because there’s no reason to one who is Korean, living in Queens, and promote my Japanese name, which people skill. But I only go to the other Japanese, in the Bronx, and both around the world. I moved to Beacon because couldn’t pronounce. the driving range. were hesitant to take the train up here family members were here. Last year, board because of the “hate situation.” I said I members at the Howland sent me an email to On the poster you designed for the would pick them up by car. There’s no Black be on the gallery committee. I said yes. It’s a Howland show, you use the words Lives Matter conversation going on. This is beautiful building and I’m only two minutes “contempo EAST to PERFORM.” the first time I look at my face, see that I’m away. I started doing posters for each show. What is their significance? Asian and feel I have to be careful. In December they asked me to be on the Contemporary is our mutual concept. We board, and they asked me to curate the show. don’t do traditional art. East is where our How did you come to curate this year’s heritage comes from. We perform, in a way, exhibit? How did you find the artists? in the space simultaneously. “Each artist’s I was born in Japan and lived there until Through the community. We wound up words are in each artist’s art. Please listen after college. I worked in graphics and textile with Korean, Indian, Chinese and Japa- to it; please feel it; please look at it.” That design and a company hired me in New York. nese artists, ranging in age from 20s to is my statement for anti-Asian hate. Come I became a citizen in 2016. My work was in 60s, and working in painting, sculpture, over to look at it — how we live in this coun- ~ Jazmyn O’Dell, Cold Spring the quilt market and I wound up having mixed media, fiber art, metal art, installa- try. Don’t say, “Go back to your country” — fabrics printed in my name that are sold tion, printmaking and photography. this is our country.

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Republicans in Working What members are saying Families’ Clothing? Democrats say GOP trying contact on their petitions. Davis is running ‘‘ As a former journalist, I against Yvette Valdes Smith to fill the 16th want to support local news.‘‘ to deceive voters District seat in the Dutchess Legislature, Jane Applegate, Verplanck By Jeff Simms which includes Ward 4 in Beacon. What’s the overall strategy? If Golon and candidate running for Beacon City Reynolds win the primary and appear on the Court judge is facing June prima- Working Families line on the November ballot, A ries to get onto the Democratic and they could siphon votes from the incumbents, Working Families lines on the fall ballot — aiding the Republican candidates. despite being endorsed by the local chap- “The Republicans know they can’t win [the ters of both parties. general election] on the Republican line,” said Greg Johnston, a public defender and Lisa Jessup, the chair of the Beacon Democratic Democrat, is challenging Timothy Pagones, Committee. After running often on the now- ‘‘ Great local coverage on who is seeking a second 10-year term on the removed Independence Party line, Republican topics I care about.‘‘ court, which handles misdemeanors, traffic candidates “are making a desperate attempt to infractions and other small claims. Beacon disqualify candidates who received Working Martin Fowler, Beacon has one full-time justice who serves for 10 Families endorsements,” she said, calling it “a Photo credit: Charles Chessler years and one part-time justice who serves coordinated attempt to deprive voters of the for six years. As a Republican, Pagones won choice to vote for these legitimate candidates six-year terms in 1999 and 2005 and in 2011 on the Working Families line.” he ran unopposed for a 10-year term. A lawsuit filed this month on behalf This year, Pagones filed nominating peti- of Republican candidates also asks the Membership supports tions with the county Board of Elections to Dutchess Board of Elections to disqual- appear on the Republican, Conservative, ify the Working Families petitions filed Democratic and Working Families lines — by Gadsden, Bardini, Valdes Smith and a the only four that remain after New York number of other candidates in the High- the current State cut the Green, Libertarian and Indepen- lands because voters’ signatures were not dence parties from ballots when they failed to “wet,” or originals, but submitted digitally. receive 130,000 votes, or 2 percent of the votes (Five of the six Democratic candidates for As your independent nonprofit news source for Beacon and cast, in the most recent presidential election. the Beacon City Council, along with Dutchess Philipstown, The Highlands Current relies on you, our readers, Unlike most elected offices, judges do Legislator Nick Page, who is from Beacon, are to help support quality coverage of all that matters to you. not have to be registered as a member of a named in the suit because they filed petitions Membership is our primary means of support as we seek to provide party or get the party’s authorization to file for the Working Families line, but the outcome a vital forum for your diverse interests, concerns and experiences. to appear on its line in a primary. will not affect them because all are running By forcing Democratic and Working unopposed and will not have primaries.) Families primaries against Johnston, who Working Families officials have said the filed for both lines as well, Pagones could petition filings are legal, citing an execu- Join today! dispense with the first-time candidate’s tive order by Gov. Andrew Cuomo last year challenge before the general election. that allowed for electronic notarization and And consider becoming a Pagones dropped his Republican Party regis- witnessing of nominating petitions because tration in 2019 to become an independent. of the pandemic. monthly sustaining member! Pagones says his four nominating petitions A judge on Wednesday heard arguments reflect that independence. “Not only should a for lawsuits that have been filed in at least Just go to: judge be impartial, but a judge should appear eight counties around the state, including impartial, and that is why I am not affiliated Putnam, where the plaintiffs include Legisla- highlandscurrent.org/join with any political party,” he said on Thurs- tors Joseph Castellano and Ginny Nacerino, day (April 29). “This position should go to both Republicans who are running for re-elec- Questions? Email: the person who is most qualified. That is why tion. A decision in the cases, which are being I am giving the Democratic and Working consolidated except for a Saratoga County [email protected] Families party the chance to vote and have lawsuit that has already been dismissed, may me represent them in November.” come as early as today (April 30). Thank You for Your Support! Another variation on the theme is taking place in Fishkill, where Town Board incumbents Kenya Gadsden and Jacque- line Bardini, both Democrats, are being challenged by John Forman and Carmine Istvan, both Republicans. Gadsden and Bardini filed nominating petitions to appear on the Democratic and Working Families lines, while Forman and Istvan filed for the Republican and Conserva- tive lines. At the same time, Justin Golon and Robert Reynolds Jr., who, unlike the incum- bents, are not endorsed by the Working Fami- lies Party, filed petitions to run on that line. Golon’s and Reynolds’ petitions were notarized by Andrew Forman, the brother of Republican candidate John Forman, who is a former Dutchess County legislator. Both candidates also list Ronald Davis, the chair of the Fishkill Republican Committee, as a 4 April 30, 2021 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

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EDITOR Chip Rowe LETTERS AND COMMENTS [email protected] their hands with every traffic stop. introduced a property tax circuit breaker to SENIOR EDITOR Crosswalks Leonard Sparks A crosswalk is a kind of promise. When We need to redirect a big portion of the relieve our tax burden. After 15 long years we step into the street, we believe that driv- $500,000 Cold Spring spends every year I can finally say: This program is now law. BEACON EDITOR ers will stop. The white lines are a promise for police salaries, cars and uniforms into The credit will be available when you Jeff Simms that we will be safe. The Highway Depart- an investment in pedestrian crossing lights file your 2021 taxes next year. Qualifying and — importantly — traffic cameras at individuals must reside at their address ARTS EDITOR ment takes care to re-paint the lines every Alison Rooney year or so. The crosswalks ask us to trust pedestrian crossings and the stop lights. for at least six months in the current tax [email protected] one another. Those lines are useless, or even We must make dangerous, uncivil behav- year, be enrolled in or eligible for the STAR worse, an actual hazard, unless we can. ior much riskier, but we need to do this program, spend more than 6 percent of REPORTERS About 9 a.m. on Saturday, April 17, I was thoughtfully, using technology to keep all their income on property taxes and earn Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong driving north on Chestnut Street and saw citizens safe, including the police. less than $250,000 annually. Credits will Brian PJ Cronin • Joe Dizney Michael Armstrong, Cold Spring be up to 14 percent of the remaining prop- Pamela Doan • Deb Lucke a young man about to enter the crosswalk Skip Pearlman • Michael Turton at the corner of Oak. I stopped, as did the erty tax obligation, depending on income. driver of a southbound vehicle. The man Tax relief Credits will be between $250 and $350. As STUDENT CORRESPONDENTS started into the walk, when, suddenly, a There are many important provisions in this program is implemented the state Tax Ezra Beato (Philipstown) silver-gray SUV bolted around me. The this year’s state budget, including record Department will provide more information. Rachel Thorne (Beacon) pedestrian saved himself only by leaping funding for our schools, our environment While this is a far cry from enough, it is a beginning. I am proud to have fought for LAYOUT DESIGNER backward. The SUV tore north to the light and our health care system (“What’s Inside Pierce Strudler and headed east on 301. the State Budget,” April 16). I want to high- this property tax relief and I know we can If you live in the village, odds are high light a budget provision that has not gotten enhance the program in the coming years. ADVERTISING DIRECTOR that you have seen similar incidents. Far much attention: the property tax circuit Sandy Galef, Albany Michele Gedney too often, pedestrians are menaced by reck- breaker, totaling $382 million and helping Galef’s district includes Philipstown. For information on advertising: 845-809-5584 less drivers. Our efforts to stop this kind of more than 1 million middle-class families. [email protected] behavior are not working. By now, we should As chair of the Real Property Taxation Haldane drama highlandscurrent.org/ads all know we cannot rely on a single police Committee in the Assembly, I know that I had the privilege of seeing Haldane officer patrolling the streets to be at the too many families are struggling to keep up Drama’s double bill of The Trojan Women MEMBERSHIP right spot at the right time to observe every with rising property taxes. While we have and Helen on Sunday night (“The Shows Emily Hare offense and respond, especially not when the programs like STAR and the property tax Will Go On!” April 16). It was the first time [email protected] nation is awash in weapons and those offi- cap, they do not go far enough to provide I’ve attended a live performance of any COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT cers are being asked to take their lives into relief. That is why, beginning in 2006, I kind in, well, what seems like forever. I Teresa Lagerman can’t imagine a more vibrant and potent [email protected] reminder of the enduring power of story- telling than these two productions directed by Martha Mechalakos. (I am sorry to have missed a third play, Eurydice, which was performed on alternate nights.) THE HIGHLANDS CURRENT (USPS #22270) / ISSN 2475-3785 What an inspired choice to come back April 30, 2021 from an enforced pause with tales adapted Volume 10, Issue 19 by Ellen McLaughlin from Euripides! These is published weekly by Highlands Current stories are 2,500 years old. Many of the char- Inc., 142 Main St., Cold Spring, NY 10516-2819. acters have names like Cassandra, Poseidon, Periodicals Postage Paid at Cold Spring, NY, and at additional offices. POSTMASTER: Send Menelaus and Athena. And yet, as brought address changes to The Highlands Current, to vivid life by a fearless cast of young artists 142 Main St., Cold Spring, NY 10516-2819. behind clear masks, at times they seemed to Mail delivery $30 per year. highlandscurrent.org/delivery speak directly to the experiences we’ve all [email protected] lived through these last months. Distribution audited by the Circulation Thanks for blazing the way back to live Verification Council theater, you guys. I’ll never forget it. © Highlands Current Inc. 2021 Davis McCallum, Philipstown All rights reserved. No part of this McCallum is the artistic director of the publication may be reproduced in any form, mechanical or electronic, without written Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. permission of the publisher. Airbnb rules * The proposed short-term rental permitting Winner: 76 Better system in Cold Spring seems overly restrictive Newspaper Contest Awards and overly complicated (“Cold Spring Poised * New York Press Association, 2013 -20 to Regulate Airbnbs,” April 23). NNA* Winner: 55 Better I favor preserving the availability of long- Newspaper Contest Awards term rentals, and the requirements that * National Newspaper Association, 2016-19 short-term rentals be limited to owner- occupied buildings for a maximum of 60 NYNPA* Winner: 11 Awards days per year addresses that concern. I also for Excellence understand the desire to have an on-call * New York News Publishers Association, 2017- 19 (Continued on Page 5) highlandscurrent.org The Highlands Current April 30, 2021 5 Shazam After our bench was crushed on Feb. 2 by an avalanche of heavy snow, we contacted Andrew Saweikis of SWAK Metals in Garrison (swakmetals. com) to see what might be done. People need a place to sit. He suggested fixing the rocker would be great project for his welding students at the Rockland County BOCES in West Nyack and in early March transported the damaged goods to its metal shop. Last week, the bench was returned to our Cold Spring office, gloriously transformed. BEFORE AFTER The damage was worse than expected, to revive the rocker with an assist from from C&E Hardware in Cold Spring and Thanks to all from the present staff and Saweikis said, but his students managed the auto collision class. (The paint came the parts from Fall Fittings in New Paltz.) future passersby.

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(Continued from Page 4) Now someone will take care of the build- economic development, as well as a fidu- representatives to support this plan. manager as a prerequisite. ing. It is a heavy lift for a church with no ciary and board member to several park Robert Lieber, Cold Spring But the need to apply and reapply for one coming to services. and land conservation groups, I know permits, and the restrictions on how close Kelly Ellenwood, via Facebook firsthand how difficult finding the right I urge HVSF to contemplate quite seri- together short-term rentals can be seem balance between growth and conservation ously the flaws in its plan. unnecessary and impossible to imple- This is going to be an amazing addition can be, and how unique the proposed solu- My family has lived in Garrison for about ment fairly. I hope the board will reject the to our community. Beacon needs, and will tion really is. “The responsible use of land” 100 years. We have seen the changes from permit system as proposed. benefit from, a venue that hosts live enter- is a hallmark of great public policy. The agricultural to summer houses to commut- Tara Vamos, Cold Spring tainment. public land use review process plays a key ers to recent ex-urbanites. Values that we Donald Arrant Jr., via Facebook role in achieving this balance. treasure seem to be fragile. The rural aspect The proposal limits the number of short- It’s never easy for people to accept change; — so highly praised — is under threat, as term rentals in the village to 34, but there A true performance space would be amaz- the fear of the unknown is innate to all of if it is merely a backdrop for individual are more than that being operated now. It ing in Beacon. We have had wonderful profes- us. I urge our community leaders to remem- entertainment. On the contrary, there is a should be interesting. sional musicians perform at Quinn’s and the ber that HVSF has been a terrific community strong active group of people who cherish Cathryn Fadde, via Instagram Howland Cultural Center, but both are limited partner for over 30 years and makes immea- the rural aspects. They realize the impor- Fadde is a candidate for the Village Board. in terms of space, lighting and acoustics. This surable positive contributions to each of our tance of environmental stewardship. could be the Beacon version of the Angel daily lives. Any change may affect us each My concern about the development of A $1,000 fine might be worth it, depend- Orensanz Center on the Lower East Side. slightly differently, but through the deliberate the property is just that: development. No ing on how much you make on your rental. Erin Giunta, via Facebook review process, I’m confident that reasonable matter how many or few acres are involved, Sixty days a year seems restrictive — 104 people can exchange their respective views no matter how thoughtfully you plan to (for each weekend day in the year) would Beacon festival and an even better plan may result. construct, no matter how important you be my minimum. It’s too late to host a “maker faire” festi- This proposed plan conserves the bulk believe this project is, the land will be Pedro Rivera, via Facebook val at Riverfront Park on May 22 and 23 (“Is of The Garrison golf course as open space damaged beyond repair. That is a huge self- Beacon Ready for a Crowd?” April 23). The forever, facilitates a unique cultural use regarding blow to our community. Many people rent out their homes only city should receive at least 60 days’ notice. with economic opportunities and provides You may not realize that open (unbuilt- once or twice a year, such as during West Paul Yeaple, via Instagram huge upside advantages for all the members on) land is vitally important. It is not some- Point graduation, and this would put a cap of our communities. thing inert waiting for the person with on the number of people allowed to do that. Shakespeare plans Improved quality of life, positive finan- “vision.” If you think about The Garrison cial impact from job creation and the asso- golf course land, consider the many vital Eliza Brown, via Facebook If there were ever a win-win outcome, ciated economic multiplier to our local reasons that land must be conserved. this is it (“Shakespeare Plans: An Update,” economy uniquely combine to make Chris Betsy Calhoun, Garrison Taking away or restricting an income source April 9). The transformation of The Garrison Davis’s gift and the HVSF plan a true win- For more letters on the HVSF plan, see during a pandemic is not the work I’d like to golf course to permanent open space, with win-win for all of us. Please urge your local highlandscurrent.org. see from the Village Board. I’m disappointed the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival as that this is on the top of the Village Board’s a unique cultural amenity that economi- to-do list. More pressure, less relief. Oh wait, cally supports the communities in which it the bathrooms at the end of Main Street will resides is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. HELP WANTED finally open, so I suppose some relief. We, as residents and as taxpayers, need to Melia Marzollo, via Facebook encourage our local authorities to support Long Term Care Community Coalition (LTCCC) is seeking an individual to this extraordinary and important contribu- develop and implement an outreach, marketing and recruitment plan for two Reformed Church tion to our community. Long Term Care Ombudsman programs within the Hudson Valley. This is a There is a substantial difference between I first aspired to play The Garrison golf short term assignment until September 30th. a church at its essence and the building course in the early 1990s and have played We are looking for someone who is a self-starter, with experience, who can establish a working hosting the congregants when they meet here many times (never very well). I have marketing and recruitment strategy to encompass 9 counties, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Putnam, (“Church to Be Sold for Bar, Hotel,” April been a resident of Cold Spring for almost two Orange, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester. 23). However, it’s still not easy to see a decades and, importantly, acknowledge that The right candidate will work closely with the two Regional Coordinators within the counties to historic building such as the Reformed the world and our place within it is chang- establish the best method for recruitment and marketing the program to potential volunteers and Church of Beacon losing its purpose, not ing. Unabated and uncontrolled suburban the general public. Skills needed for this assignment include organization, creativity, familiarity just now but several years ago. growth presents dire consequences to our with non-profits, ability to recruit, digital literacy and regional knowledge/advertising awareness J. Carlos Salcedo, Philipstown open air, food and water supplies, and can for each county. lead to noise and traffic issues and overbur- I think converting the church to a bar, dened municipal services like schools. Please send resume with cover letter to hotel and entertainment venue is grand. As a former public official responsible for Ombudsman Program-Temp Assignment, [email protected] or fax 845-625-1587 6 April 30, 2021 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

anticipates collecting $412,736 in revenue (including property taxes), an increase of Warehouse Gets New Owner, But Not New Use about 18 percent. Other revenue sources include short-term rental licensing and Nelsonville board also sets higher rent for the former firehouse. The budget for 2021-22 budget requires spending $5,164 from the reserve, or savings, account. The property tax By Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong share remains about the same, at $284,393. Nelsonville warehouse has a new Income from the Putnam County Sher- owner but not a new use and does iff’s Department rental of the firehouse A not require a building permit, building will rise to $14,400 annually, from village officials concluded this month after $12,000, and the village expects $4,000 in residents questioned activity on the site. permit fees from homeowners who host The building, at 3 Brook St., between short-term rentals. The board has drafted Main Street and Foundry Brook, sits on a a law to regulate the practice, which it will 7.3-acre lot that contains wetlands. likely fine tune in coming weeks. Nelson- In early April, after trees were removed ville also expects an additional $1,000 from building permit fees. that had partially obscured the warehouse Upgrades are underway at the warehouse acquired by Downey Energy on Brook Street The budget includes $45,000 for main- and fuel storage tanks appeared, neighbors in Nelsonville. Photo by L.S. Armstrong contacted village officials. tenance on village-owned buildings, such Cary Downey, of Downey Energy, at a Village Board meeting. Downey’s oper- In an interview on April 12, Bill Bujarski, as $25,000 for roof repairs. Allocations purchased the parcel from Sandy Saun- ation “is not a change of use because the the code enforcement officer, said the tanks for street maintenance and snow removal ders, a Garrison farmer who, according to zoning currently is for warehouse” activity will not contain fuel, and that Downey increase slightly. Nelsonville officials, continues to occupy and “it’s going to be a storage yard for new planted new trees, although Brennan said Board members will draw the same pay: at least part of the building. Based in Cold equipment.” on April 19 they do not hide the building. $4,500 for the mayor and $2,650 for each Spring, Downey Energy sells propane, oil Katie Brennan, who lives across Brook Bowman said that while the village of the four trustees. and other fuels. Street, told the Village Board that “my main received many calls from anxious resi- A resident, Heidi Wendel, asked the board, Its new Nelsonville tract is in a commer- concern is if there’s anything flammable, in dents, others “stop me on the street and in upcoming budget cycles, to earmark cial zoning district, although the opposite large quantities.” they’re happy to see the building being used funds for the Nelsonville Woods, whose care side of Brook Street is zoned residential and “That’s not allowed, especially with the because they thought it was an eyesore “is a big deal to a lot of people.” The forest is has two homes. wetlands” and because the brook leads to before.” largely maintained by volunteers. “Unless there’s a clear violation or a clear the Hudson River, Bowman said. “If they do Downey, who was busy this week with In other business, the board discussed change of use or a reason for the village to store trucks or any kind of filled propane federal Occupational Safety and Health ways, including a crosswalk near Fishkill step in, legally we’re kind of bound to allow canister, that would be a change of use.” He Administration staff training, could not Road, to control traffic on Main Street- a property owner to do what they can,” said Downey has agreed to keep the tanks be reached for comment. Route 301, a state highway. Trustee Dave Mayor Mike Bowman explained on April 19 50 feet from the wetlands. Moroney said that when the village earlier 2021-22 budget inquired about a crosswalk, the state The Village Board on April 19 approved a Department of Transportation said a cross- $417,900 budget for 2021-22, a 4.4 percent walk would not work because traffic moves NOTICE increase over the current year. too fast. The board agreed to approach the The budget, which takes effect June 1, agency again. The Philipstown Planning Board will hold a special meeting on Thursday, May 13th, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. virtually via Zoom. Garrison Golf Course PDD/Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, 2015 Route 9, Garrison, NY 10524 Four Candidates for Four Seats in Beacon TM#60.-1-59.2 & 59.3 last year. John Galloway Jr. was appointed If you would like to attend, please visit the following link: Register in advance for this webinar: Only incumbents file for https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Yfoh2OJ_QL-4sagXCio_LQ in October to serve the remainder of Case- school board Leal’s term. Webinar ID: 862 0654 1525 Passcode: 358300 here are four candidates for four open Jasmine Johnson was appointed by the seats on the Beacon school board, all board in September to serve six months One tap mobile: 1 646 558 8656,,86206541525#,,,,*358300# Join by phone: 1 646 558 8656 T incumbents, the district announced of the 18 months remaining in the term of after the Wednesday (April 28) deadline for Michael Rutkoske, who resigned in July. OR, find the meeting through Zoom by searching the Webinar ID above and inserting the passcode when prompted OR email [email protected] or [email protected] nominating petitions had passed. 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Vaccine Demand (from Page 1) near joining Putnam County in the mile- Marist Poll Results COVID-19 by stone of administering at least one vaccine dose to half their populations, public offi- If a vaccine for the coronavirus is made available to you, will you the Numbers cials are confronting a concerning reality: choose to be vaccinated or not? If you have already received PUTNAM COUNTY the waning demand for shots while the the vaccine, please say so. (Figures represent percentages.) country is still well short of the 75 to 85 Number of confirmed cases: percent vaccination rate considered neces- Already sary for herd immunity, when the virus Yes I Will Received No Unsure 10,404 (+103) essentially runs out of people to infect. Active Cases in Philipstown: 9 DEMOCRAT The administration of first doses, a good 14 78 7 1 measure of how many people are getting Tests administered: REPUBLICAN vaccinated, is down sharply in the state, 12 40 44 3 (+4,757) from an average of nearly 115,000 during INDEPENDENT 19 51 26 4 213,887 the first week of April to about 71,900 for Percent positive: the seven-day period that ended Wednes- BLACKS 17 49 25 8 day (April 28). 4.9 (0) The trend is also downward in the seven- LATINOS 25 43 31 1 county Mid-Hudson Region, which includes Percent vaccinated: Dutchess and Putnam. The region’s counties WHITES 12 62 23 2 administered an average of about 8,800 first 50.4 doses a day for the seven-day period ending COLLEGE GRADUATE 15 70 15 1 Number of deaths: Wednesday, far below the average of nearly 14,000 a day during the first week of April. NOT COLLEGE GRADUATE 16 49 32 3 (0) At a recent vaccination clinic organized 91 by Putnam County for people receiving GEN Z (18-39) 24 48 26 2 their first dose, just 46 of 500 appointments GEN X (40-55) were filled, said Maloney. 15 49 32 4 DUTCHESS COUNTY Dutchess and Putnam, along with the Note: The survey of 1,809 adults was conducted April 19 through April 21 by The Marist Poll. Adults 18 years Number of confirmed cases: state, are now allowing walk-in appoint- of age and older residing in the contiguous United States were contacted on landline or mobile numbers and ments at their sites, including Poughkeep- interviewed by telephone using live interviewers. The poll can be found at maristpoll.marist.edu. 28,587 (+374) sie Galleria and the Philipstown Recreation Active Cases in Beacon: 10 Center in Garrison. They also are waging a vigorous public Marist College Institute for Public Opin- Sagging demand in rural areas may Tests administered: relations campaign, posting memes on ion for PBS NewsHour and National Public reflect problems other than hesitancy, and social media sites about the vaccines’ safety Radio. The opposition is strongest among asking people to become vaccinated in the 695,340 (+17,171) and effectiveness. Dutchess has recruited Republicans, especially men; white men interest of public health means “we must clergy and nonprofit leaders to reach the who are not college graduates; people 40 to provide them with reasonable means to do Percent positive: unvaccinated and is holding pop-up clinics 55 years old; and Latinos. The findings are so,” Lee wrote. (-0.1) in rural areas and communities that are not consistent with previous surveys by Marist For rural areas like those in Dutchess and 4.1 close to county- or state-run sites. and other pollsters. Putnam, “it might mean setting up a commu- Percent vaccinated: Convincing people will require “conver- Molinaro said others face real-world chal- nity-led vaccination site in a church lobby, a sation after conversation — at Dunkin’ lenges: working adults who find it difficult local store or restaurant, a food pantry, or a 47.4 Donuts, at the church, at the soccer field,” to carve out the time needed to travel to a gas station parking lot,” said Lee. said Molinaro, whose father died last year clinic because they have multiple jobs or Dutchess County’s Vaccine Outreach Number of deaths: of COVID-19. “We continue to vaccinate serve as caregivers for loved ones; or immi- Coalition is undertaking a “strategic and and we continue to educate, and when we’re grants whose English is poor. Lisa Lee, an aggressive” outreach effort, said Molin- 441 (+2) done, light will overcome the darkness and associate vice president and a research aro. The county also is organizing work- we will get back to living again.” professor of population health sciences at site clinics in partnership with some of the Source: State and county health Polling tells part of the story. Virginia Tech, cites those same issues and county’s largest employers, he said, includ- departments, as of April 28, with weekly One in four adults said they will not get others in an essay for The Hastings Center, ing the Gap distribution center in Fishkill change in parentheses. Active cases in Philipstown as of April 22. Percent vaccinated, according to the results of a a bioethics think tank based in Garrison, and GlobalFoundries in Hopewell Junction. vaccinated reflects at least one dose. national poll released on Tuesday by the about vaccinations in rural areas. “We will get there,” Molinaro said. 8 April 30, 2021 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

her front lawn. (Murphy says he had nothing What He Calls ‘Dialogue,’ They Call ‘Harassment’ to do with the incident.) About a month later, Minkowitz received Beacon letter-writing Relations Committee, says he has mailed from Murphy a printout of a letter he had similar letters to “a couple dozen” homes in written to a newspaper along with a hand- campaign draws ire Beacon. The reason, he says, is because local written note asking for her help in getting it published. By Jeff Simms media, including The Highlands Current, have “censored” him by refusing to publish letters After finding the doll, Minkowitz took the arlier this month, Donna Minkowitz, espousing his views. “I can’t do it with the issue to the city’s Human Relations Commis- a Beacon resident who is gay, received newspapers, so I have to use the mail,” he said. sion (since renamed the Human Rights Ea letter from Richard “Dick” Murphy, The letters aren’t meant to intimidate, nor Commission). A Beacon police detective told a former longtime Dutchess County legisla- were specific groups targeted, he claimed, her this month that she and others who have tor who lives about five blocks away. but are designed to generate dialogue. “I was heard from Murphy have no grounds to pursue The typed letter, which notes at the top looking for people who would come back charges because his actions haven’t met the of the page that it is a “life alert,” asserts to me with their opinions,” Murphy said. legal threshold for harassment. However, a that while 15.9 percent of smokers get lung “Those are the people I reached out to.” Beacon police representative said the depart- cancer, 16.1 percent of “active homosexuals” Asked if any recipients had called him ment could not comment on “active cases.” will get AIDS — a dubious claim. It goes on, (the letter sent to Minkowitz included his State law defines harassment as conduct reading like a form letter, to ask the person phone number), Murphy said that “some that places someone “in reasonable fear of or company receiving the letter to no longer have.” The dialogue has featured “good give physical injury.” In the second degree, its support the LGBTQ lifestyle. Finally, a and take, and that’s what a democracy is definition includes behavior which “alarms second, smaller piece of paper requests “the about,” he said. or seriously annoys” another person and courtesy of a reply” to two questions that Others don’t see it that way. “serves no legitimate purpose.” Donna Minkowitz with a photo of the Minkowitz said the Beacon detective told are fallacies common to anti-gay literature: City Council Member Terry Nelson, who doll that was left staked in her yard. She “Why do you portray as harmless some- represents Ward 1, said he’s heard from threw it away after police said they had her the police consulted with the Dutchess thing the CDC [Centers for Disease Control at least 15 constituents who have been no need for it. Photo by J. Simms County District Attorney’s office and have and Prevention] concludes is as dangerous as contacted by Murphy and/or had gay pride told Murphy not to contact Minkowitz or cigarette smoking?” and “Why do you portray flags stolen from their properties. Some not going away. This is our home, too, and others who have reported receiving letters. as harmless a form of sexual activity that, were frightened, Nelson said. Others were we’re not going to be chased away from it by Minkowitz says she’s undeterred and, should it catch on, would bring extinction?” furious. None were happy. hateful bigotry or the ignorance of people legal definitions aside, plans to organize a That made her angry. “It’s 2021 and I didn’t think I’d have to read who choose to conduct themselves this way.” demonstration against anti-gay harassment “It really felt like a threat, an act of harass- these vile and, frankly, disgusting tropes, but Minkowitz said in December someone with this summer. ment, that I should not be openly gay or here we are,” Nelson said during the April 19 the username “dickmurph” left a comment “This has gone on for a couple of years, speak my mind,” Minkowitz said this week. council meeting. “The LGBTQ community is on her website (she is a memoir writer and and we shouldn’t be subjected to it,” she Murphy, who represented Beacon in the not going away. The AAPI [Asian American former Village Voice columnist) asking where said. “Beacon is a place where LGBTQ Legislature as a Democrat from 1981 to 1999 and Pacific Islanders] community is not going she teaches. She didn’t respond, but a few people and those who support us should after serving as chair of the city’s Human away. The Black and brown communities are days later found a children’s doll on a stake in be allowed to live their lives and flourish.” NOTICE PHILIPSTOWN ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Public Hearing – May 10th, 2021 The Philipstown Zoning Board of Appeals for the Town of Philipstown, New York will hold a public hearing on Monday May 10th 2021 starting at 7:30 p.m. to hear the following appeal. The meeting will be held in person at the Town Hall, 238 Main St. Cold Spring, NY 10516. Anthony & Diane Franich, 176 East Mtn. Rd, Cold Spring, NY TM#28.-1-2 (Applicants are seeking a variance to construct a 1,250 square foot (25’x50’) garage.) At said hearing all persons will have the right to be heard. Copies of the application, plat map, and other related materials may be seen in the Office of the Building Department, 2 Cedar Street, Cold Spring, New York. WE’RE HIRING! Dated April 12th, 2021 | Robert Dee, Chairman of the Town of Philipstown Zoning Board of Appeals The Highlands Country Club located on 9D is now hiring lifeguards starting at $15 per hour. A lifeguard certification class will be held for all Highlands lifeguards in May. NOTICE

IF INTERESTED, PLEASE EMAIL The Philipstown Conservation Board [email protected] will hold their regular monthly meeting on May 11th, 2021 at 7:30 p.m. virtually via Zoom. If you would like to attend, please visit the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ HIGHLANDS RJ87mRb8QOi9tdzFs0_BZA REGISTER IN ADVANCE FOR THIS WEBINAR: COUNTRY CLUB After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. 955 ROUTE 9D, GARRISON NY 10524 OR email [email protected] to request login 845.424.3254 / HIGHLANDSCOUNTRYCLUB.NET information before 7 pm on May 11th, 2021. highlandscurrent.org The Highlands Current April 30, 2021 9 0 Noise Complaints in 34 Years at Boscobel

and the Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Castle Rock Sold railroads, and who lived there until his death in 1894. Carmel philanthropist buys His son, Henry, inherited the home and owned it until 1935, followed by William’s historic home granddaughter, Virginia Osborn, from 1935 to 1955 and his grandson, Alexander By Michael Turton Osborn, from 1955 to 1975. astle Rock, a 10,518-square-foot Alexander was its last occupant. It has mansion in Garrison that has been owned for the past 45 years by a Home is where C been vacant since 1975, has been private company, Castle Rock LLC. purchased by George Whipple III, a resident of Carmel. It was listed for $3.45 million. On Facebook, Whipple describes himself as an “entertainment reporter, celebrity NOTICE the art is. interviewer, lawyer, farmer, New Yorker, husband and father.” He could not imme- The Philipstown diately be reached for comment. Zoning Board HVSF was born in Philipstown. We’ve been In 1999, Whipple founded Preserve Putnam, a nonprofit which later served as will hold their regular tenants here for more than three decades. steward of the Putnam County-owned Tilly monthly meeting on Moving across town won’t change how we Foster Farm in Brewster, a project Whip- ple supported financially. In 2019, he and Monday, May 10th, 2021 make theater, but it will allow us to become his wife Victoria established the Whipple Heritage Conservation Foundation, dedi- at 7:30 p.m. permanent residents, building on our long cated to preserving endangered breeds of track record of good citizenship. With minimal livestock in North America. at the Philipstown Town Built in 1881, Castle Rock was a summer Hall, 238 Main St., Cold light bleed, almost no amplification, thoughtful residence for William Henry Osborn, who had been president of the Illinois Central Spring, NY 10516 design to restore the landscape, and a theater tent with slightly smaller capacity, we’re eager to be the best old-new neighbors on the block. NOTICE PHILIPSTOWN ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Help us keep HVSF local. Learn more: Public Hearing – May 10th, 2021 The Philipstown Zoning Board of Appeals for the Town of Philipstown, New York will hold a public hearing on Monday May 10th 2021 starting at 7:30 p.m. to hear the following appeal. The meeting will be held in person at the Town Hall, 238 Main St. Cold Spring, NY 10516. Eben Shapiro & Sue Atkins, 420 Indian Brook Road, Garrison, NY TM#50.-2-16 (Applicants are seeking a variance to construct a 622 square foot garage within the side yard setback proposing a 14’7-3/8 setback where 30’ is required.) At said hearing all persons will have the right to be heard. Copies of the application, plat map, and other related materials may be seen in the Office of the Building Department, 2 Cedar Street, Cold Spring, New York. Ad paid for by members of HVSF’s Board of Directors Dated April 12th, 2021 | Robert Dee, Chairman of the Town of Philipstown Zoning Board of Appeals 10 April 30, 2021 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

AROUND TOWN

 CLEANUP DAY — To  PERFECT BALANCE —The celebrate Earth Day, members Mayor, aka the Beacon Hood of the Environmental Club and Chicken, lent a claw during Student Council at Rombout a breathing workshop at Middle School in Beacon Long Dock Park in Beacon on picked up trash around Saturday (April 24). campus and at Memorial Photo by Jeff Simms Park. Marissa Benson, a sixth-grade teacher, celebrated the effort on  DERBY TIME — Cub Scouts Twitter and noted that “we from Philipstown Pack 137 spent the rest of our time participated in its annual harvesting some spinach and Pinewood Derby on Saturday kale that popped back up in (April 24). the garden!” Photo provided Photo by Teresa Lagerman

ARTE POVERA: Ballet Arts ART OF at the Gazebo APRIL 24 AT 3PM -FREE PERFORMANCE! COLLABORATION May 1, 2021, 12:00 p.m. EST Communion and Prophylaxis: Putnam Theatre Alliance: Mario and Marisa Merz

Freedom Project Dr. Leslie Cozzi BOBBY GROSSMAN PHOTOGRAPHS: Associate Curator of Prints, His Honor, The Mayor, Drawings & Photographs at The Baltimore by Orson Welles, Museum of Art

LOW FIDELITY AND www.magazzino.art/magazzinodacasa MAY 15TH - JULY 17TH 2021 The Secret Secrets of Wonderland County by Photographer Bobby Grossman will be presenting a collection of photos from John Leonard Pielmeier his Low Fidelity Series 1975-1983 at The Lofts at Beacon, May 15th through STREAMING MAY 13-16 July 17th. These iconic images document the New York City Downtown Scene Q&A WITH PLAYWRIGHT, ACTORS AND centered around the fabled nightspots CBGB and The Mudd Club as well as DIRECTORS MAY 14 AND MAY 16 AT 8PM Andy Warhol’s Factory at Union Square. Grossman’s images include informal portraits and candid shots of David Bowie, Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Fab 5 Freddy, William S. Burroughs, Blondie, Ramones, Talking Heads and the infamous Late-night public access television show Glenn O’Brien’s TV Party. Night Train: Mr. Grossman has also included images from his celebrated Doom & Destiny Storytelling Collaboration with renowned visual artist Shepard Fairey. on the Patio } The exhibition opens Saturday May 15th with a social distanced gathering with Joe Charnitski, Richard Cardillo, Ron from 6:00-9:00 pm. Sopyla, Debbie Gordon,and Kalista Parrish } Wine, soft drinks, and snacks will be served. MAY 21 AND MAY 29 AT 7PM } Music provided by Rachel Camp Teenage Kicks WXBC Bard

The Lofts at Beacon, 18 Front Street, Contact: Laureen Schmidt (845) 202-7211 Tickets at Beacon, New York 12508 Email: [email protected] philipstowndepottheatre.org highlandscurrent.org The Highlands Current April 30, 2021 11 The Calendar

Trending Young Playwright Christine Toy Johnson Playwright Craig Lucas Actor Peter Gerety Photo by Bruce Johnson Haldane grad opens Philipstown art gallery By Alison Rooney Joining New ax Beachak knows the Hudson Valley art world is competitive, Mespecially during a pandemic shutdown. But he says he’s determined, and Old with the opening of his Mohawk Valley Gallery in Philipstown on May 15, to “be a New theater alliance to part of the art culture, and to have a place present paired plays where young, talented artists can show- case their work.” By Alison Rooney “I feel that people still want to go to a place re there any new stories to tell? Playwright John Pielmeier Actor Shona Tucker Photos provided where they can stand in front of a piece of art, take it in and feel if it’s something they That question has provoked for the series. She learned about the older captain who is visited by Christ and under- want to own,” he says. “I am aiming to make debate since the ancient Greeks. material through James Shearwood, the goes a spiritual and political conversion A my gallery a more contemporary format. A newly formed partnership, the Putnam founding executive director of Arts on the after a military trial questions the role of Outside of the norm of having artists’ work Theatre Alliance, has an answer: “Yes, Lake. Thirty-five years ago, Shearwood faith in a fascist regime. on the walls, I want to make it more of an but…” In other words, creativity and story- came across a long out-of-print book, The Directed by Jason Beckmann, it will event space, hopefully with music from local telling are an integral part of being human, Free Company Presents. He happened to cohabitate with Expressions of Regret, by musicians and maybe even ice cream.” but there’s always perspective in the past. show it to Jankell, and an idea took hold. Christine Toy Johnson. Her play concerns Beachak, 24, a Haldane High school grad Three nonprofits in Putnam County — “It’s a great pilot project” for the Putnam three Chinese American women who who grew up in Cold Spring, had planned Arts on the Lake in Kent, the Philipstown Theatre Alliance, she says. “We wanted wonder if the end of the Chinese Exclu- to open the gallery in October at 3029 Depot Theatre in Garrison and Tompkins continuity with the directors to unite the sion Act and the U.S. government’s apology Route 9 — the former home of Phat Cycles Corners Cultural Center in Putnam Valley — project and give it an artistic signature. for it will make it easier to breathe. Jankell — then again earlier this year, but was hope to join new and old in a collaboration None of the issues have changed in 80 will direct. held in check both times by the pandemic. that will begin with The Freedom Project, a years, but the way we watch and the way The third combination, scheduled for June He also works full-time as a tattoo artist series of works by playwrights inspired by playwrights write plays has.” 24 to 27, starts out with Above Suspicion, in Poughkeepsie “and it’s been hard to radio plays written in the 1940s by members The first pairing, from May 13 to 16, which was supposed to be written by Sher- balance the spare time you have efficiently, of a group called The Free Company. features His Honor, the Mayor, written by wood Anderson. He died a month before the especially as a young, inexperienced artist.” The Free Company was created by politi- Welles and directed by Jankell, matched 1941 broadcast and the project was evidently cally minded writers such as Orson Welles with The Secret Secrets of Wonderland completed by other members of the company. (Continued on Page 14) and William Saroyan who, a year before the County, by John Pielmeier of Garrison, The story focuses on a visitor from Nazi U.S. entered World War II, came together author of Agnes of God, and directed by Germany who has great difficulty under- to remind Americans “of the fundamental Donald Kimmel. Both plays feature Piel- standing basic values of American life and rights and freedoms for which they might meier; Peter Gerety, whose lengthy career challenges a family’s equilibrium. have to fight,” according to one account. includes seasons of The Wire; and Shona Above Suspicion will be directed by Each of the writers created a radio play Tucker, the chair of drama at Vassar College. Kimmel and bookended with More Beau- on a democratic theme such as freedom His Honor, the Mayor focuses on a small- tiful, by Craig Lucas, whose most recent of speech, the right to a jury trial and town mayor who finds himself caught in a work was I Was Most Alive With You, equality before the law. (Audio files of the deep tension within his community when produced at Playwrights Horizons. It original radio plays are posted at bit.ly/ he defends the rights of a fascist group that explores the dynamics of a family recon- free-company). wants to hold a public meeting. The Secret figured in the wake of a national eruption. The contemporary writers were asked Secrets of Wonderland County follows Jankell will direct. to create a play inspired by the original Alice, who, in an attempt to help effect Free Company plays and their themes. The change in her community, gets lost in a Tickets for the virtual performances of result is three new productions joined, over twirl of bureaucratic machinations seem- each pair of plays are $15 for adults and $10 three evenings, with the earlier works. The ingly trying to keep someone like her out. for students at philipstowndepottheatre. works will be performed virtually, which Next up, from June 3 to 6, will be Mira- org/tickets. The initial set of plays can be links them further to the radio plays. cle of the Danube, by Maxwell Anderson, viewed from May 13 to 16. A Q&A with the Alice Jankell, an actor and director who which aired in 1941 with Paul Muni and playwright, actors and director will follow lives in Putnam Valley, was the catalyst Burgess Meredith. It concerns a Nazi the May 14 and May 16 performances. Max Beachak, during a tea break at his gallery Photo provided 12 April 30, 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 2 SAT 8 Callisto Quartet Mother’s Day Story Walk FRI 7 KATONAH COLD SPRING Community Garden 3 p.m. Caramoor Butterfield Library Catherine Russell, May 8 Opening 914-232-1252 | caramoor.org 10 Morris Ave. | 845-265-3040 COLD SPRING The group will perform Bartok’s butterfieldlibrary.org 4 p.m. Butterfield Library second, third and fifth string Stroll the library’s paths to enjoy SAT 1 THURS 6 10 Morris Ave. | 845-265-3040 quartets in this livestreamed a themed story. The Farm is the Cocktail Culture from butterfieldlibrary.org concert. Cost: $15, $30, $45 Place to Bee the 1930s to ’50s The library will inaugurate a new SAT 8 BREWSTER POUGHKEEPSIE garden built by Patrick Reinhardt SUN 2 Kids’ Program & Tour 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Tilly Foster Farm 7 p.m. as an Eagle Scout project. Get a free Terrence Wilson GARRISON 100 Route 312 | putnam.cce.cornell.edu Dutchess County Historical Society flower for Mother’s Day and donate BEACON 10 a.m. Boscobel dchsny.org/may6 $20 to enter a raffle for gardening Visit the farm animals and enjoy 8 p.m. Howland Cultural Center supplies. Rain date SAT 8. 845-265-3638 | boscobel.org scavenger hunts and handmade Diane Lapis and Anne Peck- alivemusica.org This virtual tour for families will milkshakes. Get your gardening Davis, authors of Cocktails Across The pianist’s livestreamed focus each month on an object from questions answered and watch America: A Postcard View of FRI 7 performance will include Boscobel’s collection. The May item demonstrations by the 4-H Shooting Cocktail Culture from the 1930s, Birdathon compositions by Haydn, Liszt and is a teacup. Cost: $9 Sports Club. Registration required. ’40s and ’50s, will share via Zoom HIGHLANDS Rachmaninoff. Cost: $20 donation stories from their book and tips for 5 p.m. Various locations or pay as you wish NATURE & OUTDOORS SAT 8 making cocktails. putnamhighlandsaudubon.org Vernal Pool Exploration Putnam Highlands Audubon SAT 8 SAT 1 & Bird Walk THURS 6 will host this annual fundraiser in Catherine Russell 10th Annual Preventing Forest Pests which four teams plus backyard WAPPINGERS FALLS KATONAH Riverkeeper Sweep MILLBROOK birdwatchers scour for species over 10 & 11:30 a.m. Stony Kill Farm 8 p.m. Caramoor 7 p.m. Cary Institute 24 hours at Constitution Marsh and HIGHLANDS 79 Farmstead Lane | stonykill.org 914-232-1252 | caramoor.org bit.ly/imported-pests other locations. Also SAT 8. riverkeeper.org/sweep Two programs will look at the The Grammy Award-winning jazz Volunteers are welcome to abundant nature on the trails and Science journalist Gabriel Popkin, vocalist will perform familiar favorites help with projects and cleanup at landscape. Cost: $5 forest ecologist Gary Lovett, plant SUN 9 and music from her latest album, sites such as Constitution Marsh, pathologist Susan Frankel and Mother’s Day Tea Alone Together, in this livestreamed Garrison’s Landing, Little Stony policy expert Faith Campbell will PHILIPSTOWN concert. Cost: $15, $30, $45 Point, Dennings Point and the Beacon discuss how imported pests are 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Stonecrop waterfront. See the website for details. devastating local forests. 81 Stonecrop Lane | 845-265-2000 KIDS & FAMILY stonecrop.org SAT 1 STAGE & SCREEN Tea and cake will be available for SAT 1 I Love My Park Day purchase in the garden. Register SAT 1 Kids’ Cooking Class HIGHLANDS online. BEACON ptny.org/events/i-love-my-park-day Into the Woods Jr. 11 a.m. Howland Public Library Volunteers will clean parks and BEACON MUSIC 845-831-1134 | beaconlibrary.org complete other projects. See the 11 a.m., 1:30 & 4 p.m. In the first of the series, children website for locations. University Settlement SUN 2 will learn how to make The Cutest 724 Wolcott Ave. 5th Annual Cupcakes and Cherry Jubilee SAT 1 beaconperformingartscenter.com Pete Seeger Festival Glazed Coconut Sprinkles from Hike-a-Thon The Beacon Performing Arts PUTNAM VALLEY Bagel in Love, by Natasha Wing. Center returns to live performance CORNWALL 2 – 5 p.m. Email [email protected] for with this fairy tale musical, which 9 & 11 a.m. & 1 p.m. Tompkins Corners Cultural Center the Zoom link and ingredients list. will be performed outdoors. Also Outdoor Discovery Center 729 Peekskill Hollow Road SUN 2, SAT 8, SUN 9. Cost: $10 120 Muser Drive | 845-534-5506 tompkinscorners.org TUES 4 hhnm.org TALKS & TOURS The performers will include May the 4th Be With You SAT 8 This fundraiser, now in its 14th David and Jacob Bernz, Betty and COLD SPRING SAT 1 The Artichoke year, benefits nature education and the Baby Boomers, Lydia Adams 4 p.m. Butterfield Library play for children at the Hudson Electric Vehicle Show BEACON Davis, Patrick Stanfield Jones, Pat 10 Morris Ave. | 845-265-3040 Highlands Nature Museum. GARRISON 8 p.m. Howland Cultural Center Lamanna, Sharleen Leahey, the butterfieldlibrary.org Registration required. Also SUN 2. 2 – 4 p.m. Desmond-Fish Library 477 Main St. | 845-831-4988 Trouble Sisters, Andy Revkin and Students ages 10 and older can Cost: $10 472 Route 403, Garrison artichokeshow.com Sarah Underhill. Donations will test their Star Wars knowledge. facebook.com/Climate-Smart- Gastor Almonte, Paula Croxson, be shared with organizations that Philipstown Michaela Murphy, Jim O’Grady, Seeger supported. SAT 1 Cherry Blossom Festival Chat with electric-vehicle owners Anoush Froundjian and Jeff and check out various models. Simmermon will perform in the & Plant Sale There will also be demonstrations return of the popular storytelling PEEKSKILL of electric lawn equipment. series to a live audience. Tickets for 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Riverfront Green virtual viewing are also available. peekskillrotary.com TUES 4 Cost: $15 Visit the riverfront for games, MicroMarketing face painting, a craft market and POUGHKEEPSIE VISUAL ARTS food trucks. 8 a.m. Webinar | dutchessbnn.com SAT 1 The Think Dutchess Alliance for Business, Dutchess Tourism and the Communion and Dutchess County Regional Chamber Prophylaxis of Commerce will provide training PHILIPSTOWN and grants to help small businesses Noon. Magazzino Italian Art expand their marketing reach magazzino.art Preventing Forest Pests, May 6 online. Register online. In a Zoom presentation, Leslie Cozzi, curator at the Baltimore highlandscurrent.org The Highlands Current April 30, 2021 13

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Museum of Art, will discuss optical illusion or spin, whirl, walk SAT 8 sculptures and works on paper or move. Through SUN 16. Sandbox | Schism Sandscapes, May 8 created by the wife-and-husband BEACON duo Marisa and Mario Merz. FRI 7 Noon – 6 p.m. BAU Gallery TUES 4 WED 5 Here | Now 506 Main St. | 845-440-7584 Board of Trustees Budget Hearing SAT 1 COLD SPRING baugallery.org Land Escape COLD SPRING GARRISON Noon – 5 p.m. Buster Levi Gallery Lukas Milanak’s interactive 6:30 p.m. Via Zoom 7 p.m. Garrison School BEACON 121 Main St. | 845-809-5810 installation will explore the hidden 845-265-3611 | coldspringny.gov 1100 Route 9D Noon – 9 p.m. Fridman Gallery busterlevigallery.com world of nature, while John De 845-424-3689 | gufs.org 475 Main St. | fridmangallery.com The gallery’s new exhibit highlights Marco’s abstract landscapes will be TUES 4 The gallery’s inaugural exhibit abstract and representational work on view in Gallery 2 and a group THURS 6 will feature works by Nanette in painting, photography, sculpture show will be in the Beacon Room. Putnam Legislature Carter, Athena LaTocha and Wura- and works on paper, many created Through June 6. CARMEL Village Board Natasha Ogunji. At 8 p.m., Victoria over the last year, by member artists. 7 p.m. Via Zoom COLD SPRING Keddie will perform using NASA’s Through May 30. CIVIC 845-208-7800 | putnamcountyny.com 6:30 p.m. Via Zoom | coldspringny.gov live feed of orbiting space debris. The board will hold a public SAT 8 MON 3 TUES 4 hearing on draft regulations for SAT 8 Sandscapes City Council School Board short-term rentals. ArtQUAKE COLD SPRING BEACON COLD SPRING GARRISON 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Magazzino 7 p.m. Via Zoom 7 p.m. Haldane THURS 6 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Garrison Art Center 2700 Route 9 | magazzino.art 845-838-5011 | beaconny.gov 845-265-9254 | haldaneschool.org Town Board 23 Garrison’s Landing | 845-424-3960 This exhibit will showcase PHILIPSTOWN garrisonartcenter.org the work of Costantino Nivola, 7:30 p.m. Via Zoom David Provan curated this exhibit a Sardinian artist who creates 845-265-5200 | philipstown.com by 18 artists whose works are an sculptures through sandcasting.

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together who share a cohesive style. New Gallery (from Page 11) “The Achilles’ heel of galleries as they Real Estate At the same time, he says, “opening used to be, particularly in Cold Spring, was this gallery definitely gives me a sense of the staleness, the antique culture. There accomplishment, especially doing it at a was never a younger vibe. Beacon is becom- time when everyone has been so scared. It ing more of a hip spot, and we’re catching Market Report (March) has taken an emotional toll keeping it on more Beacon runoff.” track, but there’s always help if you need it. Beachak is also reaching out through “Being an artist is such a humanitarian social media and flyers. “Of course there’s Beacon Philipstown thing,” he adds. “The job of artists is equal a difficulty not being on Main Street, but parts therapy and communication. Every this space became available, and I felt like 2020 2021 2020 2021 artist I’ve met, there’s a familiar glow to there was no other way,” he says. Beachak New Listings 4 7 12 9 them. I recognize them as people whose will also be showing some of his own work. sole desire is to create admirable things.” Beachak says he was “attracted to the arts Closed Sales 3 5 10 12 Eventually, Beachak would like to add all through high school.” He’s since explored music to the mix, maybe host a food truck and “everything from steel sculpture to tattooing. Days on Market 71 83 140 110 offer the space as “an art place for teenagers” My father and uncle own a sign company, so Median Price $187,000 $397,500 $482,900 $561,250 because “kids in Cold Spring need access to I was always around calligraphy. No matter an arts community; I speak from experience.” what I was doing, I always admired the fine % List Received 86.3 98.8 92.4 91.1 He chose the gallery’s name “for its bright details. I knew that no matter what I was going sound, and I’m someone who has sported to do, art was going to be a big part of it.” Inventory 23 13 65 40 After graduating from Haldane, Beachak the Mohawk hairstyle multiple times.” The Source: Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors (hgar.com). Excludes condos. Philipstown includes Cold Spring, Garrison and space, which Beachak describes as “about “went to school to illustrate and write my Nelsonville. 900 square feet, hallway style,” is in a build- own graphic novel, and through all the ing owned by his father, Matt Beachak. classes I fell in love with the sculpture class, SPONSORED BY “When Phat Cycles moved out, he decided in particular the plaster-carving project. It to let me give it a shot and rented it to me,” made me think with my hands.” ELAINE THOMAS | CENTURY 21 ALLIANCE REALTY Max says. Other parts of the space will be He segued into steel sculpture and weld- CELL: 845-590-6450 EMAIL: [email protected] occupied by his father’s woodshop and his ing, worked at Clutter Gallery in Beacon younger brother’s mechanics shop. for a while, and then moved to “a few steel- The inaugural exhibit will be a group sculpture fabrication jobs, before realizing show, and Beachak is extending invites to a it wasn’t what I wanted to do.” wide circle of artists. “I’m looking to develop a deep well of artists whom I can showcase,” The Mohawk Valley Gallery will be he says. “I would like to accumulate enough open on weekends. See instagram.com/ Babyand Dog artists’ portfolios to be able to group artists mohawkvalleygallery.

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CELEBRATING Asian Artists The Howland Cultural Center’s annual art exhibit for Asian Pacific American Heritage Celebration Month, curated by Hoodie Crescent (see Page 2), opens at 1 p.m. on Saturday (May 8) and continues through May 30. The center is located at 477 Main St. in Beacon.

Zhaoman Zeng

Chie Fueki

Samarra Khaja

Xuewu Zheng The Artists: Heejung Cho | Hoodie Crescent | Rosa Sung Ji Chang | Chie Fueki | Sol Hee | Samarra Khaja | Itoko Kobayashi | Visakh Menon | Hayoon Jay Lee | Lujiang Li | Meixian Li | Tomo Mori | Dong Hyun Rhee | Eighteen Yuan MiYoung Sohn | Yibin Tian (Lao Liu) | Eighteen Yuan | Zhaoman Zeng | Xuewu Zheng 16 April 30, 2021 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org NOTICE

NOTICE OF ANNUAL PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET, ANNUAL, MEETING, ELECTION AND VOTE. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Education of the Beacon City School District, Dutchess County, New York, will hold a public hearing on the budget at Beacon High School, 101 Matteawan Road, Beacon, New York, and via Zoom, on Monday, May 10, 2021 at 7:00 P.M, for the purpose of presenting the budget document for the 2021-2022 School Year.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that a copy of the statement of the amount of money which will be required for School District purposes during the 2021-2022 school year (the Budget), as prepared by the Board of Education, may be obtained by any resident of the District during the fourteen (14) days immediately preceding the Annual Meeting, Election and Vote, commencing May 4, 2021, except Saturday, Sunday or holidays during regular school hours, 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M., at each of the District’s schoolhouses, at the Administrative Offices, and on the District’s website.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Annual Meeting, Election and Vote, will be held on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, between the hours of 6:00 A.M. and 9:00 P.M., prevailing time, when the polls will be open for the purpose of voting by voting machine: A. To elect four (4) members to the Board of Education as follows: two members for three year terms (commencing July 1, 2021 and expiring June 30, 2024), one member for a three year and six week term commencing May 18, 2021 and expiring June 30, 2024, and one member for a one year and six week term commencing May 18, 2021 and expiring on June 30, 2022. B. To vote upon the appropriation of the necessary funds to meet the estimated expenditures for School District purposes for the 2021-2022 School Year (the Budget). C. To vote upon the following proposition: Shall the bond resolution adopted by the Board of Education of the City School District of the City of Beacon, Dutchess County, New York, dated March 22, 2021 authorizing the purchase of school buses at a maximum estimated cost of $395,000; authorizing the issuance of $395,000 bonds of said School District to pay the costs thereof; and that such sum or so much as may be necessary shall be raised by the levy of a tax upon the taxable real property of said School District and collected in annual installments as provided in Section 416 of the Education Law; and providing that, in anticipation of said tax, obligations of the School District shall be issued; determining the period of probable usefulness and maximum maturity thereof to be five years; pledging the faith and credit of said School District for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds; delegating powers to the chief fiscal officer with respect The board members and founders of New Leaf Restoration gather at the site. Front: to the issuance and sale of bond anticipation notes and such bonds; containing an estoppel clause and providing for the Lori Moss, Tim Donovan, Lew Kingsley / Back: Carl Nelson, Grace Kennedy, Brian publication of an estoppel notice, be approved? Ephraim, Ann Borthwick Photo provided D. To vote upon the following proposition: Shall the Board of Education of the Beacon City School District be authorized to sell a ±33 acre portion of a 64.75 acre parcel fronting on Route 9D (identified on the Dutchess County Tax Map as Section 6055, Block 1, Lot 182629), upon which the Dutchess Stadium, Intermodal Transportation Facility and associated parking effort. “Tilling wasn’t an option,” she said. facilities have been erected, to Dutchess County for the sum of $627,000, and such other terms and conditions as are set Roots and Shoots forth in the Contract of Sale negotiated between the parties? “We didn’t have the equipment, for starters, E. To vote on any other proposition legally proposed. and it creates three times the amount of Growing weeds.” Instead, the garden beds are being NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that for the purposes of voting, the School District has been divided into two (2) election districts and that an accurate description of the boundaries of these school election districts is on file and may be inspected at the Office of built up with a 12-inch layer of wood chips the District Clerk on weekdays when school is in session, during regular work hours, 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M., at the Administrative Community from local arborists. This will smother the Offices, 10 Education Drive, Beacon, New York. By Pamela Doan weeds and anything else growing there. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the 2021 Annual Meeting, Election and Vote, will be held at the following polling places in the School Election Districts hereinafter set forth; Next, Kennedy will cover the wood chips ew Kingsley with newspaper as another weed barrier, SCHOOL ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 1 POLLING LOCATION: BEACON HIGH SCHOOL said it was Tim and with layers of topsoil and compost. “As Description: First Ward, First and Second Districts | Second Ward, First, Second, and Third Districts | Third Ward, First, Second and Donovan’s idea the wood chips break down, they’re adding Third Districts | Fourth Ward, First and Second Districts L to start a community nutrients to the soil,” she explains. “There’s SCHOOL ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 2 garden when he learned POLLING LOCATION: GLENHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL no one right way to do everything but you Description: Bounded on the north and east by Wappingers Central School District No. 1, Towns of Wappinger, Poughkeepsie, that a property across from can arrive at the same point.” Fishkill, East Fishkill and LaGrange in Dutchess County and the towns of Kent and Philipstown in Putnam County; south by the common town line of the Towns of Fishkill and Wappinger and west by the Hudson River. the Desmond-Fish Public Library had been Wood chips will also cover the paths in the Bounded on the north by the common town line of the of Fishkill and Wappinger, east by Wappinger Central School District donated to Philipstown by the Open Space garden. Creating a planting medium in this No. 1 in the Towns of Wappinger, Poughkeepsie, Fishkill, East Fishkill and LaGrange in Dutchess County and the Towns of Kent Institute and Scenic Hudson. and Philipstown in Putnam County and Union Free School District No. 3, Town of Fishkill, south by Beacon City line and west by way is a permaculture practice, building on Hudson River. But Donovan credits Kingsley’s wife, Rita top of the ground rather than digging. Bounded northerly by former Common School District No. 4 in the Town of Fishkill and Wappinger, easterly by Central School Jo Riehle. Before her death in 2018, her love Community gardens are more common District No. 1 in the Towns of Wappinger, Poughkeepsie, Fishkill, East Fishkill and LaGrange in Dutchess County and the Towns of Kent and Philipstown in Putnam County and Central School District No. 1 in the Towns of Philipstown and Putnam Valley in of gardening brought them all together. in urban environments, not in places like Dutchess County; southerly by Central School District No. 1 in the Town of Philipstown and Putnam Valley in Putnam County The community garden on the Garrison and the Town of Fishkill in Dutchess County; westerly by the Hudson River and the City of Beacon being the former Union Free Philipstown where many residents have School District No. 3 of the Town of Fishkill. parcel at Routes 9D and 403 will be oper- yards. Kingsley said the mission evolved NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that petitions for nominating candidates for the office of member of the Board of Education must ated by the nonprofit New Leaf Restoration, from the desire to have a community space be filed with the District Clerk by no later than 5:00 P.M. on the 20th day preceding the Annual Meeting, Election and Vote Wednesday, April 28, 2021. Such petitions must be signed by at least fifty (50) qualified voters of the District (per S4430 for 2021 which will stake out 50 plots measuring 4 rather than a private garden. Donovan only), shall state the name and residence address of each signer and the name and residence address of the candidate. Petition forms may be obtained at the Office of the District Clerk on weekdays when school is in session, during regular business hours, by 10 feet. Memberships are $100 for the focused on the positive cultural aspect, 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. or they can be downloaded from the district website. season. Plots can be shared and are avail- bringing people together who may have

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Board of Education of the Beacon City School District, Dutchess County, New York, has fixed able to any Philipstown resident. nothing in common other than a desire to Tuesday, May 4, 2021, at the Administrative Offices, 10 Education Drive, Beacon, New York, as the date on which the Board of As a former community gardener for a garden. He also noted that many people in Registration of said School District will meet between the hours of 1:00 P.M. and 5:00 P.M., prevailing time, for the purpose of preparing the register of the School District for each election district for the Annual Meeting, Election and Vote, to be held on season here in Philipstown, I can say that the Highlands don’t have ideal conditions Tuesday, May 18, 2021, at which time any person shall be entitled to have his/her name placed upon such register if known or proven to the satisfaction of the registrars to be then or thereafter entitled to vote. Persons whose registration to vote with the the infrastructure New Leaf is providing for gardens. County Board of Elections is current, pursuant to Article 5 of the Election Law, shall be qualified to vote without further registering is ideal. Deer and wildlife issues will be “There is a lot of shade and slopes,” he with the School District’s Board of Registration, as well as all persons who shall have previously registered for any annual or special district meeting or election and who shall have voted at any annual or special district meeting or election held or handled with fencing. The site has full sun. said. “You need fencing because of deer, conducted at any time during the 2017, 2018, 2019 or 2020 calendar years. Water will be delivered with drip irrigation which can be expensive, and not every- NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the register of voters so prepared shall be filed in the Office of the District Clerk and shall be — the site’s biggest asset, I think. When I one has easy access to water outdoors for open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M., prevailing time, beginning fourteen (14) days prior to the Annual Meeting, Election and Vote. Said register will be open for inspection in each of the polling had to drive to a garden away from home, plants.” places during the Annual Meeting, Election and Vote. watering was time-consuming and prone to Studies show community gardens NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for absentee ballots for the Annual Meeting, Election and Vote may be obtained at delays. Going away for a few days or a week? increase consumption of fruits and vegeta- the Office of the District Clerk or downloaded from the school district website. The completed application must be received by I had to hope that a friend would take over the District Clerk no earlier than thirty (30) days prior to the election, and at least seven (7) days prior to the election if the ballot bles for the households involved even more is to be mailed or the day before the election, if the ballot will be picked up at the Office of the District Clerk. The completed in return for the same favor. than having a vegetable garden at home. application can be sent by email, or delivered by a designated agent. Absentee ballots must be received at the Office of the District Clerk by no later than 5:00 P.M., prevailing time, on the day of the election. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots When Donovan described New Leaf’s It’s also demonstrated that participation shall have been issued will be available in the said Office of the District Clerk during regular office hours until the day of the system, I was ready to sign up even though Annual Meeting, Election and Vote. Any qualified voter may file a written challenge of the qualifications of a voter whose name in a community garden specifically lowers appears on such list, stating the reasons for the challenge. I have a garden at home. “There’s a cistern stress levels. on the site that was used for Garrison’s NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that a qualified military voter who is not currently registered can obtain a military personal registration I know from my own experience that form on the District’s website, or from the District Clerk between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. A registered military voter Landing and we’re using a solar-powered bonding with other gardeners and sharing may apply for a military ballot by requesting an application from the District Clerk in the same manner. Additionally, qualified military voters can contact the District Clerk to indicate their preference to receive a military personal registration form, absentee water pump that will be set to automati- expertise was a huge bonus of the commu- ballot application or absentee ballot via mail, facsimile or electronic mail. Ballots must be received by the District Clerk no later than 5:00 P.M. on the date of the election and vote. Military voter registration and absentee ballots shall be administered in cally water the plots every day,” he said. nity garden. This will translate well into accordance with the provisions of Section 2018-d of the Education Law and Part 122 of the Commissioner’s Regulations. This will be both a time- and plant-saving our spread-out Philipstown, where people asset. As Donovan noted, it will also help live in the nooks and crannies of woods as

Dated: March 24, 2021 By the Order of the Board of Education of the Beacon City School District to control traffic at the site since gardeners well as side-by-side in the villages. ______don’t have to show up daily. To sign up for a plot, visit newleaf-resto- Kelly Pologe, School District Clerk Healthy soil for growing was the next ration.org. Donations are accepted to challenge and board member and garden support the nonprofit and to subsidize plots designer Grace Kennedy’s expertise led this for gardeners with limited financial means. highlandscurrent.org The Highlands Current April 30, 2021 17

Mouths to Feed chickens, figs with prosciutto, stuffed grape leaves, wild mushrooms, fresh vegetables from the garden — all arranged for a maga- Gone but Not zine photo shoot. In a little bowl on a far corner of the table sat a mixture of chick- peas, parsley, black olives, lemon juice and Forgotten red pepper flakes. This all-but-overlooked relish had By Celia Barbour suddenly rocketed through the decades and grabbed hold of my memory as I stood there his recipe panicking in the pantry. saved me. Memory is weird. Out of nowhere, a song T It happened you haven’t heard since middle school one evening back returns to you intact. Or an ugly pair of when I was head shoes your mother made you wear to cook at a summer camp kindergarten. Go searching for memories in Vermont. We had just and they elude you. But go about your daily finished preparing a lovely, complicated life and, out of the blue, some random, long- dinner and called for the bell. lost moment pops up. How and where do Chickpea and Black Olive Salad The ringing of the bell (actually a sledge- such memories hide? This is great on its own or stuffed in a pita with a little lettuce. hammer banged on railroad ties) signaled Well, in one of your 100 billion neurons. to the 100 or so campers and staff that it Or, rather, in one of the 100 billion times was time to gather in the meadow outside 10,000 pathways those neurons can form. the farmhouse, share announcements, sing In the past decade, neurologists have found 1 29-ounce can chickpeas Drain and rinse the chickpeas, and set in a a grace, wash hands and come inside for particularly powerful links between smell/ 1 tablespoon good-quality strainer to dry for a few minutes. In a medium food. taste and our brains’ creation and retrieval olive oil bowl, combine the olive oil, lemon juice, There was a gap of roughly eight minutes, of memories, as well as between memories salt, red pepper flakes and cumin. Add the 4 teaspoons fresh lemon juice in other words, between this bell and the of food and memories of place. chickpeas and toss to combine. descent of the ravenous hordes. Thank heavens I didn’t need to under- 2 teaspoons salt We were two minutes into that normally stand a lick of neuroscience to be graced ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes, Drain the olives and roughly chop them. Add peaceful gap when I realized we’d forgot- with the timely return of this dish. It lightly crushed to the bowl with the chickpeas. Remove the ten to cook anything for the vegans. To appeared in my head as clearly as if I’d leaves from the parsley stems (you should neglect anyone, let alone the vegans, was ½ teaspoon cumin powder eaten it yesterday. Moreover, I somehow have about 1½ to 2 cups, loosely packed). anathema to me. I’d come to realize during knew it would work as a stand-alone salad, 2/3 cup pitted kalamata olives Roughly chop the parsley. Just before serving, those summer-camp summers that food or, better yet, stuffed in a pita. We mixed 1 bunch flat-leaf parsley add to the chickpea mixture and toss well. has enormous power to make people feel it up and had it ready to serve by the time acknowledged and taken care of. Whether folks had taken their seats. It was so well- I was cooking for a shy kid away from home received that it became a menu staple. for the first time and needing comfort, or a So: Three cheers for the power of self-righteous diet proselytizer, I took that memory! responsibility seriously. Or maybe not. Because I later discovered But with six minutes to go, what could that the dish I made, the one that came back I do? to me so vividly, was actually quite differ- I ran to the walk-in and scanned the ent from the one my magazine colleagues packed shelves: What? What? What? had made in Napa. I had invented a new Adrenaline jerked at my thoughts. I dashed dish in the act of remembering an old one. to the pantry. Five shelves, four walls: Noth- Big deal, the neuroscientists would say. ing clicked. Then my eyes landed on a #10 They’ve known for decades that memory can of chickpeas, and, just like that, mirac- is plastic; that recollection is re-creation. ulously, I was transported 20 years back in Well then, 3 times 10,000 cheers for this time to a very different setting. mysterious gray lump that sits atop our On a rise overlooking a sweeping vine- shoulders, and tosses random, fortuitous yard in Napa Valley sat a great table arrayed gifts in our paths — some just in time to with a spectacular feast — roast lamb and save our suppers.

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The Village of Cold Spring has a part-time opening for a secretary to the Village Boards and office assistant. The position requires attending and recording meetings of the Historic District Review Board, Planning Board and Zoning Board of Appeals, preparing minutes, meeting preparation and follow up, and assisting Village Clerk and Accountant with projects. Candidates must be proficient in Word and Excel, have excellent communication and organizational skills, and the ability to multi-task. Position is for up to 25 hours a week. Attending evening meetings 1-2 times a week is required. Please send a cover letter and resume by May 15th to: Jeff Vidakovich, Village Clerk, Village of Cold Spring 85 Main Street, Cold Spring, NY 10516 Or via email to [email protected] 18 April 30, 2021 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

The Bannerman residence (left) and the remains of the warehouse Photos by M. Turton course chef’s dinner with live music and the sale of works by Hudson Valley artists. Bannerman’s Island to Restart Tours Caplan said that while the tours and Programs return as COVID part of Hudson Highlands State Park. staged radio play and the 11th annual Farm events will follow state park health proto- Guided tours of the island will be offered Fresh Chef’s Dinner. cols, he’s hoping “things will loosen up restrictions loosen at half-capacity on Fridays, Saturdays and The movies will be Bill and Ted Face the more as the season moves forward.” This year has already been an improvement over By Michael Turton Sundays beginning May 1, Caplan said, Music, starring Keanu Reeves, on Aug 20; with additional times to be added later in Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo, with James 2020, with the season starting on schedule, OVID-19 greatly limited access to the season. The tours leave from the boat Stewart and Kim Novak, on Aug. 27; and although at reduced capacity. “There’s light the historic Bannerman’s Island last dock opposite the Beacon train station. The King Kong, starring Fay Wray, on Sept. 19. at the end of the tunnel,” he said. “We’re Cyear but public events and programs Friday tour departs at 6 p.m., while those Five actors will play nine roles in a live thrilled to keep going.” are set to rebound in 2021, Neal Caplan, on Saturday and Sunday leave at 11 a.m., “radio version” of the 1950 film noir clas- Bannerman’s Island is named for Frank executive director of the Bannerman Castle 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. sic Sunset Boulevard on July 30 and Aug. Bannerman, who purchased Pollepel Island Trust, said on Tuesday (April 27). The 2021 season will also include live 1. The production will be directed by Frank in 1900 to store his extensive inventory The 6-acre island, located in the Hudson music on the third Sunday of each month Marquette, founder of Theatre in the Round. of military goods. Bannerman’s business River between Cold Spring and Beacon, is through Oct. 17, as well as film screenings, a On Sept. 4, Noah Sheetz will host the five- outfitted armies around the world and his 350-page catalogue, which contained everything from black powder, cannons and helmets to uniforms, rifles and swords, PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE HIGHLAND STUDIO was a veritable encyclopedia of the weap- ons of war. The Board of Trustees of the Village of Cold Spring will hold a public hearing The island warehouse was built in the via Videoconference pursuant to Executive Order 202.1 to consider proposed architectural style of an old Scottish castle, local law to add Chapter 100 Short Term Rentals and amend sections: in homage to Bannerman’s family heritage. 134-2 Word Usage and Definitions, 134-7 Regulations for R-1 One Family He also constructed a home on the island. Bannerman died in 1918, but his family Residence District, 134-8 Regulations for R-3 Multifamily Residence District, continued the business into the 1970s, in 134-9 Regulations for B-1 General Business District, 134-12 Regulations for later years from a Long Island warehouse. I-1 Office-Light Industry District, 134-13 Regulations for I-2 Heavy Industry In 1969, fire destroyed most of the island’s District, 134-15 Regulations for B-4 Designated Medical and Health Care structures. Facility District and 134-15A Regulations for B-4A Medical and Health Care The Bannerman residence is being Facility Mixed Use District. PRINTMAKERS restored and serves as a visitor center and WHEN: Thursday May 6th as the backdrop for concerts, movies and stage productions. For information, see TIME: 6:30 PM FINE ART bannermanisland.org. WHERE: Meeting will be held virtually via Zoom. All interested parties can PRINTING attend as follows: SCANNING https://zoom.us/j/94086293122?pwd=eVJpUnFZRUt5K3A3anhFLzlERG9S LARGE FORMAT QT09 NOTICE or to Join by Phone: (646) 558-8656 HUDSON VALLEY’S NOTICE OF FILING TENTATIVE Meeting ID: 940 8629 3122 Password: 259033 ARCHIVAL PRINTING ASSESSMENT ROLL WITH The proposed new Chapter 100 and amended Chapter 134 are available on SINCE 1997 THE TOWN CLERK the Village website at https://www.coldspringny.gov/mayor-board-trustees/ Notice is hereby given that the pages/local-law-01-2021-short-term-rentals or you may request a copy PICTURE FRAMING undersigned assessor has completed by emailing the Village Clerk ([email protected]). A copy of the print & map gallery the Tentative Assessment Roll for the proposed local law is also available by appointment at Village Hall at 85 Town of Philipstown in the County Main Street, Cold Spring, NY. Please call Jeff Vidakovich, Village Clerk at 845- of Putnam for the year of 2021. 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(from Page 1) Entergy took down the fence that was being able to calmly evacuate via Route 9 Indian Point separating Reactors 2 and 3 and worked during a nuclear emergency. were being sucked into the plant and killed on making the plant whole. They had not “That’s obvious to anyone who’s ever every week. even owned the plant for a year when a sat in traffic on Route 9,” said Gallay, call- It was this fear of massive fish destruc- hijacked commercial airliner flew over- ing the evacuation plan “a paper plan for tion that helped sink public support for head on Sept. 11, 2001, on course for the a paper emergency.” Pataki refused to another Hudson River plant that was never World Trade Center. certify the evacuation plan unless signifi- constructed: the Cementon Nuclear Power “Had the plane gone down 60 seconds cant changes were made. Plant that was proposed near Athens in sooner [into Indian Point], it would have Yet the plan, defended in court by former Greene County in the 1970s. Residents breached the fuel pools with all of their New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, heard about the decimated fish popula- radioactive waste and could have caused a was approved on the federal level. Michael 1963 tions downriver at Buchanan and wanted fuel-pool fire,” said Manna Jo Greene, Clear- Brown, the director of FEMA at the time, The reactor reaches full no part of it. water’s environmental director. She said the who would rise to infamy a few years later power, 275 megawatts. The environmental groups demanded consequences could have resembled those for the role his agency played in misman- cooling towers be built at Indian Point to of the 2011 disaster at Fukushima Daiichi in aging the response to Hurricane Katrina, stop the intake of river water and aquatic Japan, which led to the evacuation of more defended the federal approval by noting 1966 life. Con Edison argued that it would be than 100,000 people, some of which have that the high population density of the area Con Ed receives federal approval to too costly. But as part of the treaty to save still not been allowed to return. “does not create additional challenges, construct a second reactor with a Storm King, the groups agreed to postpone It was not an idle fear. The 9/11 Commis- other than an educational challenge of capacity of 873 megawatts. the cooling tower fight. sion would later reveal that the hijackers really communicating well to a denser “We agreed to allow additional infor- had considered Indian Point as a target. population about what their role is.” 1969 mation to be gathered on the Indian Point Subsequent military operations in Afghan- As the years wore on, so did the prob- Con Ed receives federal approval plant to determine the damage that was istan uncovered detailed plans of U.S. lems. There were corroded bolts on the to build a third reactor with a being done,” recalled Paul Gallay, executive nuclear power plants in captured Al Qaeda reactors, radioactive groundwater contam- capacity of 965 megawatts. director of Riverkeeper. “If that informa- strongholds, although for which plants has ination discovered on site and a trans- tion showed that the plant was harming not been revealed. former explosion in 2010 that sent oil into the Hudson, Riverkeeper, Scenic Hudson By order of the NRC, Indian Point spent the Hudson. 1972 and Clearwater would be able to go back $150 million on security improvements The month before Reactor 3 was shut The New York State Department of and object and try and force the plant to and began regular counterterrorism drills down by that wayward balloon, it was shut Environmental Conservation (DEC) install the cooling towers.” in which the plant’s security force repelled down by a transformer fire that jettisoned orders Con Ed to temporarily shut “Here is proof,” wrote The New York groups of attackers. Although the plant’s 3,000 gallons of cooling fluid into the river. down the intake system for Reactor 2 Times’ editorial board on the signing of security overcame the simulated terrorist The month after the balloon, Reactor 3 was over “substantial fish kills” estimated the treaty, “that negotiation can produce threat every time, it was less successful in shut down yet again after a water pump at 100,000 during the previous week. better results than prolonged litigation.” thwarting a mylar balloon that got caught failure. A report by the NRC found that Twenty years later, the environmental in the wires of a substation in 2015, which the nuclear power plant in the country that 1974 groups thought they had the evidence they led to one of the reactors temporarily shut- was most at-risk to earthquakes was not The federal government orders needed to again push for cooling towers at ting down. in California, but was Indian Point, which Reactor 1 shut down because it Indian Point. But the legal case took a back A review of the plant’s evacuation plans was built close to a fault line. lacks an emergency core cooling seat to sudden threats from above. in 2003, ordered by then-Gov. George Then, in 2010, 30 years after the “Peace system. It is never restarted. Pataki (a resident of Garrison) and overseen Treaty on the Hudson,” the state ruled that Terrorists, balloons by former Federal Emergency Management Indian Point was in violation of the Clean 1975 The groups were dealing with a new Agency director James Witt, found the Water Act for its constant destruction of entity: Entergy, a Louisiana energy plant’s plans to be wildly improbable, fail- marine life and daily contamination of The New York Power Authority company that had purchased Indian Point ing to take into account increased terror- the river. Bringing the plant to compliance announces it has purchased from Con Ed, which owned the Reactor ism risks, the high population density of would have meant constructing large cool- Reactor 3 for $394 million. 1 (which was inoperative) and Reactor 2, the area, basic human behavior in the ing towers, which were estimated to cost and the New York Power Authority, which advent of a wide-scale threat and the feasi- $1 billion and would have closed the plant owned Reactor 3. bility of hundreds of thousands of people (Continued on Page 21) highlandscurrent.org The Highlands Current April 30, 2021 21

1980 More than 100,000 gallons of water flood Reactor 2, knocking it out of service.

1982 After a study claims that a core meltdown at Indian Point could cause 50,000 deaths from radiation poisoning and 14,000 long-term deaths from cancer, an official with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) says an accident is about as likely as “a jumbo jet crashing into a football stadium during the Super Bowl.”

1993 The state shuts Reactor 3 for safety violations and the reactor is placed on an NRC “watch list” of troubled plants. The reactor remains inactive for two-and-a-half years.

2000 A leak inside a steam generator forces the shutdown of Reactor 2 for 10 months and the first emergency alert in the facility’s history. The Indian Point nuclear plant in Buchanan Photo by Jeff Anzevino

(Continued from Page 20) generator failure at Indian Point made public hearing away from taking over 2001 for nearly a year. her realize that part of her job was going the license at Indian Point to handle the Entergy buys Indian Point from Con Ed “That was not feasible from an economic to involve quickly becoming an expert on decommissioning of the plant. “So much so for $602 million. Organizations that perspective,” said Jerry Nappi, a spokes- nuclear power plants. She began attending that they were barred from doing business oppose the plant create the Indian person for Entergy. “No existing nuclear every NRC meeting she could, even after from the World Bank and the Tennessee Point Safe Energy Coalition. plant had ever been retrofit with cooling the NRC yelled at her for tape recording Valley Authority.” towers.” a meeting. “I still have a couple of inches Greene has been a leader in the fight to But Nappi says it was not the Clean of files in my basement that explain how shut down Indian Point for decades, but 2002 Water Act that ultimately did the plant steam generators work,” she said. Holtec’s imminent takeover of the plant The federal government creates in. The culprit lay to the west, under- Galef said she was never someone who and its thousands of tons of radioactive a disaster evacuation plan but neath the ground in Pennsylvania. “The was in favor of shutting down the plant fuel has meant that this day, which she skeptical county executives refuse advent of fracked gas, which impacts this outright, even as the plant’s age required had looked forward to for so long, brings to sign off. The state says Entergy area, primarily from the Marcellus Shale her ever-increasing scrutiny and oversight. little solace. must do more to reduce the impact in Pennsylvania, drove down wholesale “My focus was always on safety, whatever “If the license transfer was going to a of its water-intake cooling system electricity prices greatly and made the the problems were,” she said. “But we always reliable decommissioning company with a on aquatic life. Entergy renames the continued operation unsustainable from knew, at some point it was going to close, good history and long experience, I would plant the Indian Point Energy Center, an economic perspective,” he said. because you can only replace so much.” feel more relieved,” she said. dropping “nuclear.” A union leader for It was a bitter irony that fracked gas, The shutdown is bittersweet for Galef, Holtec may be new to decommissioning the plant’s 600 employees complains which environmentalists had fought to who emphasizes that the plant supplied but that doesn’t mean it’s not qualified, that they are portrayed as “ignorant keep out of New York because of the envi- thousands of people with well-paying, says Patrick O’Brien, a Holtec representa- canaries going into the mines. In ronmental damage that is done when the demanding and highly skilled jobs filled by tive. The company is decommissioning the reality, we’re a well-educated, highly gas is extracted, was what drove Entergy many people who, like Galef, ultimately had Oyster Creek nuclear plant in New Jersey trained, professional workforce.” to approach the state and Riverkeeper in enough faith in the plant’s overall safety and the Pilgrim Energy plant in Massachu- 2016 to discuss closing the plant down. The that they chose to live near it, working long setts, and is also going through the license announcement was made in January 2017. hours to keep its aging infrastructure oper- transfer process to decommission the Pali- Gallay notes that the four-year window ating as safely as they could. There were the sades nuclear power plant in Michigan. has given the state, and the renewable tens of millions in annual tax revenue that “The NRC does a very thorough process energy sector, ample time to prepare. sustained the surrounding communities. and they found that, with Pilgrim’s case, “There’s been careful plans made for the And she saw marked improvements in the with Oyster’s case and now with Indian better part of the decade for the de-contin- plant when Entergy took over. Point, that we have the technical and uation of operations at Indian Point, for “They’ll be remembered as a very good financial abilities to complete the decom- the replacement of Indian Point’s power neighbor,” she said of Entergy. “Some missioning,” he said. “That’s why they generation and now, most recently, for people won’t view them as a good neigh- allowed the license transfer. The key thing the prompt and safe decommissioning of bor, but they’ve been a good neighbor.” to note when you look at our projects that Indian Point,” he said. She has a much different opinion of the are underway: They’re both on schedule “They made an economic decision,” said company that is coming in to replace them. and under budget.” Assembly Member Sandy Galef, whose “I haven’t been a fan of Holtec,” she said. The New York State attorney general was district includes both Indian Point, which not convinced and sued the NRC in January. is about 10 miles from her home, and the Out of the frying pan A few weeks ago, the state, the NRC, Entergy, 2003 Highlands. “You can’t fault them for that.” Greene, the environmental director at Holtec and Riverkeeper announced a settle- Entergy informs the NRC that it plans Galef has had an extensive knowledge Clearwater, has an even blunter assessment. ment that would allow the license transfer to to store spent fuel at the site in dry of the inner workings at Indian Point for “Holtec has a long history of bribery, go through. A public hearing on the settle- casks made by Holtec. decades. Shortly after she was elected malfeasance and lying to public officials,” ment is scheduled for May 13. to the state Assembly in 1992, a steam she alleged about the company that is one (Continued on Page 22) 22 April 30, 2021 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

2004 2015 The commission investigating the After the NRC says it will allow Indian 9/11 terrorist attacks reveals that Point to operate under its expired Mohamed Atta, who flew a plane into licenses, protestors stretch “Caution” the World Trade Center, “considered tape across the entrance of the facility. targeting a nuclear facility he had seen The documentaryIndian Point, by Cold during familiarization flights” — almost Spring filmmaker Ivy Meeropol, debuts certainly Indian Point, since the at the Tribeca Film Festival. terrorists practiced along the Hudson River corridor. Another ringleader reportedly said the plan was abandoned 2017 Cuomo, now governor, announces for fear “it might get out of hand.” that, under an agreement with Entergy, Indian Point will shut 2007 down by 2021. He appoints a task Gov. Eliot Spitzer and Attorney force to oversee the closure that General Andrew Cuomo ask the includes Assembly Member Sandy NRC to deny a request from Entergy Galef, who represents Philipstown. In A photo from Ivy Meeropol’s 2015 documentary, Indian Point for 20-year extensions for its 40-year December, the New York Independent licenses to operate the plant. “We System Operator, which oversees the cannot continue to roll the dice with electricity grid, concludes the closure (from Page 21) affected by Indian Point’s closure to repre- the operation of Indian Point — there is Indian Point sentatives from the offices of Sens. Charles will not affect energy supplies. simply too much at stake,” Cuomo says. The settlement addresses many of that Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand; and even state’s concerns with Holtec, including workers from the plant. 2020 financial assurances that it will be able to Many of the bills that have been passed Reactor 2 is shut down. The NRC complete the job by requiring a minimum in the past few years affecting Indian Point approves the sale of the plant to balance of $400 million in the decommis- grew out of this task force, as members Holtec, which will decommission it. sioning trust fund for the next 10 years, discussed needs to be met and problems on allowing more on-site scrutiny from the horizon. It is thanks to the task force the state’s Department of Environmen- that about 300 of the plant’s current staff 2021 tal Conservation to ensure the cleanup, of around 750 employees will be staying New York State Attorney General including of the contaminated ground- on to work with Holtec on the decommis- Letitia James sues the NRC, alleging water, is being done thoroughly, and the sioning. Another 170 will relocate down the agency should have held a hearing establishment of a Decommissioning Over- south to continue working with Entergy, before approving the sale to Holtec sight Board. and about 180 of the remaining employees or the company’s withdrawal of $2.1 2010 “I would venture that the financial are eligible for retirement. billion from a decommissioning fund. The DEC rules that Indian Point kills assurance is more than any other plant The structures housing the spent fuel (The case has been settled.) The state too many fish and consumes and has,” said O’Brien. will now be taxed. And for the next several Public Service Commission authorizes contaminates so much water that The agreement does not address every- years the state will also be providing finan- the distribution of $12.5 million it violates the federal Clean Water thing. Greene is still concerned about cial assistance to the jurisdictions who annually through 2029 to nearby Act. The firm needs water quality Holtec’s plan to ship the radioactive waste will no longer be collecting $32 million municipalities, school districts and certification for the NRC to approve to its storage facilities in New Mexico and in annual tax revenue from the plant, special districts for lost tax revenue. its license renewals. An Entergy Texas, in predominantly Native American starting with 80 percent of the usual tax On April 30, the third and final reactor representative says upgrading the and Latinx communities that have already amount next year, and then decreasing by at Indian Point shuts down. water-cooling system to meet state borne the brunt of the atomic age by their 10 percent each year. “It’s a more gradual standards would require $1.1 billion proximity to nuclear testing and uranium phase-out of the lost revenue,” said Cong- and a 42-week shutdown. mining. don, and buys the municipalities time to have since been completed, Indian Point “It’s an environmental justice issue,” come up with new sources of tax revenue. was free to shut down. 2011 she said. It’s also a logistical issue as she But one of the first things the task force However, all three plants burn natu- Following a meltdown at the worried that local roads, bridges and over- addressed in 2017 is the issue that will be ral gas, producing much more air pollu- Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan, passes won’t be able to support the massive on the minds of many New Yorkers today: tion and greenhouse gasses than Indian the National Resources Defense weight of the radioactive waste-filled casks Will the lights go off tonight at 11 p.m.? Point ever did. And saying they “replaced” Council estimates that, depending on as they’re transported across the country. They will not. In late 2017, the New Indian Point isn’t quite accurate. The grid which direction the wind carried “It’s a tractor-trailer in front, a tractor- York Independent System Operator, the is constantly in flux, and it’s almost impos- the fallout, an accident of the same trailer in the back and a large flatbed that state entity that manages the power grid, sible at any point to say where the power scale at Indian Point “could cause a can only go 3 to 5 mph,” she said, adding issued a Generator Deactivation Assess- in your home is coming from at that exact swath of land down to the that she had urged Rep. Antonio Delgado, ment, a report that NYISO is required to moment. Since 2017, New York has brought George Washington Bridge to be whose district includes the Catskills and write whenever any power plant, no matter online enough renewable energy and effi- uninhabitable for generations.” parts of the Hudson Valley, to take these what source of energy it uses, announces ciency savings to also “replace” Indian needs into account when working on Presi- its intention to shut down. The purpose Point’s power, with much more on the way. dent Joe Biden’s infrastructure bill. of the report is to figure out if the retire- It’s part of an ambitious plan to decarbon- There are, however, mechanisms in place ment of a plant will result in any reliabil- ize 70 percent of New York’s energy grid by to make sure these concerns continue to be ity issues to the grid. If NYISO determines 2030, and reach zero emissions by 2040. addressed. And they’ve been at it for years. that it would, they then have the authority The state will have to get there without to keep the plant open until the issues can the plant that had been producing nearly Everyone on board be resolved. carbon-free energy for 60 years, even as it As part of the 2017 agreement to shut As NYISO explained to the closure task grapples with the damages the plant did to down Indian Point, the state created an force, as long as two out of three power the river flowing by it and the soil under- Indian Point Closure Task Force. Tom projects that were then in the works (the neath it. 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Beacon seniors are Bryan Conklin, Jackson Jackson, Mike Lepere, Matt Manzoeillo and Mike Levy. Photos by S. Pearlman Preview: Beacon Baseball By Skip Pearlman be interesting to see,” Atwell said. “The guys we’re building the team around were fter losing its 2020 season to the sophomores two years ago. Missing last pandemic shutdown, the Beacon year was huge; they haven’t been on a high A High School baseball team is ready school field in nearly two years. A lot of In his final game for Haldane, quarterback Dan Santos ran for 77 yards. For more to get back on the field for a condensed them play travel ball, but some of those photos, see highlandscurrent.org. schedule of 18 games in 35 days. schedules were also condensed.” Beacon finished 13-9 in 2019 and lost in The pitching staff starts with Manzo- the first round of the playoffs. Manager Bob eillo and Lapere. After that everyone is Atwell welcomes back two starters from that looking to prove themselves, Atwell said. Haldane on Short End team: All-League centerfielder and pitcher Beacon will look to the same pair to Mike Lapere, and All-Section first baseman spark the offense, as well. “Mike will be a and pitcher Matt Manzoeillo. Infielder and key, with his ability to drive the ball, and of Thrilling Finish pitcher Dillon Kelly also returns. I’ll be looking for them to provide some Tuckahoe kicks field goal return that gave the Blue Devils a 12-7 lead. The rest of the team is new to the varsity. offense,” Atwell said. “We also have some A Dan-to-Darrin Santos 92-yard TD pass It includes catcher Jackson Jackson; talented sophomores, and Fontaine, as a for 37-36 win early in the second made it 20-7. pitcher Mike Levy; infielders Brian Conk- freshman, had a good spring. Our juniors lin and Chase Green; first baseman and have been competitive. Levy could have a By Skip Pearlman The loss was a heartbreaker for the Blue Devils, who closed their season at 2-4. designated hitter Tyler Haydt; outfielders good season, and Jackson has improved Owen Bozsik, Flynn Johnson and Devin n the final contest of an abbreviated “It was a roller coaster of emotions and immensely behind the plate.” Buggs; third baseman and pitcher Owen season, Haldane and Tuckahoe played big plays,” said Coach Ryan McConville. The Bulldogs were scheduled to open Browne; infielder and pitcher Joey Vollaro; a wild game on Saturday (April 24) that “Two rivals, and no one wanted to lose. their season Thursday (April 29) hosting I utility and pitcher JJ Mazzacone; and util- ended with the Blue Devils on the short That was one of the toughest, certainly O’Neill High School, followed by games ity and pitcher Mike Fontaine. end of a 37-36 score. in the top two losses I’ve had, because we against Hendrick Hudson today and “The relative inexperience of teams will Haldane led Tuckahoe — its only Class D had a chance to win the football game. But Wallkill on Saturday. rival in Section 1 — 36-28 with 3:48 to play, penalties, and that last play…” and were leading 36-34 with 17 seconds He added: “The last game was heart- left when the Tigers drilled a 22-yard field breaking, but it was awesome what we goal for the victory. were able to accomplish” despite COVID- After going up 20-7 in the first half, 19 restrictions. He noted that his team Haldane trailed 28-20 at the end of three was missing four players against Tucka- quarters. The Blue Devils scored twice — hoe because of quarantine but that others with Dan Santos hooking up with brother stepped up, including Tommy Tucker, Darrin on touchdown passes of 12 and 22 Sorin Holmbo and Luca Dillelo. yards — to open the fourth. But the Tigers The Santos brothers, in their final game scored on a 54-yard touchdown with 3:17 for Haldane, led the way. At quarterback, left to pull within two. Dan Santos went 23 of 43 for 290 yards and Tuckahoe got the ball back again with three touchdowns but was picked off four 1:28, and on third down, threw down the times. He also ran 77 yards on 24 carries. sideline, where wide receiver John Benke Darrin Santos had 12 receptions for 167 deflected the pass, then made a circus yards and three TDs. catch and fought his way to the Haldane Beacon High School, meanwhile, PHILIPSTOWN WIN — Parker Larsen of the U12 Vikings lines up a kick in its 5-yard line with 1:01 on the clock. That led finished a tough season on April 22, fall- victory over the Poughkeepsie Firestorm on Sunday (April 25) at Philipstown Park. to Jason Santos’ winning field goal. ing at home to Greeley, 22-6, to finish 0-4. The Vikings won 8-2 behind four goals from Elias Moran; Larsen, Oliver Sanders, Haldane’s Christian Pezzullo scored The Bulldogs had two of their six games Jack Fitzgerald and Connor Keegan also scored. The squad travels to Rhinebeck on a 23-yard fumble recovery in the first, canceled due to COVID-19 quarantines. on Sunday (May 2). Photo by Sheila Williams and Evan Giachinta had a 98-yard fumble