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September 1, 2017 161 Main St., Cold Spring, N.Y. | highlandscurrent.com Nelsonville Residents Object to Cell Tower Plan Say it would be too close to school, cemetery, homes

By Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong

esidents packed a Nelsonville Zon- ing Board of Appeals meeting on RAug. 29 to denounce a proposal to erect a cell phone tower on a mountainside above a cemetery, elementary school and woodland homes belonging to birds and deer as well as humans. Proposed for a 9.6-acre tract owned by Doug Logan at 15 Rockledge Drive, a dead- end lane that intersects Moffatt Road, the 110-foot tower would serve Verizon and AT&T, with capacity for two additional carriers and emergency services. The Manitou School stands off Moffatt TOWERING SHOT — Using a camera attached to a drone, Beacon photographer Scott Snell took this photo over Castle Rock in Road below the site and the 152-year-old Garrison. For an interview with Snell about his work, see Page 2. Photo by Scott Snell Cold Spring Cemetery spreads beneath it on Peekskill Road. The proposed tower is the second to stir Beacon on Board for Skate Park opposition in recent months. The other, Organizers ready to roll for in November at the Delano-Hitch Recre- reation Department before launching a proposed for a hillside on Vineyard Yard, ation Park. campaign to fundraise and get the public off Route 9, just east of Nelsonville and possible fall opening Conway and Linksman appeared before involved. Cold Spring, is under review by the Phil- the Beacon City Council in July to for- “It’s going to be a true community proj- ipstown government (see Page 14). Both By Jeff Simms mally propose a park but had been work- ect,” says Linksman, an environmental at- tower applications were presented by ing behind the scenes for several months torney who doesn’t skate but was inspired Homeland Towers LLC, which represents wo Beacon residents are hoping to with Price and Mayor Randy Casale. Now to get involved after hearing Conway speak wireless providers. bring skateboarding back to the they’re awaiting site prep from the Rec- at a public forum (Continued on Page 8) The meeting was moved from Nelson- Tcity in a big way, and the city is on ville to Philipstown Town Hall because of board — no pun intended. the expected turnout. Luke Conway, 29, and Joe Linksman, Robert Gaudioso, a Homeland Towers 30, are partnering with the Beacon Rec- attorney, said that (Continued on Page 6) reation Department to build a skateboard park at Memorial Park. Plans call for con- verting several little-used tennis courts in the park’s northwest corner. “There’s such a community here of people who grew up skating and want their own kids to grow up with it, too,” Conway says. “But they don’t have any place to ride.” Mark Price, Beacon’s recreation director, says the idea of constructing a skate park has arisen from time to time, “but you need a community to drive a project like this. These guys have carried the ba- ton farther than anyone else.” A similar project in Newburgh was proposed to the City Council in 2013 by a group of skateboarders but not approved until this past July. The facility, budgeted at nearly $500,000 and funded in large Joe Linksman and Luke Conway are working to create a skateboard park at Memorial Nelsonville ZBA Chairman William Rice part by state grants, is expected to open Park in Beacon. Photo by J. Simms Photo by L.S. Armstrong 2 September 1, 2017 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.com Maloney Asks Army Five Questions: Scott Snell to Rename Lee By Chip Rowe Barracks 5cott Snell, 49, of Beacon, is a long- ris wheel at the pier and down the roll- ep. Sean Patrick Maloney, a Demo- time broadcast camera operator (he’s ercoaster. He finished with the sunrise. I Rcrat who represents the Highlands Sworked at the U.S. Open for the past thought, why am I not doing this? in Congress, plans to ask the Secretary 15 years) and photographer. A video he of the Army to rename a cadet barracks What rules do you have to follow? at West Point that honors Confederate produced and directed, Aloft: New York, First, you don’t fly over crowds. If the Gen. Robert E. Lee, according to an Aug. was awarded a silver medal on Aug. 26 at drone crashes, you could hurt someone. If 16 report in the Times Herald-Record of the first New York State Fair Drone Film you are a commercial operator, you need Middletown. Festival. It can be seen at highlandscur- an FAA license, which limits you to 400 The request comes in response to vio- rent.com. feet, and your rig has to be insured and lent protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, registered and can’t fly at night without a You’ve been a broadcast cameraman over the removal of a statue of Lee. There waiver. As in any business, there are rules for 28 years. Which sport do you also are at least two portraits of Lee at the of etiquette. For instance, I don’t think it’s find the most challenging? military academy, one in the mess hall ethical to fly a drone over a military fu- Hockey, because you have to anticipate and one in the library. neral, as has been done. where the puck is going. Football is simi- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) also lar, because you can get faked out. That Have you ever crashed? said she planned to ask that the name happens to every camera operator because I use a spotter, because it’s easy to get be changed. Maloney and Gillibrand are the plays are designed to fool guys stand- distracted, and you change direction of- members of the 15-person West Point ing five feet away, and we’re 50 to 75 yards ten. Once, I realized only when watching Board of Visitors, which advises the away. You know the operator got caught the footage that I had missed a wire by academy. Scott Snell Photo provided by a quarterback’s pump fake when you inches. I crashed while shooting in Phila- Lee graduated second in the West Point see a little bob in the picture. delphia for an NBC show when the drone Class of 1829 and ran the academy from I suppose if everyone jumps on the band- What prompted you to buy your went berserk and I had to put it in the riv- 1852 to 1855. The barracks are adjacent to wagon, it could get old, but we’re not even first drone? er. That cost me $1,500. I also crashed a Grant Hall, named for Ulysses S. Grant, I had just finished a season ofMonday $6,000 rig during a wakeboarding shoot. close to that. There are infinite angles in an 1843 graduate who accepted Lee’s sur- Night Football. I flew cameras for that, but I was skimming the water when an arma- the air, and the light and weather chang- render at Appomattox in 1865. they were on wires. I saw an online ad for ture motor died. But in that case, a dive es, and you have fog. 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he Philipstown Town Board infor- mally agreed on Aug. 23 to accept a “There has to be some action, Tdonation of nearly 11 acres of land, because this is really, really, large enough for two athletic fields and a building, in Garrison. really urgent. The climate The property, a gift from Scenic Hudson science is here.” and the Open Space Institute, is located at 982 Route 9D opposite the Highlands Climate Smart Community Country Club and across Route 403 from The board conferred with Karen Ertl, the Desmond-Fish Library. The town gov- who chairs the Philipstown Garden Club’s ernment and donors are working out the Conservation Committee, on the next legal terms for preserving the site as park- steps, to become a Climate Smart Com- land. munity, such as establishing a task force. In a workshop session at Town Hall, So far, 27 residents have expressed inter- Councilors Robert Flaherty, Michael Leon- est in serving, Ertl said. ard, and Nancy Montgomery joined Super- The board voted in June to participate visor Richard Shea in support of accept- in the Climate Smart Communities cam- ing the tract, which appears to have been paign, which is overseen by the New York previously farmed and contains a stream. State Department of Environmental Con- Councilor John Van Tassel was absent but servation and designed to reduce green- had earlier consented, Shea said. house gases and other forms of pollution The supervisor explained that the board that contribute to climate change. will officially ratify its decision by passing Ertl, who has advised the board on The boundaries of a 10.8-acre parcel that would be donated to the Town of Philipstown a resolution in coming weeks and mean- Climate Smart matters, said the require- are shown in blue on a Putnam County tax map. The Desmond-Fish Library is located while will address related needs, such ments to become certified can seem over- just north of the property, across Route 403. as getting the parcel surveyed. Based on whelming but that the town can proceed estimates, there may be costs of several incrementally. “The commitment needs to Town Board members observed that recent actions, such as making town gov- thousand dollars to the town to prepare be there,” Ertl said. “But don’t feel pres- becoming a Climate Smart Community ernment buildings more energy efficient, for the transfer. sured to do it [all] next week.” dovetails with the updating of the 11-year- mesh with the program’s goals. Claudio Marzollo, a member of the town Resident Pamela Doan, who is a con- old Comprehensive Plan and that some Recreation Commission, said the site tributor to The Current, urged substan- could accommodate a soccer field, a Little tive initiatives. “There has to be some ac- League field and parking, though because tion, because this is really, really, really LIMITED EDITIONS REALTY, INC. of the stream and other conditions, it can- urgent,” she told Ertl and the board. “The 10 MARION AVE., SUITE 2, COLD SPRING, NEW YORK 10516 not have a running track. climate science is here.” Leonard said the board hopes to plant Another resident, Jason Angell, offered Cold Spring Village native species along the stream and other to begin preliminary work on one bench- For Rent board members suggested that part of the mark, an inventory of local greenhouse 2 BR, 1 bath with walk-in shower parcel might be used for a community gas emissions. on 2nd level of home. New kitchen appliances, cabinets and W/D combo. Heat and HW L C S V included. Off-street parking. • Family Asset Protection Walk to commuter RR and school. $2700 per month + 1 month • Wills, Probate, Trusts, Government Benefi ts security. Landlord pays broker fee. • Dutchess, Orange and Putnam County • Free Consultation: (412) 716-5848 Questions? Contact Pat: 845.265.3111 LimitedEditionsRealty.com J W. F | .F L .

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Airbnb hosts wedding at Boscobel, where do we expect as they would with long-term renters. them to stay? Is it worth losing visitors to Every Airbnb I’ve stayed in has its own * I have spent more than 30 years going Winner: 20 to Cape Cod every summer and we’ve al- Fishkill or Beacon? I agree with Supervi- “house rules” and a reasonable noise cur- Better Newspaper ways rented directly from a private owner sor Richard Shea’s assessment [in his let- few is certainly one of them. As for park- (“Airbnb Bookings Jump 75 Percent in ter in the Aug. 25 issue] of how it affects ing — laws are laws, whether you’re a Contest Awards Philipstown,” Aug. 18). This isn’t a new our restaurants’ dinner service, or even resident or a tourist. If someone is parked *New York Press Association, 2013 - 2016 concept — the difference is that Airbnb prevents ventures from opening. illegally, report it and have the car towed. makes it much easier for hosts to supple- Ultimately, absentee hosts are no more As for fees/taxes attached to short-term NNA* Winner: ment their incomes and guests to lower dangerous than absentee landlords. It is in- rentals, let’s put them directly into a dedi- 9 Better the cost of their vacations. cumbent upon the property owner to police cated fund to address tourism. Send it to Newspaper It is clear we need more hotel rooms, their guests, paying or otherwise, and main- the Fourth of July committee or the Cold and it is clear that space is at a premium, tain order. But it is also incumbent upon Spring Film Society, or place more recy- Contest Awards and Airbnb provides the only stopgap for neighbors to complain, directly, if there is cling bins on Main Street. Everyone wins. *National Newspaper Association, 2016 the time being. If 150 people come to a anything amiss with short-term lodgers, just There are plenty of towns around the Hudson Valley where nobody wants to go. Publisher Highlands Current Inc. Let’s not be one of them. 161 Main St. Sean Conway, Cold Spring Cold Spring NY 10516-2818 Why not send out permit applications 291 Main St., Beacon NY 12508 to all Airbnb hosts in our area with an Founder invoice for a $500 fee? This would surely Gordon Stewart (1939 - 2014) boost revenues and we could apply some of this money to much-needed infrastruc- Managing Editor Chip Rowe ture improvements. [email protected] Joanne Kenna, Cold Spring Arts/Feature Editor The new Guinan’s Alison Rooney This area is steeped in history, going [email protected] back to the Revolutionary War and earlier. Why not honor recent history and keep Senior Correspondent Michael Turton the name Guinan’s? (“Restoration at For- mer Guinan’s Well Underway,” Aug. 25). It Reporters had that name for nearly 60 years. Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong Charles H. Park Jr., Cortlandt Manor Brian PJ Cronin Joe Dizney Not enamored of Dolly’s as a name — Pamela Doan the association with Hello, Dolly! is little Mary Ann Ebner known to most people. Why not some- Anita Peltonen thing simpler and more accurate, such as Jeff Simms The Landing? Layout Editor John Carr Kate Vikstrom The André and Arnold? Advertising Director Frank Haggerty, Cold Spring Michele Gedney For information on advertising: Guinan’s Lower Station Cafe and Pub? 845-809-5584 When we lived (Continued on next page) [email protected] highlandscurrent.com/ads Taking it to the Street By Sheila Williams What was your favorite childhood book? The Highlands Current is a 501c3 nonprofit funded by grants, advertising and the generous support of our readers. Thank you. THE HIGHLANDS CURRENT, Vol. 6, Issue 36 (ISSN 2475-3785) is published weekly by Highlands Current Inc., 161 Main St., Cold Spring, NY 10516- 2818. Nonprofit postage paid at Newburgh, NY. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Highlands Current, 161 Main St., Cold Spring, NY 10516- 2818. Mail delivery $20 per year. highlandscurrent.com/delivery [email protected] © Highlands Current Inc. 2017 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form, mechanical or electronic, without written permission of the publisher. Advertisements designed by The High- "The Diary of a Young Girl, "The Jungle Book, by Rudyard Kipling. lands Current may not be reproduced in by Anne Frank. I enjoyed learning I loved the idea that animals could "Go Dogs Go. whole or in part without permission. about people’s lives." communicate with people." I loved Dr. Seuss." ~Annette Pidala, Cold Spring ~ Brandon Williams, Garrison ~Helanna Bratman, Beacon highlandscurrent.com The Highlands Current September 1, 2017 5

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR (from previous page) in Garrison, I always loved going there for modate guests who arrive by boat, allevi- Photo of the Week the Sunday paper. All the original Gar- ating some of the parking congestion we By Ross Corsair rison people will always call it Guinan’s, suffer. Many patronize my shop and help anyway. me keep a roof over my head, as do those Suzi Merritt who come to hike our trails. But there are only so many I can serve effectively, given For those of us who regret coming here our size. This is the case for every busi- too late to get to know Guinan’s, this ness owner on Main Street and negative seems like a fine way to give it new life. Yelp reviews, especially about issues be- Best of luck on the restoration, and we’ll yond my control, hurt my business. Cold see you for dinner! Spring’s reputation as a whole is nega- Ron Soodalter, Cold Spring tively impacted when visitors have an un- happy experience. The Klan It’s my responsibility as one of those We were just talking about the history charged with protecting the interests of of the Ku Klux Klan in New York last night Cold Spring as a whole to do my best to (“Looking Back: The Local Klan,” Aug. proactively manage the throngs that come 25). The KKK burned a cross in Altamont here during the autumn season. Allow- during the 1928 election as opposition ing more people to disembark at our dock to Democratic presidential candidate Al than our village can reasonably accom- Smith [who was Catholic]. Of course, the modate eschews that duty and raises the brave bastards didn’t have enough nerve risk of harm to residents, tourists and our to do it in Albany! valuable village character. Edward Cahill, Albany Limiting the number of vessels and people the Seastreak brings and the time Inside the butterfly tent at the Outdoor Discovery Center in Cornwall on Aug. 12. I have lived in Dutchess County since these huge boats remain at the dock as- High-resolution submissions welcome. Email [email protected]. the mid-1980s. Over the last two years, sures that our infrastructure is not over- I have seen Confederate flags and other taxed, our visitors enjoy their stay no mat- white supremacist symbols on t-shirts and ter how they arrive, and that our villagers decals and as tattoos. A few weeks ago, I win the primary in September. our successes and, more critically, for our can enjoy the beauty of our environment untied a noose conspicuously displayed in There is really no comparison of Lee challenges. and safety their property taxes pay for. the Poughkeepsie Home Depot. and George and their challenger. If Demo- Mansfield has brought extraordinary Unbridled tourism, as some desire, would crats want consistent, thoughtful and ex- common sense, civility and decency to our It appears our current political dis- do just the opposite and only assure deg- course is devolving. perienced leaders for their candidates in work. Clearheaded, ethical and pragmat- radation of Cold Spring’s long-term viabil- November, they will vote Kyriacou and ic, his experience as a businessman who Bryan Henry, Hyde Park ity and all that we love about our home. Mansfield. The polls are open from noon has given the city a special “third place” Lynn Miller, Cold Spring This article is uncalled for. Is there to 9 p.m. in Dogwood, he also brings considerable Miller is a village trustee and Cold nothing else for you to write about? Dis- Charlie Kelly, Beacon experience as a contractor and a mem- Spring shop owner. gusting and very sad, Highlands Current. ber the Planning Board. As everyone who Since 2013, I have had the privilege to knows him will agree, he has his ear to the Craig Muraszewski, Cold Spring Beacon likely would be more than hap- serve with two exceptional councilmen at ground. Personally, he has been a touch- py to accommodate Seastreak on week- large, George Mansfield and Lee Kyriacou. stone for me in seeking a path through Seastreak ends during the autumn. The Newburgh- As usual, the Village “trustees” have com- Together, they have brought to City Coun- the maze of information presented to us Beacon ferry operates only during the plete disregard for the merchants of Main both as council members and concerned week, so a conflict there is no issue. Seems cil a wide spectrum of skills and qualities. Street who rely on the Seastreak cruise ship citizens. worthy of consideration! I am writing to affirm their invaluable passenters for our last quarter income and To sum up, what both council members Greg Zuman, Beacon contributions to the city of Beacon. profits (“Seastreak Plans Return,” Aug. 25). Kyriacou’s analytical skills, knowledge bring to our immediate challenge of man- Since when does a village government have Why not raise prices? Seastreak finds it of the tax code and legal training have aging growth is experience and proven, the right to act in restraint of trade [by lim- profitable to sell tickets to 500 passengers been a great bonus to the council. His time-tested leadership. We cannot afford iting the number of ships that can dock]? per boat, and even bring three boats into deep institutional knowledge of city gov- less. Since when does Mayor Dave Merandy and Cold Spring on fall days. Let’s say that ernment dating back to the 1990s has Peggy Ross, Beacon company have the right to interfere in pri- Cold Spring raised docking fees to $24 been of particular help to those of us who Editor’s note: For more endorsements vate business and control who comes in per foot, from $6. Seastreak, to maintain were new to Council. He offers the long- of Kyriacou and Mansfield, as well as a and out of the village? its margins, would just boost ticket prices, view of zoning, planning and fiscal policy, statement by the candidates, see high- The free market will take care of the which would trim demand. Even if half as as well as valuable historical context for landscurrent.com. Seastreak traffic. If visitors can’t find a many people might be able to afford the place to eat where and when they want, trip (and quickly find a place to sit), the they will find other options, or if it’s that village revenues would more than double. important to them, they will post a review Why not give the market a chance to sort on Yelp or somewhere saying what a hor- this out? rible experience they had. Michael Armstrong, Cold Spring The Seastreak brings us hundreds of people who come here for a few hours Beacon Council endorsements and spend a lot of money, some of which Democrats have an important choice ends up in the government coffers. The to make during the primary election on Breakneck hikers don’t spend any money Sept. 12. The Beacon Democratic Com- to speak of and cause a huge demand for mittee, which has 20 voting members and emergency and other municipal services. represents all segments of the party and If anyone needs to be discouraged, it’s the the community, chose overwhelmingly to endorse Lee Kyriacou and George Mans- Breakneck visitors. deserve Southern Dutchess Eye Care today. Patty Villanova, Putnam Valley field, the current incumbents, to represent Thorough, comfortable back-to-school eye exams. Schedule now. Villanova is a Cold Spring shop owner. the party in November for the two council at-large positions. When discussions regarding the Sea- In order for George and Lee to repre- 969 MAIN ST. FISHKILL (845) 896-6700 sdec2020.com streak arise, I’m always happy to accom- sent Democrats in November, they need to Brian D. Peralta, OD Dr. Gary M. Weiner, OD Dr. Brian Powell, OD 6 September 1, 2017 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.com

Nelsonville Residents Object to Cell Tower Plan (from Page 1) the tower was necessary because of “a old standing wood up there,” he said. Cui bono? significant gap in service in and around Nor did the idea of disguising the tower Besides expressing 21st-century con- Nelsonville” and because the demand for as a tree appeal to audience members. cerns, critics echoed an ancient query: Cui wireless service, including for devices “No one is going to confuse a tower with bono? To whose advantage? “What are we other than phones, continues to escalate. a tree,” said Jeff Rossi, of Rockledge Road. gaining by this?” Levine said. “I don’t see Residents challenged the need. Jon Champlin, whose parents live on the benefit coming to the community.” “I get perfect service,” said Harold Ak- Rockledge, noted that “there are no 110- Some residents suggested that, if a tower selrad, of Moffatt Road, one of many to foot trees” in the area. “It would stick out is needed, placing it on town property could make the point. like a sore thumb” and “lower property generate revenue for the local government. “Why is this tower being built?” asked values.” He was not alone in that concern. “Why should one person stand to ben- George Eisenbach, of Billy’s Way. “If this Health and environmental worries also efit from it?” Villella asked. tower wasn’t built, what would go wrong?” came up. ZBA Chairman William Rice observed that “What is the [tower] microwave going “Who benefits?” seemed to be the most com- 1 fake vs. 47 real mon question among audience members. to do to my kids, and the wildlife?” asked Along with the tower, designed to The tower would require a special-use Richard Villella, a father of three who said mimic a tree, the facility would include a permit from the Zoning Board, site-plan ap- he shares his yard with a flock of turkeys 3,250-square-foot compound and an 8-foot proval from the Planning Board, and possi- and moved to Rockledge Road because of fence. The installation would require re- bly — depending on interpretations of state its rural peacefulness. moving 47 trees, according to Gaudioso. law — a variance to gain access to the site. ZBA Member Steve Merando predicted “We have eagles and hawks,” asked Garrison resident Sandy Saunders sug- the public would object. “There’s a lot of Kenneth Levine, of Healy Road. “What’s gested the tower could be placed on a the impact on them?” commercial lot he owns at 3 Brook St., where it “would barely be visible from the cemetery,” whereas “the proposed [Rock- ledge] location seems stupid,” he said. During the discussion, another possible location surfaced: the Philipstown High- way Department garage on Fishkill Road. Gaudioso said he had talked to Philipstown Supervisor Richard Shea several weeks ago about that site. “We’d certainly be agree- able,” he said, but “it has a long way to go.” An entire industry exists devoted to “Let’s look into that one,” urged Chris disguising cell phone towers. This "tree," Keeley, a ZBA member. identified by the photographer as an Rice said the ZBA will discuss the tower example of "Pinus Cellurius," is located proposal at its next meeting and advised in Tucson, Arizona. Towers have also The audience awaits the start of the Nelsonville ZBA discussion of the proposed cell Homeland Towers to respond to the con- been disguised as flag poles, cactuses, tower. Others crowded the doorway and far wall, out of camera range. Photo by L.S. Armstrong cerns raised. water towers and silos. Photo by Bill Morrow highlandscurrent.com The Highlands Current September 1, 2017 7 DeStefano Off Ballot — Again Appeals court says his appeal within three business days. The Board of Elections invalidated his petition candidate missed deadline on Wednesday, July 26, giving him until Monday, July 31, to file. (In a somewhat By Chip Rowe Orwellian argument, the Board of Elec- tions insisted the clock starts the moment ith less than two weeks before it makes its ruling, not when it notifies the the Sept. 12 primary, Andrew candidate.) WDeStefano, a candidate for sher- The law does not specifically require iff of Putnam County, has again been re- “service,” or notification to the other par- moved from the ballot. ties involved, by that date, but state appel- DeStefano, a former New York City Po- late courts have consistently interpreted lice captain, hoped to challenge incum- it that way. bent Don Smith in the Republican pri- DeStefano filed his appeal with the Put- mary. The winner would face Democratic nam County court at 4:32 p.m. on July 31 candidate Robert Langley Jr., of Garrison, but did not notify the other two parties — on Nov. 7. James Borkowski, who objected to DeSte- After two challenges, the county Board fano’s petition, and the Board of Elections of Elections invalidated DeStefano’s nom- — until Aug. 2 and Aug. 3, respectively. inating petition, ruling that he fell short In his Aug. 16 decision, Marx admit- of the 1,000 valid signatures required. ted he was “diverging from years of prec- DeStefano appealed to the Putnam edent” but argued that since 1992 New County Supreme Court in Carmel, where York has been a “commencement by fil- on Aug. 16 Judge Paul Marx ordered the ing” state, meaning that a case begins board to place DeStefano’s name on the when paperwork is filed. He noted the ballot, forcing a primary. appellate court, in its rulings that service However, on Aug. 23, a state appellate must also be completed by the three-day court unanimously reversed Marx’s rul- deadline, typically cite as precedence a ing. The four justices offered no thoughts case decided in 1944. on the validity of DeStefano’s petition but The four justices on the state appeals simply ruled he had missed a deadline. court, based in Brooklyn, did just that The decisions by Marx and the appel- in removing DeStefano from the ballot. late justices revealed a sharp difference On Aug. 30, the state’s highest court, the GOOD AS NEW — After a two-year, $400,000 restoration, the Woody Guthrie in the interpretation of state election law, Court of Appeals, refused to hear DeSte- returned to the Beacon waterfront on Aug. 26 to be re-christened. The sloop is which required DeStefano to commence fano’s case. expected to resume its free public trips by mid-September. Photo by Russ Cusick 8 September 1, 2017 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.com

Beacon on Board for Skate Park (from Page 1) about the need for a park. “We’re going to closed, skateboarders began congregating raise the money ourselves, do the construc- at the old Tuck Tape factory building near tion ourselves and maintain it ourselves. Madam Brett Park and Fishkill Creek. A Once we get approval we’ll start gathering fire last winter shut down skateboarding sponsors and volunteers.” at the factory, which was never a long- Conway, who works in conservation, term or particularly legal option, anyway. said there was no skating scene in Beacon In April, Conway spoke about the need when he moved to the city in 2012. But for a park at a “Citizen Soapbox” at First in the five years since, he said, there has Presbyterian Church. Linksman was been an “influx of people” who ride. there, he said, as an organizer of the Beacon had a skate park years ago, but event, but also to find a project to jump participants could only use it when a “gate- into (or onto). keeper” with a key was on duty. After it “This is the one that hooked me,” he

NEWBURGH PARK UNDERWAY — In 2014 the city contracted a skate park construction firm to create a design, shown here. After years of discussion, the $479,850 project was approved by the City Council in July and should be completed by November. Grindline Skate Parks

said. Despite not being a skateboarder “Once we get the surface prepped, they (though Conway is working to change could drop in some modular ramps,” Price that), Linksman says he “liked how excit- said. “Then we’ll see the major construc- ed so many people got, and so quickly. It’s tion in the spring.” been a ton of fun attending meetings with Conway and Linksman have selected a the mayor talking about a skate park. I contractor for oversight but say much of the don’t know of anything cooler than that.” construction will be done by volunteers. With the opening last fall of refurbished They hope to build a half-pipe (possibly a tennis courts at South Avenue Park, the mini) as well as several smaller ramps suit- Memorial Park space can be repurposed, able for BMX biking as well as skateboards. said Price, the recreation director. About Helmets will be required, with elbow two-thirds of the space will be used for and kneepads recommended. Like other the skate park and the remainder for bat- teams that play volleyball or basketball ting cages for the Beacon High School girls’ at Memorial Park, participation will be at A skateboarder performs an "ollie." Shutterstock softball team. A fence will separate the two. your own risk, and entrance will be free.

By appointment at Giovanni Anselmo Luciano Fabro Pino Pascali magazzino.art Marco Bagnoli Jannis Kounellis Giuseppe Penone 2700 Route 9 Domenico Bianchi Mario Merz Michelangelo Pistoletto Cold Spring, NY 10516 Alighiero Boetti Marisa Merz Remo Salvadori @magazzino Pier Paolo Calzolari Giulio Paolini Gilberto Zorio highlandscurrent.com The Highlands Current September 1, 2017 9 The Calendar Don McLean Returns to His Roots His classic song, American business at Iona College. He spotted a two-inch square ad in The New York Pie, written in Philipstown Times for a folk festival at Castle Rock Farm in Garrison organized by Pete By Alison Rooney Seeger to raise money to build a 75-foot sloop, later christened the Woody Guthrie. lthough Don McLean was born in New “I had loved Pete since junior high Rochelle, Philipstown has every right to school, and had actually written to him,” Acall him a favorite son. recalls McLean, 71. “I borrowed a car The singer-songwriter spent four from my mother, and had a wonderful years living in Cold Spring, followed by a adventure on the Bear Mountain Bridge much longer stretch in Garrison, and his and Route 9D finding Garrison.” time in the Highlands was the most There were 200 to 300 people at the productive of his career. Both of his No. 1 day-long festival when he arrived, and a hits, American Pie and Vincent, were stage made to look like a boat, “on which written while he lived here. On Sept. 15, the man himself was standing. I paid a he will perform them and many other of few dollars and watched, then went over his songs when he returns to the area for to him. He remembered I was the kid a concert at the Paramount Hudson who wrote to him. Valley in Peekskill. “A lot happened afterward,” McLean McLean’s connection to the Highlands says. “Rather than getting a job, I went Don McLean performing in 2014 Photo by Chris Michael began in 1967 while he was studying up the Hudson River to sing with Pete.” In 1968, McLean toured up and down the about half of American Pie here. Hudson with funding from the New York “In that time I wrote Vincent, Ameri- State Council on the Arts. He lived in a can Pie and Castles,” he says. “It was a American Pie, Dissected gatehouse in Cold Spring belonging to creative time for me because the Seegers • The song popularized the expression “the day the music died” to describe the James Benenson, who was then his were very creative people and they were deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper in a plane crash on Feb. 3, business manager. magnets for creative people. 1959. In interviews, McLean has recalled learning of the crash while he was folding “It was a little house on a large “Pete suffered a lot,” he says. “When newspapers for his route (“February made me shiver/with every paper I’d deliver”). property, seven acres; I lived near the the sloop was finally built, in 1969, • McLean has said the song is a lament, lending support to common hypotheses that entrance,” he says. “You had to drive to members of the American Legion came “drove my Chevy to the levee” refers to the end of the innocent 1950s, and that “bye the bottom of Cold Spring, then take a and threw bottles at it. To be truthful, bye, Miss American Pie” is a play on “as American as apple pie.” left-hand turn, and snake around a Pete was a Communist, but he was a mountainous area to find it.” wonderful person with a beautiful mind. • In 2015, the original 16-page manuscript and notes for the song sold at auction for $1.2 million. In the catalog, McLean confirmed references to Elvis as “the king” and to Bob He found Cold Spring in the late His wife Toshi, too, she was at least half Dylan as “the jester” and that the song ends with a description of the killing of Meredith 1960s to be a “closed little community of the game. It was his undergirding but Hunter at the Altamont Free Concert in 1969 while the Rolling Stones performed. with a lot of tension in it.” He lived in her creation.” Philipstown until 1971 and says he wrote (Continued on Page 11) Cross Pollination Garrison artist, co-founder Program in Museum Studies and co- founded New York City’s Tenement of Tenement Museum, Museum (see Page 12) — she has always depicts the web of life been interested in nature and the environment. Today she divides her time between By Alison Rooney the city and Garrison, where she has lived since 1978, following in the footsteps of erminating is taken literally and her brother, an architect, who wound up figuratively in a nature-themed, designing her home. four-woman exhibit, Cross Pollina- G When in Garrison, she’s often found tion, which opens on Second Saturday, in the woods. “They make me feel Sept. 9, at the Catalyst Gallery in Beacon. connected to the world,” she says. “I can’t The women are sculptor Cindy Booth believe the construction of flowers. The The Monster with Shell, a collage by Anita (Peekskill), photographers Cali Gorevic shapes in nature are miraculous.” Jacobson (Garrison) and Jane Soodalter (Cold Jacobson’s collages depict nature’s Spring) and collage artist Anita Jacobson beauty and ravages, and she is particularly (Garrison). They have known each other life both nurtures and destroys.” interested in birds and insects. “My for years and “offered each other new She works with a variety of materials creatures have an industrial part to them, seeds of stimulation and insight,” accord- — paper, tissue paper, shells, sea glass, which combines with who they are,” she ing to Gorevic, explaining the theme and bark and fungus — among them, to build explains. “They’re sometimes whimsical, title of the show. her pieces. “I like collage, because you can but they always have a message. It’s about Though Jacobson is trained in historic make mistakes and then rip it to shreds, man as the invasive species…. We are all preservation — she graduated from NYU, from which it evolves into something else,” connected, in an intricate, delicate she says. “It surprises me all the time.” Anita Jacobson Photo by A. Rooney attended The Cooperstown Graduate balance, for better or worse. The web of (Continued on Page 12) 10 September 1, 2017 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.com

Haldane School Board FRIDAY, SEPT. 1 Calendar Highlights 7 p.m. Haldane School (Music Room) Eric Erickson: Diagrams (Opening) For upcoming events visit highlandscurrent.com. See details under Saturday. 6 – 8 p.m. Buster Levi Gallery 121 Main St., Cold Spring Send event listings to [email protected] WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 6 845-809-5145 | busterlevigallery.com Farmer Training: Cover Cropping Past, Present, Future (Opening) 6 p.m. Glynwood Farm 6 – 9 p.m. Gallery 66 NY Haldane Football vs. Rye Neck Help Rehab Trails at Breakneck Ridge 362 Glynwood Road, Cold Spring 66 Main St., Cold Spring 1:30 p.m. Haldane High School 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. B.R. Parking Area 845-265-3338 | glynwood.org 845-809-5838 | gallery66ny.com 15 Craigside Dr., Cold Spring See details under Saturday. H.V. Renegades vs. Aberdeen haldaneschool.org H.V. Renegades vs. Vermont Following the Traitor’s Trail (Hike) 6:35 p.m. Dutchess Stadium 6:35 p.m. Dutchess Stadium A Bite of History 10 a.m. Philipstown Recreation Center See details under Friday. 1500 Route 9D, Wappingers Falls 2 – 5 p.m. Putnam History Museum 845-424-3358 | hhlt.org Howl at the Moon Cabaret 845-838-0094 | hvrenegades.com 63 Chestnut St., Cold Spring Dharma Sunday School (ages 5+) 7 p.m. Garrison’s Landing 845-265-4010 | putnamhistorymuseum.org Teach-in to End Solitary Confinement 12:30 p.m. SkyBaby brownpapertickets.com/event/3049714 7 p.m. First Presbyterian Church The Farm Show 2017 (Opening) 75 Main St., Cold Spring 10 Academy St., Cold Spring | afj-ny.org 2 – 6 p.m. Saunders Farm 917-362-7546 | skybabyyoga.com THURSDAY, SEPT. 7 HVSF: The General from America 853 Old Albany Post Road, Garrison Revolutionary War Panel Discussion 6:15 p.m. Prologue | 7:30 p.m. Performance 845-528-1797 | collaborativeconcepts.org 1 p.m. West Point History Museum Haldane Boys’ Soccer vs. Schechter 10 p.m. 21+ Trivia Night Hispanic-American History Month Art New South Post Road, West Point 4:30 p.m. Haldane High School Boscobel, 1601 Route 9D, Garrison Exhibition (Opening) hvshakespeare.org See details under Saturday 845-265-9575 | hvshakespeare.org 3 – 5 p.m. Howland Cultural Center West Point Band: Labor Day Celebration Creativity Workshop 477 Main St., Beacon 7:30 p.m. Trophy Point 6 p.m. Butterfield Library SATURDAY, SEPT. 2 845-831-4988 | howlandculturalcenter.org 845-938-4159 | westpointband.com 10 Morris Ave., Cold Spring HVSF: Love’s Labour Lost HVSF: The General from America 845-265-3040 | butterfieldlibrary.org Antiques Show & Flea Market 6 p.m. Storm King Art Center 7:30 p.m. Boscobel H.V. Renegades vs. Aberdeen 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Stormville Airport 1 Museum Road, New Windsor 1601 Route 9D, Garrison 6:35 p.m. Dutchess Stadium 428 Route 216, Stormville 845-265-9575 | hvshakespeare.org 845-265-9575 | hvshakespeare.org See details under Friday. 845-221-6561 | stormvilleairportfleamarket.com H.V. Renegades vs. Vermont Philipstown Town Board Help Rehab Trails at Breakneck Ridge 6:35 p.m. Dutchess Stadium 7:30 p.m. Town Hall | 238 Main St., Cold Spring 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. B.R. Parking Area MONDAY, SEPT. 4 See details under Friday. 845-265-5200 | philipstown.com 430-442 Breakneck Road, Beacon Labor Day Doansburg Chamber Ensemble [email protected] | 201-512-9348 x819 Help Rehab Trails at Breakneck Ridge 7 p.m. St. Mary’s Church Registration required. 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. B.R. Parking Area FRIDAY, SEPT. 8 1 Chestnut St., Cold Spring Free Guided History Tour See details under Saturday. Beacon Lions Food Drive 845-265-2539 | stmaryscoldspring.org 11 a.m. West Point Foundry Preserve HVSF: Pride and Prejudice 1 – 7 p.m. Key Food | 268 Main St., Beacon Free Movies: Song of the Sea/Moby Dick 80 Kemble Ave., Cold Spring 6 p.m. Lawn Party | 7:30 p.m. Performance Benefits St. Andrews/St. Lukes Pantry 8 p.m. Dockside Park, Cold Spring 845-473-4440 | scenichudson.org Boscobel | See details under Sunday. Haldane Sports coldspringfilm.org Auditions for Steel Magnolias 4:15 p.m. Girls’ Tennis vs. Pawling Howland Wolves ’17 Noon – 4 p.m. Philipstown Depot Theatre 4:30 p.m. Volleyball vs. Westlake 8 p.m. Howland Cultural Center TUESDAY, SEPT. 5 10 Garrison’s Landing, Garrison See details under Saturday. See details earlier on Saturday. Haldane Girls’ Soccer vs. Bronxville 845-424-3900 | philipstowndepottheatre.org Horror Film Night on Bannerman: Dracula 4:30 p.m. Haldane High School StoryWalk Opening Day 7 p.m. Boat leaves Beacon dock See details under Saturday. Noon – 4 p.m. Wildlife Education Center SUNDAY, SEPT. 3 855-256-4007 | Registration required. Putnam County Legislature 25 Boulevard, Cornwall Antiques Show & Flea Market Schwervon 7 p.m. Historic Courthouse 845-534-7781 | hhnaturemuseum.org 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. Stormville Airport 8 p.m. Beacon Music Factory 44 Gleneida Ave., Carmel Beacon Football vs. John Jay See details under Saturday. 333 Fishkill Ave., Beacon 845-208-7800 | putnamcountyny.com 1:30 p.m. Beacon High School 845-765-0472 | beaconmusicfactory.com 101 Matteawan Road, Beacon | beaconk12.org The Drifters Thank you to our advertisers 8 p.m. Paramount Hudson Valley Support Groups 1008 Brown St., Peekskill We are grateful for your support and 914-739-0039 | paramounthudsonvalley.com For a full list of area support groups, encourage our readers to shop local. visit: highlandscurrent.com/sg Contact us: [email protected] Visit highlandscurrent.com for news updates and latest information.

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An international juried exhibition presented in The RIVERSIDE GALLERIES at Garrison Art Center

Francis M. Naumann 2017 Juror 2015 Best in Show by Peter Janecke: Vex Pentaptych Exhibition of selected works December 9, 2017 – January 7, 2018 23 Garrison’s Landing Visit garrisonartcenter.org for details Garrison, ny 845-424-3960 highlandscurrent.com The Highlands Current September 1, 2017 11

Don McLean Returns to His Roots (from Page 9) American Pie, which was released in November 1971, changed McLean’s life. He bought a house in Garrison on Old Manitou Road, near the entrance to Man- itoga, and became friends with his neighbor, designer Russel Wright. “My house and his site were part of King’s Quarry, which provided cobble- stones for New York City,” he says. “My house had been headquarters for the quarry and had a massive granite foundation.” Living in Garrison suited McLean, who says he’s “always been sort of a solitary character.” He recalls riding his The photo for McLean's self-titled follow- horses into the hills to look at the Bear up to American Pie, released in 1972, was Mountain Bridge. “I’m not prone to being taken on a hillside overlooking the Cold terrifically happy, but I did like it there,” Spring waterfront. he says. Don McLean and Pete Seeger circa 1969, when they performed together as part of At the same time, he distanced himself folk thing controlling,” he says. “If you the Sloop Singers. from the folk-music scene. “I grew tired of sang a song by someone like Irving Berlin, the anti-American sentiment which you had to be tongue-in-cheek and that McLean moved to Nashville, where he says chief. It’s real reality television.” pervaded the Seeger crowd, and found the didn’t sit well with me.” Eventually he found it easier to record. At his performance in Peekskill on The songwriter is reluctant to discuss Sept. 15, McLean will play the classics as Pete Seeger on American Pie his best-known composition, each lyric of well as more recent songs. “I make it up From a radio which has been “decoded” and analyzed as I go along,” he says, “because I don’t performance in early ad nauseam over the decades. He says like to be constrained by anything, be it a 1971: such scrutiny dilutes the song’s impact. set list or having too many people McLean instead brings up the lyrics around. That’s why I moved to Maine for ater this week you’re of Primetime, released in 1977, which 25 years. I like open spaces.” “Lgoing to have one of the describes America being resurrected “as For tickets, which start at $55, see most talented young singer- a game show with a quizmaster. It’s what paramounthudsonvalley.com. The songwriters I know come we have today: Ted Mack’s Amateur to help raise money, Don opening act will be Open Book, a Philip- McLean. He’s just written a Hour, someone trying to learn to be stown-based duo. brand new song that has got me bugged — I can’t get it out of my head, even though I can’t sing it right. It’s a history of rock ’n roll in six verses, and it’s got a beautiful chorus.” To hear Seeger perform the Aery eatre Co. 20/20 One Act Play Festival song, and McLean sing at a Sept. 15-22 The American Pie album cover Clearwater fundraiser in 1969, see highlandscurrent.com. See website for times & details Excellent Creatures Dialogues with Drama reading: Mother Courage Sept. 27, 7:30 p.m. Depot Docs: Cutie and the Boxer followed by Q & A and reception First Birthday Celebration & Kirtan Sept. 29, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, September 30th, 7pm Garrison Landing, Garrison, NY (Theatre is adjacent to train station.) 89 Dewindt in Beacon, bebhaktiyoga.com philipstowndepottheatre.org • Tickets: www.brownpapertickets.com 12 September 1, 2017 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.com Cross Pollination (from Page 9) The Museum of Immigrants Jacobson began exhibiting her art Arboretum in Summit, New Jersey. seven years ago, after being invited to talk Catalyst Gallery, located at 137 Main efore devoting much of her time to art, Anita Jacobson dedicated at a program serving underprivileged St., in Beacon, is open Friday through B her energy to the Lower East Side youth. That spurred her to connect with Sunday from noon to 6 p.m., or by appoint- Tenement Museum. “I was looking fellow artists in the Hudson Valley, ment. On Second Saturday, the gallery will for something to do once my kids including as part of the Gallery 66 collec- be open until 8 p.m. See anitajacobson- were grown,” she recalls. “I began tive in Cold Spring. Most recently her work artist.com or catalystgallery.com. Cross volunteering for the restoration of the has been shown in a group exhibit, The Pollination continues through Oct. 1. Eldridge Street Synagogue, and there Grass Menagerie, at the Reeves-Reed I met Ruth Abrams, who had grown up in the South and was deeply interested in civil rights and tolerance.” Abrams proposed a museum. “One day I was walking down Orchard Street and I saw a sign on a window. I got in touch with the owner, walked in and was bowled over — it was unchanged since it was shuttered in 1935. It was as if the building found me.” They rented the building, built in 1863, and eventually purchased it. “It was Ruth’s idea to create three or four apartments and interpret them as they were,” Jacobson explains. Each apartment is devoted to a different The Tenement Museum Photos by Keiko Niwa immigrant group of the period. “We’ve become a part of the National Parks Service and had 250,000 visitors last year,” Jacobson notes. Last year the museum added a second building whose exhibits will focus on immigrants who arrived after 1935: Holocaust survivors, Chinese, Puerto Rican. “It’s going to be a wonderful continuation of the story,” she says. During the early days of the museum, Jacobson says, many historians had not focused on the social history of the period. Today, with immigration as a touchpoint, “docents are trained to deal with issues that come up, because a lot of people think they can express themselves in an intolerant way.” The museum, at 97 and 103 Orchard St., can be seen only by guided tour with tickets purchased at tenement.org or by calling 877-975-3786. Bird with Cape, a collage by Anita Jacobson

A kitchen inside the Tenement Museum

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Day Trip (Bayne says newspaper accounts claim the name “Iona” was a send-up of Grant, who attended horticulture meetings in Iona Island New York City and had a habit of introduc- ing himself by saying, “I own an island…”) From bombs to birds at After the banks foreclosed on the vineyard and fruit operation, investors turned former military base the island into a playground. Steamers By Michael Turton brought visitors from the city by the hundreds. The entertainment included a mer- ou can’t just show up for a tour of ry-go-round. Iona Island, located south of the “It was such a popular destination they YBear Mountain Bridge. The only say that you couldn’t walk more than 10 person allowed to take anyone around the feet on weekends without stepping on a place, which is closed to the public, is nat- A view of Iona Island from Bear Mountain, looking toward Peekskill NYNJTC blanket,” Bayne says. John L. Sullivan, the uralist Donald “Doc” Bayne, who has ex- first heavyweight champion of gloved box- plored and studied its 125 acres for more ing, trained there on occasion. than 20 years and is known as “the mayor of Iona Island.” After the wars Bayne conducts three-hour tours six to When the state parks system bought eight times a year between May and Octo- the island from the Navy in 1965, the plan ber. Call 845-786-2701 to inquire. was to convert the barracks into a Hudson The island, now a wildlife sanctuary Valley Museum. A bowling alley, swim- and part of Bear Mountain State Park, ming pool and playing fields were also has played a role in every chapter of Hud- proposed. It never happened, and in 1980 son River history, including during World vandals destroyed the barracks. War I, which the U.S. entered a century Bayne says he was initially upset that the ago, in 1917. In its earlier days it was home island was never developed but now sees to Native American encampments and the silver lining. “It’s back to what it was Dutch settlers, supported vineyards and like when the Native Americans were here,” orchards and was a training ground for he says. “There’s milkweed everywhere,” a champion boxer. It may even have been along with butterflies, deer, bear, coyote, trod upon by dinosaurs. fox, rabbits, wild turkeys and eagles. Even Bayne, the caretaker, isn’t always An island at war welcome. Recently, at the entrance to the During the American Revolution, Iona bunker, a coyote whose four cubs were in- Island was occupied by British troops. Its side came out growling. “I wound up on U.S. military history began in 1899 when Doc Bayne stands in the bunker where he encountered a protective mother coyote. top of the door,” Bayne says. “I still don’t the Navy purchased the property to store Photo by M. Turton know how I got there.” munitions. The government constructed 164 buildings, including a hospital, fire- tested in another building to ensure it provided stone for the Brooklyn Bridge. house, barracks, officers’ quarters, ice- was explosive enough.” The Navy built 20 bunkers at the south house, shell and powder buildings and On Nov 5, 1903, workers had trouble re- end of Round Island, one of which sur- storage bunkers. Locomotives circled the moving a fuse and forced the issue using a vives. At low tide a footpath leads from island, powered by compressed air. wrench. The shell exploded, setting off thou- one island to the other. The Navy closed Four machine gun nests and an antiair- sands of others. Six men were killed and al- Iona Island as a munitions depot in 1947. craft gun defended the enclave, and 100 most every building damaged or destroyed. Dinosaurs? Marines patrolled its shores. In 1972, fossilized coelophysis tracks Because high explosives could not be Submarines on the Hudson During World War II, submarines came dating to 200 million years ago were dis- stored in New York City, the Navy shipped to the island (the water is 100 feet deep at covered in Blauvelt, a few miles south. “It’s them to Iona Island on barges to be placed that point in the river) to be armed with tor- the same kind of terrain and very close,” in “shell houses,” Bayne says. “The fuse pedoes. In 1942 the Navy purchased nearby notes Bayne. “Why not here?” was taken off the top and sample powder Round Island, where a private quarry had Five thousand years ago Iona Island was home to members of the Delaware Indian tribe drawn by its plentiful food. “There was lots of striped bass, stur- geon, crab, shell fish” and oysters weigh- ing up to seven pounds, Bayne says. Early inhabitants used the rock shelters as dwellings. Today, the Trailside Museum at Bear Mountain has a clay pot and other artifacts from the encampments. In 1683 the Dutch purchased the island from its Native American inhabitants and began cutting trees and building houses. Foundations are still visible on the north end and there are a dozen on Round Is- land. “At that time the Dutch put their ani- mal pens inside their houses,” Bayne says. Then known as Salisbury Island, Iona was sold to John Beveridge in 1847, who gave it to his son-in-law, Dr. E.W. Grant, who changed the name to Beveridge Is- land. Grant planted 20 acres of grapes and 2,000 fruit trees. Unfortunately, people didn’t like the bitter “Iona grapes,” An Iona Island shell building Photo courtesy Doc Bayne Bayne says. 14 September 1, 2017 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.com

housing development proposed for North Progress Report: Philipstown Development Highlands. It would be constructed on a 206-acre parcel bounded by Route 9, Hor- Where things stand with ton Road, East Mountain Road North, Manitou School, Horton and East Mountain. The project first came to the board in 2014. Road, cell tower The developer, Horton Road LLC, calls the By Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong proposed development a “conservation subdivision.” However, the zoning law, adopted in he Philipstown Planning Board con- 2011, envisions a conservation subdivision as tinued its review of a plan by the a complex that groups houses together as in TManitou School on Route 9D to ex- a traditional hamlet, with ample undeveloped pand, while various local government pan- land left around the buildings. els continued their scrutiny of the two other The Hudson Highlands Reserve plans call proposals — the Hudson Highlands Reserve for homes spread around a pond on 1-acre housing complex and cell phone tower near lots, not clustered. The homes, each 3,000- the intersection of Routes 9 and 301. to 4,000-square-feet, would sell for $1 mil- Manitou School lion to $3 million. Conservation subdivisions What’s happened: Based in a house can receive certain zoning breaks not avail- once owned by Robert Parrott, the su- able to sprawling conventional subdivisions. perintendent of the West Point Foundry, Along with the issue of whether the com- the private Manitou School wants to add plex is a conservation subdivision, other space to serve its growing enrollment. questions raised by members of the board The pre- and elementary school, which and public involve the number of houses occupies 5¼ acres at the intersection of (figures have ranged from 22 to 29); a pos- Route 9D and Peekskill Road at the edge sible rezoning of a section of the property of Cold Spring and Nelsonville, plans a once intended for soil mining operations; 760-square-foot annex to the historic house, whether the project’s open space is too An amended site plan, presented to the Philipstown Planning Board on Aug. 17, shows a 2,600-square-foot gym, and extra parking. fragmented for conservation purposes; the proposed Manitou School expansion. Photo by L.S. Armstrong What’s next: Initially Manitou pro- and whether horseback-riding trails would posed a larger annex that would contain dom of creating more impervious-surface veying & Engineering, who is working adversely affect steep slopes or wetlands. four classrooms and the gym. But after parking. Chairman Anthony Merante noted with Manitou on the project. What’s next: With the board’s ongoing that the board prefers to limit impervious feedback, the developer has prepared a pushback from Planning Board members Hudson Highlands Reserve surfaces, which do not absorb rain or melt- detailed Environmental Assessment Form and neighbors about the scope of the proj- What’s happened: The Planning (EAF). Glennon Watson, representing ect, the school changed its drawings. ing snow and can create run-off and storm Board in July and August continued to the developers, said on Aug. 17 that they Although generally receptive to the re- water management problems. review plans for the Hudson Highlands hope to complete the third major part of vised plans, some Planning Board members “We can certainly look at that,” replied Reserve, an upscale, equestrian-oriented at their Aug. 17 meeting questioned the wis- Glennon Watson, of Badey & Watson Sur- the EAF in time to present it to the Plan- ning Board in September or October. The Philipstown Conservation Board also has been looking at the plans. Vineyard Road cell tower What’s happened: Homeland Towers The Farm Show 2017 @ Saunders Farm LLC, working with Verizon, proposed a 853 Old Albany Post Rd Garrison, NY 10524 19 Front St., Newburgh, NY cell phone tower for a hillside off Vine- 845-561-3686 yard Road, which intersects with Route 9 www.downingfilmcenter.com September 2 - October 28 slightly south of Route 301. After neigh- Now Showing bors and other residents objected, a pro- 50 + Artists + a 140 acre working farm Wind River (R) posal to put the tower in the town’s old Visual • Performance • Music • Dance With Jeremy Renner & Elizabeth Olsen landfill, first floated in 2014, was revived. FRI 7:30, SAT 2:30 7:30 What’s next: The Philipstown Zoning SUN 2:30 5:15, TUE & WED 7:30 Board of Appeals and Conservation Board Opening Saturday, Sep. 2, 2-6 pm THU 2:00 7:30 continued their reviews of plans for the (rain date: Sunday, Sep. 3) Vineyard Road cell tower, while Vincent MONROE CINEMA @ TMACC Xavier of Homeland Towers said the firm 2:00 Performance Art curated by Marcy B. Freedman 34 Millpond Parkway would again evaluate the landfill site. The Monroe, NY 10950 • 845.395.9055 Zoning Board did not meet in August. 3:30 Music organized by Thom Joyce www.monroecinema.com Mid Run Reception: Sep. 23 2-6 pm Leap! (PG) (rain date: Sunday, Sep. 24) with Dance & Classical Music & Jazz FRI 2:45 5:45 8:45 Visual Artists: John Allen, Justin Allen, Inez Andruycz, Roger Bauman, Michael Bernstein, Cristina Biaggi, Jo-Ann Brody, SAT 1:45 4:45 7:45, SUN 12:45 3:45 Susan Buroker, Jodi Carlson, Regina Corritore, Ada Cruz, Auggie DellaVechia, Robert Friedman, Erika Hauser/Jon Reichart, 6:45, MON 3:45 6:45, TUE 6:45 Sarah Haviland, Barney Hodes, Eric Jacobson, Jake Joyce, Simone Kestelman, Larissa Killough, Bernard Klevickas, Conrad WED 12:45 3:45 6:45, THU 6:45 Levenson, David Link, Jim Lloyd, Bibiana Matheis, Alison McNulty, Michael Natiello, Page Ogden, Chris Plaisted, Hildy Potts, Herman Roggeman, Steven Rose, Cassandra Saulter, Peter Schlemowitz, Fred Schlitzer, Herrat Sommerhoﬀ, Heinrich Logan Lucky (PG13) Spillman, Storm King School, Jim Thomson, Alex Uribe, Robert Van Winkle, Andre Voumard-v, Chuck von Schmidt, Eva FRI 3:00 6:00 9:00 Worley, Max Yawney SAT 2:00 5:00 8:00, SUN 1:00 4:00 7:00, MON 4:00 7:00, TUE 7:00 Exhibition & Programs Open to the public WED 1:00 4:00 7:00, THU 7:00 Free of charge open daily Info: 845-528-1797 The Hitman’s Bodyguard (R) FRI 3:30 6:30 9:30 SAT 2:30 5:30 8:30, SUN 1:30 4:30 7:30, MON 4:30 7:30, TUE 7:30 [email protected] www.collaborativeconcepts.org WED 1:30 4:30 7:30, THU 7:30 highlandscurrent.com The Highlands Current September 1, 2017 15 Last Call for Pay Phones e gave photographer Sheila Landing. Williams a simple assignment: According to the Federal Communi- WTake a shot of every pay phone cations Commission, which still tracks in the Highlands. If it has a dial tone, all such things, there are 20,716 working the better. pay phones in New York state and 99,832 After following a number of leads, she across the country. But Williams struck found two — at Whistling Willie’s in Cold out in Beacon. She reported: Spring and the Philipstown Recreation “The Post Office no longer has a pay Center in Garrison, neither working — or phone out front. The employees I spoke three if you count the empty phone booth with said it hasn’t been there for at near the former Guinan’s at Garrison’s least five years. A couple of locals said

The pay phone near the entrance of the The pay phone at Whistling Willie's in Cold Philipstown Recreation Center in Garrison Spring

they had seen a pay phone at a cleaner on businesses have to pay to have pay phones Route 52 in Carmel. I phoned a few but and since people no longer use them it none had a pay phone. doesn’t make sense to have them. “The gas station in Beacon used to have “I also checked several locations from an two out front. They were removed when it online directory of pay phone numbers in was remodeled. The Yankee Diner used to Beacon and Philipstown. I even called a few have one but I was told it was taken out antique stores in Cold Spring to see if may- about four years ago because people never The phone booth at Guinan's, since moved during remodeling of the building be they sold old pay phones. No one did.” used it. Photos by Sheila Williams Have you seen a phone? Let us know at “According to a few people I spoke to, [email protected]. 16 September 1, 2017 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.com

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10. It will feature music and entertain- School from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Public Canoe Trip ment, competitions, 4-H livestock exhibits Two Solo Shows Open Saturday, Sept. 9. Visitors can meet the 15 spots open for Sept. 10 excursion and rides. Admission is $8 for adults and Garrison reception on Sept. 9 rabbis, speak with students and congre- $5 for children ages 2 to 12. For a sched- gants and observe classes. See rtpv.org. he Constitution Marsh Audubon Cen- ule, see yorktowngrangefair.org. wo solo shows will open at the Garri- Tter and Sanctuary in Garrison will Tson Art Center with a reception from host a three-hour public canoe trip at 5 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 9. Marsh Intern 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 10. Participants Music Season Opens Laura Kaufman makes her debut with Garden Club sponsors student must be at least 7 years old. at Chapel Restoration sculpture, prints and textiles. Her work To reserve one of the 15 spots, call 845- reflects a Japanese landscape architecture he Philipstown Garden Club’s sum- 265-2601, ext. 15, or e-mail cmacs@audu- Jazz Master to perform on Sept. 10 technique known as shakkei, incorporat- Tmer intern, Anne Gundeck, spent two bon.org. The fee is $45 for adults, $40 for ing the background into the foreground. months doing field work at the Constitu- azz pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi will per- seniors, students and Audubon members, Canadian painter Mike Bayne will share tion Marsh Audubon Center and Sanctu- form at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 10, at and $30 for children and teens ages 7-15. J his oil paintings of commonplace life ary. She was assigned to control of phrag- the Chapel Restoration in Cold Spring. based on reproducing his photographs in mite, the invasive reed that is managed by The concert is free but donations are wel- predominantly postcard-size works. Both smothering the plants with geotextile. come. Akiyoshi, who has been named a Revolutionary Dining exhibitions are on display until Oct. 1. Gundeck also worked on seining (a fish Jazz Master by the National Endowment census), identifying native plant and bird Sample what the colonists ate for the Arts, will play both standards and species, guiding canoe trips, and greeting her own compositions. s part of the Week of Revolution, the and providing information to visitors. APutnam History Museum will host a A 2017 graduate of Poughkeepsie Day program called A Bite of History on Sat- School, Gundeck will attend Bates Col- urday, Sept. 2, from 2 to 5 p.m. with home- lege. The Garden Club sponsors interns made, Revolutionary War-era food. There each summer in partnership with envi- will also be trivia and children’s activities. ronmental, horticultural and conserva- Admission is $5 for adults and $2 for chil- tion organizations. See pgc1914.com. dren; or free for members. The museum is located at 63 Chestnut St. in Cold Spring. Hole Over Hole, by Laura Kaufman, one of the works in her solo show at the Orchestra Rehearsal Begins Garrison Art Center that opens Sept. 9 Putnam Symphony looking for Photo provided musicians he Putnam Symphony will begin prac- Big Band at Boscobel Ttice on Wednesday, Sept. 6, for its Nov. 18 performance. Rehearsals are from 7 to Swinging jazz at end-of-season bash 9 p.m. weekly at Brewster High School. Call 845-228-4167. oscobel will host its end-of-season Big BBand Concert and Sunset Picnic on Jazz pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi will perform Sunday, Sept. 10. The gates in Garrison Farm Fair at Chapel Restoration on Sept. 10. open for picnicking at 5 p.m. and the music Yorktown event opens Sept. 8 Photo provided begins at 6 p.m. The rain date is Sept. 17. Food and soft drinks are available for he Yorktown Grange Fair opens on purchase. The 20-piece Big Band Sound TFriday, Sept. 8, and runs through Sept. 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Earth: A World of Colors, Values, Imagi- served at the Poughkeepsie entrance. Call nation includes 16 artists representing 845-834-2867 to reserve a spot. Fixing Breakneck the Caribbean, Cuba, Mexico, Peru, Puer- Volunteers needed for trail work to Rico, Spain and Brazil. Their work includes painting, sculpture and photogra- Classics Concert for Kids olunteers will meet at 8:30 a.m. each day phy. The show will be on view until Sept. Music program at Howland Vover the Labor Day weekend at the Break- 30. See howlandculturalcenter.org. neck Ridge Parking Area in Beacon to build hildren are invited to visit the How- and rehabilitate trails. The effort continues at Cland Cultural Center in Beacon at 3 the same time on Sept. 7 to 11, Sept. 14 and 15, p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 9, for a concert. Sept. 18, Sept. 21 to 24, and Sept. 29 and 30. Before the performance, children will be The work is overseen by a New York-New Jer- allowed to handle and play the instru- sey Trail Conference manager and members ments. The event is free but reservations of the Conservation Corps. are required at howlandmusic.org. To participate, contact Geoff Hamilton at [email protected] or 201-512-9348, ext. 819. Anyone under age 14 must be accom- Suffrage Celebration panied by a parent or guardian. Actors will portray women who fought for vote Death and Rebirth, by Joe Pimentel, will be Cause for Paws ount Gulian in Beacon will celebrate on display at the Howland Cultural Center Fundraiser to aid Texas pets in Beacon as part of its exhibit of works by Mthe centennial of women’s suffrage in New York on Sunday, Sept. 10, with ac- n Thursday, Sept. 7, the Towne Crier Hispanic-American artists. Image provided tors portraying suffragists Lucretia Mott OCafé in Beacon will host Cause for and Alice Paul. In addition, Sally Dwyer- Paws II, a fundraiser to aid pets caught McNulty, a history professor at Marist in the Texas floods. Proceeds will benefit Chef’s Island Dinner College, will share details of the fight for Pets Alive in Austin. The first Cause for women’s rights. Paws assisted pets caught in the Louisi- Seventh annual event on Sept. 9 The event takes place from 1 to 4 p.m. ana floods last year. he seventh annual Chef’s Farm Fresh Registration is recommended by email- The show begins at 7 p.m. and features TDinner will be held on Saturday, Sept. ing [email protected] or calling Richard Shindell, Jude Roberts, Elaine 9, on Bannerman’s Island to raise money 845-831-8172. Admission is $4 to $12 per Romanelli, the Kurt Henry Band, Keith for restoration work at the site. A boat will person. Kelly, the Costellos, Open Book, David leave the Beacon Institute dock at 3 p.m. Massengill, Montgomery Delaney and a and 4:15 p.m. There will be two seatings Visit highlandscurrent.com for news few surprise guests. Call 845-855-1300 or for the five-course meal prepared by Chef updates and latest information. visit townecrier.com. Noah Sheetz and the Hudson Valley Chefs The 1931 film Dracula will be shown at Consortium. Reservations are required; Bannerman Island on Sept. 9. see bannermancastle.org. The Judith Tull- och Band will perform. include guided tours of the island; the boats will return to the Beacon dock at Independence and Bikes 10:30 p.m. The cost is $35 per person. The screenings are not suitable for children Program will celebrate both under age 13. Information: 855-256-4007 program celebrating the bicycle’s role or bannermancastle.org. Ain women’s suffrage will take place at the Walkway Over the Hudson in Pough- Hispanic-American Art keepsie at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 9. Historian Kjirsten Gustavson will appear Cultural Center opens show in period costume on a vintage bicycle to he Howland Cultural Center in Beacon explain the bike’s impact on women’s so- Twill open a show featuring artwork by cial status in New York state during the Hispanic-American artists from the Hud- years before they were given the vote. son Valley on Saturday, Sept. 2, with a re- A 30-minute ride on the park trails will ception from 3 to 5 p.m. follow, and lemonade and treats will be 18 September 1, 2017 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.com Putnam Considers Awarding Service Medals to Veterans Challenge would be determining cause you served and meet certain criteria,” he said. He also noted that National Guard and Reserves who’s eligible for honor members are not legally considered veterans unless they complete 180 days of federal active duty, so the By Holly Crocco county would have to decide how to treat those individuals, as well as veterans who have died. utnam County is considering awarding a service Rohde suggested the county stagger the award- medal to veterans but has discovered it may not ing of medals to spread out the cost, starting with Pbe so simple. World War II and Korean War veterans, then Viet- The only medal the county has ever issued was the nam veterans, and then other conflicts. Putnam County Service Medal, given around 1919 to “I don’t want to sound like I’m trying to dissuade those who served in World War I, according to Maj. anyone, especially because we’re losing our World Roderick Cassidy, a military lawyer who serves in the War II and Korean War veterans rapidly,” he said. New York Army National Guard and lives in Brews- While one veteran in the audience cautioned the ter. He suggested to legislators at the county’s Aug. legislators against making it too difficult to receive 22 Rules Committee meeting that, nearly a century the medal, the lawmakers were assured there are later, it's time to recognize those who served in World plenty of candidates. Cassidy said that while the U.S. War II and more recent conflicts. Census counted nearly 5,000 veterans in Putnam In 2016, Westchester County began honoring all Westchester County Executive Robert Astorino (right) presents County, only about 1,600 are enrolled in a discount who served on active duty in the Vietnam War era a service medal to a veteran at a ceremony in October 2016. program offered through the county clerk’s office. with a special distinguished service medal, he said. Putnam County legislators are discussing whether to do the same Having to apply will probably cut the numbers of Westchester has distributed about 1,500 medals, at a for its veterans. Photo provided medals that could be awarded by half, he said, “but cost of about $7 each. there will still be hundreds to give.” The challenge isn’t producing the medals (at least There are other difficulties, especially if you set out Cassidy said if lawmakers stick to the basic re- two jewelers have expressed interest) as much as decid- to identify veterans. Westchester officials experienced quirement of veterans who were born in Putnam, served ing who qualifies to receive one, Cassidy said. Lawmakers this firsthand last year when they awarded a Westches- out of Putnam, or returned to and still live in Putnam, will have to define “veteran” status, based on criteria that ter County Vietnam Service Medal to 800 veterans and there would at least be a few hundred candidates. “It could include class at discharge or whether a person saw would be very restrictive to say you could have never left families of deceased veterans in a public ceremony and combat. Further, does a veteran have to be born in Putnam Putnam,” he added. mailed 700 more to veterans who could not attend, based County or be a resident during his or her service? Joseph Castellano (R-Southeast) who brought the mat- on a database maintained by its Veterans Service Agency. Westchester has broad guidelines, he said. Even those ter before the legislature, said the county should start who served on the Navy tank landing ship USS Westches- But some veterans still said they were overlooked. identifying World War II veterans. “I don’t think that ter County during the 1950s and 1960s are eligible. How- Karl Rohde, director of the Putnam County Veterans would be more than 100 people,” he said. ever, if you were born and raised in the Bronx, served Service Agency (and a Westchester native who has re- Carl Albano (R-Carmel) said legislators “should put a out of the Bronx, and moved to Westchester after your ceived the county medal), said Westchester eased its bur- couple of scenarios together, run some numbers, see what service, you are not eligible, he said. den by creating an application. “It’s not just given out be- kind of statistics we have.”

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