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he Beacon City Council could add its support on Monday (April 1) to QUALITY TIME — Mayor Dave T a campaign that’s gaining momen- Merandy of Cold Spring tum in the region to stabilize the rents stopped by the Butterfield residents pay in New York State. Library on March 22 to read Newburgh and New Paltz in the last one of his favorite books, Ul month have adopted resolutions encour- De Rico’s The Rainbow Goblins, aging state officials to renew the expir- during the Friday story hour. The children also made a craft and ing Emergency Tenant Protection Act enjoyed refreshments. (ETPA), which limits residential rents in Photos by Ross Corsair New York City and Westchester, Rockland and Nassau counties, and to expand the legislation statewide. Adopted in 1974, the ETPA caps an- that municipalities are asking the state their rents have doubled.” nual rent increases to a percentage de- “to expand the scope both geographically Although a resolution wouldn’t create There Oughta termined by a local board. However, the as well as substantively.” any new regulations in Beacon, it’s a show ETPA is not automatic; each municipality The resolution adopted in New Paltz of support for residents, Nelson said, and must vote to adopt it. calls on state leaders to “strike the geo- may encourage state leaders to act. “Our Be a Law Two years ago, state legislators also graphic restrictions from the ETPA” and people are not disposable. People want to proposed a number of modifications to allow municipalities to “take an active role live here and they want to work here.” the ETPA, including controls on residen- addressing the cost of rental housing.” Affordability could return to the City A sampling of tial rent increases when leases are being In Beacon, City Council Member Terry Council’s agenda later this year because renewed and preventing landlords from Nelson asked his colleagues to consider a several members have said they would bills introduced removing apartments from rent regula- similar measure. like to revisit an earlier discussion of the in Albany Serino tion if tenants move out. “I’ve had a few constituents who have city’s affordable housing regulations, last With the clock ticking on the original had problems with landlords, and I get a revised in 2017. The revision expanded the By Chip Rowe legislation, which expires this year, Bea- lot of complaints about poor conditions in city’s below-market rate housing stock but con City Attorney Nick Ward-Willis said housing,” he said. “A few people told me (Continued on Page 8) n Page 6 is a list of some of the 66 O bills introduced since January in the state Galef Senate by Republican Sue Serino, whose district includes the High- lands, and the 64 introduced in the As- sembly by Democrat Sandy Galef, whose district includes Philipstown. Democrat Jonathan Jacobson, who was elected to the Assembly in November and whose district includes Beacon, has not yet introduced a bill, although he has been a co-sponsor. When introduced, a bill is assigned to a committee, which is where most of them remain, although some will be approved PANCAKES AL FRESCO — In a shot taken from inside the visitor’s in the Senate or the Assembly, but not center, volunteers prepare pancakes both. Both chambers must approve a bill during the Little Stony Point Citizens for it to reach the governor. Those that Association’s annual Maple Syrup don’t end up on his desk for a signature Day on Sunday (March 24) at the Cold or veto in one session are often intro- Spring park. Photo by Ross Corsair duced again in the next. (Continued on Page 6) 2 March 29, 2019 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org FIVE QUESTIONS: STEVE LAMBERT By Brian PJ Cronin

teve Lambert, a conceptual artist who lives in Beacon, is cofounder of S the Center for Artistic Activism and By Michael Turton the creator of SelfControl, a Mac program that blocks access to the internet with a timer, and Add-Art, a Firefox browser What’s the best add-on that replaces ads with artwork. thing about spring? You combine art with activism. Why is that? If you look back at whatever you consid- er successful activism, it has elements of performance, visuals, creativity and story. My bee hives come alive. Combining these things helps people bet- I’ll check them for the ter understand issues and enlivens their first time on Saturday. engagement, so it’s not as draining. Un- creative activism can seem like a slog. Why did you create the Center for Artistic Activism? I was making art about issues, but I Steve Lambert with his piece, Capitalism Works for Me! True/False. Photo provided was skeptical that it was doing anything. I started looking at how politics works, and reason aren’t the only things people take gut level. There’s plenty of research papers how change actually happens, and how to into account when making political deci- about how being online and advertising af- be better at having an impact. I also was sions. We don’t have to do that anymore. fect people, and you could read those, but working with Stephen Duncombe, who experiencing it for yourself is different. Are the online tools you created a was wondering the same thing about his form of artistic activism? You lived in San Francisco during activism. It came out of our doubts. All artistic activism exists on a spec- the dot-com boom years and say Has the political climate made trum between being effective, like Self- your art was informed by its rapid ~ Richard Butensky, Philipstown people more receptive? Control, which helps you get stuff done — gentrification. Do you see that in We used to have to make this argument and affective, like Add-Art, which moves Beacon? that politics isn’t rational, that facts and you and helps you understand things on a In San Francisco, development became about cash grabs. There was a building on The sound of birds my block that was clearly designed by the chirping in the morning contractor who built it, who thought: If we just get this thing up, we can make lots of — not any one bird, all of money. It’s not a conscious planning pro- them together. cess — it’s people trying to make as much money as they can in the shortest possible time. I haven’t quite seen that here in Bea- con, although I’ve seen signs that it might be happening. In San Francisco, you have all this water, which limits the amount of space you can build on. Here, although the buildings going up may not be to my taste, they ease the pressure on existing housing. We’re far enough away from New York City that I hope it all balances out, but I’m on guard. ~ Sabrina Rose, Beacon Visit highlandscurrent.org for news updates and latest information.

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The Pentagon confirmed that the presi- ends in December 2020. Liberman, who Haldane Principal Resigns Beacon High School dent’s declaration of a national emergency became president in January 2017, will re- Will depart at end of school year Closes for Cleaning put the funds at risk, Maloney said. The main on the board. projects cited as being “vulnerable” were Jack Goldstein served as acting presi- avid Wallick, who was Advised after bacterial infection case an engineering center, enhancements to dent while Liberman was on maternity hired in June 2017 as D eacon High School closed on Wednes- the West Point Cemetery, a water treat- leave. The chamber was founded in 1910 the principal of Haldane day (March 27) for cleaning following ment plant and a parking structure. to promote commerce in Philipstown. Elementary School, re- B a confirmed case of Clostridiolides dif- signed on March 19, ef- ficile C.( diff), a bacteria that can cause fective at the end of the Beacon Library Looking Book Drive for Beacon diarrhea and colitis. Superintendent Matt school year. He said by Landahl said in an email to parents that for Trustees Get Lit sponsoring for high school email that he was leaving Wallick the staff learned of the case on Tuesday for personal reasons but Election is April 25 for Howland et Lit Beacon is sponsoring a book and was advised by Dutchess County to declined to elaborate. drive to add libraries to the special disinfect hard surfaces in the school to he Howland Library has two seats G A resident of Katonah, Wallick came to education English classrooms at Beacon prevent its spread. on its nine-member board of trustees Haldane from the Bicycle Path School for T High School. The teachers have created a The federal Centers for Disease Con- open for an election to be held on Thurs- pre-kindergarten and kindergarten stu- wish list at Binnacle Books, 321 Main St., trol and Prevention says C. diff infects day, April 25. Both positions are for five dents on Long Island. in Beacon, or books can be purchased and 500,000 people in the U.S. annually and years. Petitions, which are available at the dropped off at the Oak Vino Wine Bar. See can be deadly, especially in people ages 65 library, are due by April 3. See beaconli- getlitbeacon.com. The books will be pre- and older. brary.org/how-to-become-a-trustee. Haldane Settles Special sented to the high school in May. Education Complaint West Point Could Parents argued district had to do Cold Spring Chamber Has Fort Montgomery more Help Fund Wall New President Gets Trail Grant Projects would be canceled for border he Haldane Central School District in Eliza Starbuck succeeds Katie Liberman $50K will pay for improvements December agreed to pay the parents of T .S. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, whose he board of directors a student up to $70,000 to settle a claim ew York State’s Environmental Pro- district covers the Highlands and of the Cold Spring Area that it did not provide their child, who has U T tection Fund on March 19 awarded a West Point, protested to the Department Chamber of Commerce ap- N a disability, with the educational oppor- $50,000 matching grant to the Fort Mont- of Defense after it confirmed that four pointed Eliza Starbuck, co- tunities during the 2017-18 and 2018-19 gomery Battle Site Association to improve projects at the United States Military owner of Flowercup Wine, school years that are required for special the trail system at the state historic site. Academy could be canceled to contribute as its new president. She education students under federal law. $250 million for a border wall promoted will complete the term The district responded that it had of- Starbuck by President Donald Trump. of Kate Liberman, which fered the student what is known as a “free appropriate public education” but agreed to settle the case to avoid litigation. The Current received the settlement agreement through a Freedom of Infor- mation Law (FOIL) request. The names of the student and parents were redacted by the district. #1 SELLING HEMP The district agreed to reimburse the par- ents half the tuition they paid to an uniden- * tified private school where they enrolled CBD PRODUCTS*SPINS SCAN DATA their child during the current and most re- cent school year, up to $34,026 per year. In return, the parents agreed to allow the student to be evaluated and observed at the private school by Haldane’s Com- mittee on Special Education to develop an Individualized Education Program required for students who receive special education services.

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Welcome to Beacon Beacon prides itself on being open. A re- Tell us what you think * cent example is this post from City Coun- Winner: 33 cil Member Jodi McCredo: he Current welcomes letters to the editor on its coverage and local issues. Better Newspaper “I stand with the people of New Zea- T Submissions are selected by the editor to provide a variety of opinions and Contest Awards land and with Muslims around the world. voices, and all are subject to editing for accuracy, clarity and length. We ask that *New York Press Association, 2013 - 2017 Words lead to actions. Hate needs to be writers remain civil and avoid personal attacks. Letters may be emailed to editor@ called out and silenced. Compassion and highlandscurrent.org or mailed to Editor, The Highlands Current, 161 Main St., understanding need room to grow.” (Continued on Page 5) NNA* Winner: Cold Spring, NY 10516. The writer’s full name, village or city, and email or phone Most of us would agree with Jodi about number must be included, but only the name and village or city will be published. 16 Better hate. And yet when we use the word anti- Newspaper development, aren’t we just finding a way Contest Awards to justify our fear of, and potentially our Abortion resolution accused the second “expert” speaker, a hatred for, new people? Development is I am wondering how Legislator Ginny retired policeman turned pastor, of pros- *National Newspaper Association, 2016-2017 about more than buildings: it is about Nacerino determined that the majority of elytizing (which he did), not the Legis- who will want to live in those buildings. Putnam County residents stand “shoulder lature or the committee. The best quote NYNPA* Winner: Outside the council meetings, in quiet to shoulder” with her on her resolution was from Legislator Nancy Montgomery, 4 Awards for conversations in person and online, peo- in opposition to the Reproductive Health who represents Philipstown, saying that Excellence ple talk about whether new people “will Act (“Anti-Abortion Draft Ignites Debate she was offended that the authors of the fit in.” What is that about, except fear of resolution accused the hundreds of people * New York News Publishers Association, 2017 at Putnam Legislature,” March 22). Did the unknown? she conduct polling, or is she engaging in in the state Legislature who voted for the In my experience, the new people mov- alternate-fact creation? RHA of “authorizing infanticide.” PUBLISHER ing here are terrific. I have had a chance, Several audience members made Highlands Current Inc. The majority of Americans support a 161 Main St. as an example, to meet quite a few tenants woman’s right to make her own decisions thoughtful speeches, Tara Vamos of Cold Cold Spring NY 10516-2818 new to Beacon. They are artists, state troop- when it comes to her body. That’s a fact Spring among them. But in spite of well- 291 Main St., Beacon NY 12508 ers, ministers, accountants. They are young established over many years and count- reasoned arguments and passionate state- couples. Baby boomers. Roommates. Most less polls. Voting the way “one thinks” ments from audience members, the three- FOUNDER of them are people who Beaconites who rail member committee voted to “move it Gordon Stewart (1939 - 2014) represents only one limited opinion. Of- against development would like to meet. ficials are elected to enact the will of forward” to the full Legislature on April 2. MANAGING EDITOR When we think about it, in our better people. I, for one, would rather the Leg- Legislator Joseph Castellano’s invitation Chip Rowe selves, we know that our children benefit islature spend its valuable time on mat- to call and write our legislators struck me [email protected] from meeting kids who have grown up ters that will have a positive impact on the as pro forma and not a sincere promise to ARTS/FEATURE EDITOR elsewhere. We get that Main Street needs lives of Putnam residents. This resolution consider other viewpoints. I am not com- Alison Rooney people with ideas to thrive. And all of us is certainly not the work that the people fortable with a Legislature that so cava- [email protected] know that Beacon, with its 100-year-old sent Legislator Nacerino to do. lierly ignores the wishes of its constituents infrastructure, is going to need a lot of us Richard Shea, Philipstown to pursue the personal agendas of its mem- SENIOR CORRESPONDENT Michael Turton to shoulder the burden of fixing what we Shea is the Philipstown supervisor. bers. There was one positive note, though: can and replacing what we can’t. Montgomery made a cogent point-by-point REPORTERS The sign that read “no hate, no fear, ev- I attended the March 18 meeting in which rebuttal of the deeply flawed resolution, Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong eryone is welcome here” is not true. The the Health Committee, chaired by Legislator to represent constituents whose opinions Brian PJ Cronin • Joe Dizney strongest anti-development positions are were otherwise unsought by the commit- Pamela Doan • Deb Lucke Toni Addonizio, tried to rush approval of the Skip Pearlman • Jeff Simms held by people who welcome others as resolution seeking repeal of the Reproduc- tee. Kudos to our District 1 legislator. tourists but not as residents. There are tive Health Act. The legislators were clearly David Limburg, Nelsonville LAYOUT EDITOR those who despise the idea of a wall at not pleased to hear opposing opinions. Leg- Pierce Strudler the Mexican border, and yet would gladly islator Amy Sayegh was dismissive, as was With the invention of the ultrasound — ADVERTISING DIRECTOR have a virtual wall around Beacon that Legislator Addonizio. Legislator Ginny Nac- the “window into the womb” — and other Michele Gedney keeps people out by restricting their op- erino got angry when I tried to speak and scientific documentation depicting the For information on advertising: portunities to find a place to live and a identified myself as being from Cold Spring. miracle of human life, I don’t understand 845-809-5584 place where all of us can grow. how anyone could advocate abortion. [email protected] “They’re all from Cold Spring!” she snapped. highlandscurrent.org/ads Will Hough, Beacon To clarify, Kathleen Foley of Cold Spring People have the right to make choices that affect them; however, when that choice adversely affects another person, it is no longer a good option. Women can choose to abstain from sexual activity if they do not want to The Highlands Current is a 501c3 nonprofit funded by grants, advertising and the get pregnant. Even married women generous support of our readers. 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LETTERS AND COMMENTS (Continued from Page 4) “We can talk, put in meters, pass a resolution, put down more Conversely, with no limit (or unenforced limits), drivers will likely leave their vehi- pavement, or make another zoning change. But is anybody cles for longer periods, limiting turnover. The meters can be programmed to be in seriously going to give up their personal steering wheel?” force for the premium times, i.e., from Fri- day through Sunday. Residents and people who work on or visit Main Street can park without feeding the meter during the rest The committee read the latest research Legal pot onds, or about 0.3 seconds faster than stated. of the week. on parking, which included Donald Shoup’s What we have here is nothing less than a Further, outdoor races decades ago were The goal is to encourage more walking The High Cost of Free Parking. Going in, I biased status quo attempting to squash the run on cinder tracks, not modern synthetic and biking and use of public transporta- thought metered parking would be an in- justified legalization of a substance which surfaces, which could have added a second tion. My family is making a habit of tak- convenience, a business killer and another has repeatedly been scientifically proven or more to a 440 time. In the interest of ing the Beacon Free Loop when we can, tax on ordinary folks. Shoup’s book was an to be less harmful than alcohol, tobacco, accuracy, an asterisk might be needed on especially Thursday to Saturday. eye-opener. Through a careful historical and sugar and driving a car (“County Legisla- future charts to call attention to the longer Kelly Ellenwood, Beacon statistical review, Shoup demonstrates how tors Discuss Pot Legalization,” March 22). distances. keeping parking free leads to poor access (no It is well-documented that William David May, Cold Spring At $8,625 per meter, the city can do bet- available spaces), and an endless demand for Randolph Hearst originally lobbied Con- ter things with that money. more and more land that never quite seems gress to make hemp illegal because it rep- Cricket Valley Last year, Dutchess County Comptrol- Stacy Christensen, via Facebook to meet the need for parking spaces. resented a threat to his financial interests We presented our recommendations to in promoting the lumber industry as the ler Robin Lois conducted an audit of the Dutchess County Industrial Develop- There are many facets to the dilemma of a well-attended meeting at the village fire- sole resource for the manufacture of pa- ment Agency (IDA). It revealed that the where to put our personal 3,000-pound vehi- house in October 2008. Residents were as- per used in newspaper production. Cricket Valley Energy Center under con- cles during the 94 percent of the time we’re tounded that a village of about 2,000 peo- It is also well-documented that Richard struction in Dover Plains received a $101 not driving them, and some of the ideas for ple has 2,500 public spaces, not including Nixon ordered cannabis to be designated as million tax break in 2017 and will receive mitigation are, at first glance, counter-intui- driveways. Some residents demanded that a Schedule 1 drug because he needed an ex- similar breaks until 2050, totaling more tive. For example, the notion that meters are a residential permit zone guaranteeing ac- cuse for arresting liberal-leaning anti-Viet- than $1 billion, through Payment in Lieu bad for merchants has been disproven; they cess to a space in front of their homes be nam War protesters, because he believed of Taxes (PILOT) programs. eliminate long-term parking at the curb. established, but such a permit zone would they were more apt to smoke cannabis. Cricket Valley Energy is construct- Unfortunately, the best time to tackle be illegal in New York State. Some argued Cannabis use and possession has been ing a 1,000-megawatt plant that will this is before, or at least along with, zoning that parking meters would destroy the used as a tool for disproportionately profil- burn fracked gas to produce electricity codes. The city has never made changes character of the village. Some doubted that ing, arresting and jailing minorities, dis- for the Lower Hudson Valley and New as part of an overall plan, and it also has meters would improve access, and some crediting socially progressive politicians York City. The state Department of Envi- failed to take into account that Beacon is believed they would harm local businesses. and shaming members of our community ronmental Conservation calls it a “major a small river town hemmed in by a moun- In the end, the village limited the invest- whose lifestyle choices don’t fall in line with source” of emissions, i.e., pollution. tain, so one-size-fits-all solutions offered by ment in parking meters to a single multi- those of the so-called “moral majority.” In 2017, in exchange for not having to planning consultants are not necessarily space meter in the municipal lot, and never The argument that legalizing cannabis pay property taxes of $11.7 million annually, going to work. Bus service is not a solution; ventured any further. Close to $2 million in represents some kind of new threat to our Cricket Valley Energy made a PILOT pay- they are used in Beacon mostly by people revenue has been lost in the decade since our youth is false, because legalization efforts ment to Dover for $109,521. Under the same who don’t have a car in the first place. study, money that could have been improved include calls for regulation which mirror agreement, Cricket Valley Energy avoided Council Member Amber Grant and oth- the public restrooms at the foot of Main those for the sale and use of alcohol and $59 million in school taxes — its payment ers have employed the feel-good phrase Street, rebuilt the Cold Spring boathouse and tobacco. In short, cannabis prohibition is to Dover’s district was $552,559. Other taxes that we should make the city “more walk- improved or replaced the firehouse. morally, scientifically and socially unjust. given up by the state and Dutchess County able and bikeable,” but paving over the Michael Armstrong, Cold Spring Jon Lindquist, Cold Spring will total about $23 million. woods next to the Madam Brett house Members of the Dutchess County IDA will not move us in that direction. Nor Lessons from Cabaret Historic records Congratulations to the student actors who made this agreement with Cricket will continuing to look for ways to accom- In “Records Made to be Broken” (March and technicians of Haldane Drama, as Valley Energy are appointed, not elected. modate automobiles within the town cen- 22), the Haldane records listed for the well as the faculty advisers and commu- They give away public funds as they see ter, because the problem is not parking, boys’ 200, 400 and 800 meters are from nity volunteers, for their remarkable pro- fit. In the case of Cricket Valley Energy, traffic or overdevelopment. It’s too many 1960 or earlier, at a time when the races duction of Cabaret presented earlier this the money went to a company that will cars trying to occupy our 5 square miles. were 220, 440 and 880 yards. The 440 month (“The Party’s Over,” March 8). have 28 employees and put hundreds of We can talk, put in meters, pass a reso- (quarter-mile), for instance, is 402.3 me I would like to particularly commend tons of pollutants annually into the air of lution, put down more pavement, or make ters, or more than 6 feet longer than the director Martha Mechalakos for selecting Dutchess County and Connecticut. another zoning change. But is anybody seri- 400 meter. The 440-yard Haldane record such an important title. Sadly, we don’t Charles Davenport, Wappingers Falls ously going to give up their personal steer- adjusted to 400 meters would be 50.84 sec- live in an era where Cabaret seems dated ing wheel? In the immortal words of Charl- or irrelevant. Instead, it is more timely ton Heston, “From my cold, dead hands.” than when it premiered in 1966. Mark Roland, Beacon I hope that the performers and audi- NOTICE ence members will take time to reflect on Meters would penalize Beacon’s year- The Village of Cold Spring’s Code Update Committee will conduct its fourth public meeting on the most important theme of the play: The Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at 7pm at the Cold Spring firehouse. round residents once again. Third Reich was not propelled to power by Theresa Butler, via Facebook The Code Update Committee is responsible for examining 29 topics identified by NYSERDA (the New hatred alone; apathy had a starring role. York State Energy and Research Development Authority) to determine what changes to these topics, if Sean Conway, Cold Spring any, should be made to the Village Code. Once the Code Update Committee has completed its work on Poor parking hurts Cold Spring; would these 29 topics, the committee will make recommendation to the Village Board for Village Code changes. it hurt Beacon? Soul of Main The Village Board will then evaluate these recommendations and then proceed to a Public Hearing. Michael Confield, via Facebook Once completed, the Village can then proceed in completing the Local Waterfront Revitalization Program. Mrs. Barbara of BJ’s Restaurant is a true gem of Beacon (“The Soul of Main Three prior public meetings have been held covering topics in the “Use” category (10 topics), in the I led the Cold Spring Parking Committee, “Appearances” category (7 topics), and in the Environment category (5 topics). All materials from these Street,” March 22). As new faces come to a subcommittee of the Special Board for a public meetings are available on the Village website. An additional public meeting will be held in the the area, they can have the opportunity future covering the topic “Consistency and Clarity” category (2 topics). Comprehensive Plan, in 2008, when it pre- to experience the love and hometown feel pared a report on parking in the village. The The purpose of the public meeting on April 3 is to obtain public input on the “Procedures” category that you get at BJ’s. My grandbabies love Mrs. committee of a half-dozen volunteers stud- will be presented. The five topics are: Evaluate Permitting Conservation Easements/Façade Easements; Barbara, her phenomenal fried chicken Evaluate Outright Demolition of Existing Structures; Evaluate Permitting Conservation Subdivisions; Amend ied parking reports from three or four simi- wings and amazing cornbread! Subdivision Regulations; and Evaluate Adopting Waterfront Consistency Review Law. An overview of each lar communities around the country to see Rhonda Figueroa, via Facebook topic will be presented along with the committee’s recommendations for changes. All are welcome to attend. how professionals approached the subject. 6 March 29, 2019 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

Oughta Be a Law (from Page 1) S1297: Requires teachers and school nurses S1350: Prohibits lobbyists, political action hold an official or legal position. to notify parents when they remove a tick committees and unions from loaning mon- Sue Serino A04743: Allows school districts to refuse from a student. ey to candidates. S1016: Directs the state to develop infor- to allow its buildings to be polling places. mational materials on endometriosis and Requires a two-thirds majority Allows county sheriffs to assign S1299: S1354: A05404: Classifies spent fuel rods at the other menstrual disorders for distribution of the state or any local legislature to ap- deputies as school resource officers at pri- Indian Point nuclear power plant as “real in school districts. prove bills that raise taxes. vate schools. property” rather than equipment, al- S1241: Establishes a tax credit for grocery S1309: Prohibits sex offenders from work- S1422: Allows vehicles delivering human lowing the local assessor to give them a donations to food pantries. ing as school bus drivers. organs for transplant to operate with flash- value so they can be taxed. That, in turn, ing lights and sirens. could provide a financial incentive for the S1242: Exempts motorists in Dutchess, S1310/S1311: Allows children to testify plant’s owner to send the rods to Europe Putnam, Rockland and Orange, which are via closed-circuit TV in legal proceedings Sandy Galef considered “commuter counties” but have involving charges of murder and assault. and Asia for processing that can pull more A00389: Prohibits pharmacies from sell- energy from the uranium. only one vote among them on the Metro- The practice has been allowed since 1985 ing tobacco products. politan Transportation Authority board, in cases involving sexual abuse. A05748: Limits to $1,000 the amount from paying registration fees to the MTA A01490: Requires a judge to consider that an individual or business that has a S1314: Requires low-level sex offenders convictions for boating while intoxicated that amount to $17 million annually. to verify their addresses every six months state contract worth more than $15,000 within the previous 25 years as the equiv- can contribute to any elected official who S1251: Allows a judge to forbid a person instead of annually. High-level offenders alent of driving-while-intoxicated convic- voted to approve the contract. accused of domestic violence from having must verify every 90 days. tions, and vice versa, at sentencing. contact with any pet cared for by the victim. A05896: Prohibits homeowners’ associa- S1315: Prohibits sex offenders from hav- A1498: Requires retailers to provide a 60-day tions from restricting the installation of S1294: Allows a person to be charged with ing unsupervised access to residential raincheck for any sale item that is out of stock. solar-power systems. manslaughter or promoting suicide if his or units, such as being employed as a build- her conduct contributes to the death of an el- ing superintendent, and from working on A03640: Allows employees to take paid A05950: Prohibits political fundraisers derly person or an incompetent or physically vehicles that sell frozen desserts. family leave to care for siblings. within a 15-mile radius of the Capitol disabled person. The bill cites the death of Prohibits members of the state when the Legislature is in session. S1318: Allows all veterans, not just those A04634: Bailey Bates, a 19-year-old autistic man from who are disabled, to ride Metro-North for Legislature from providing grants or dis- A06584: Requires sleep-apnea testing for Poughkeepsie who killed himself after being half price. cretionary funds to businesses or nonprof- train engineers. scammed out of his disability assistance. its in which the member or close relatives

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SHOWING IMAGINATION Seven third- and fourth-graders from the Garrison School competed on March 16 in the Destination Imagination tournament in Ossining. (From left: Sebastian Rasic, Elspeth Darhansoff, Gwendolyn Gordon, Elsa Minkin, Amelia McCarthy, Ari Barta and Ellery Gordon.) The team had to create a performance with costumes, props and sets centered on a monster making a surprise appearance.

DAD GIVES A TOUR U.S. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney took a selfie with sophomores from Haldane High School (who include his daughter) during a class visit on March 27 to Washington, D.C. Photos provided

SWEET DREAMS A team of crafters gathered at the Desmond-Fish Library in Garrison on March 19 to create colorful pillowcases to distribute to the homeless. Photo by Ross Corsair

HORSES FOR HEALING The Topfield Equestrian Center and the Philipstown Communities That Care Coalition have partnered to offer a program to families affected by substance abuse in which they can interact with horses to enhance communication and relationship- building. For information, email John MacEnroe at [email protected]. Photo provided

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Beacon Rents (from Page 1) “grandfathered” developments that had Retail Rents already been approved by the Planning Board and are now being occupied. The Newburgh and New Current data on rents in Beacon is hard Paltz resolutions address to come by. While a 2018 report by Hud- only residential rents, but Beacon City Council Member son Valley Pattern for Progress, a nonprof- Terry Nelson says he’s heard it that monitors housing costs, found that of similar increases forcing 50 percent of the city’s apartments could Main Street merchants from be considered “affordable” (meaning the their shops. He would like tenant paid less than 30 percent of his or to include language in any her monthly income for rent), its numbers resolution asking for action are based on 2017 statistics. on commercial rents, as well. During the City Council’s March 25 Katy Hope opened Beetle and meeting, Beacon Mayor Randy Casale Fred, a sewing supply store, questioned whether regulating rentals at 171 Main in 2016. She would be fair to property owners. said this week that she was “People can sell their house and make fortunate to find an affordable 300 percent but we’re going to tell landlords space, but she, too, hears of they can only make so much money? I don’t other business owners whose get it,” he said. Although Airbnb and other rents are unsustainable. short-term rentals are not legal in Beacon, “You definitely see rents Casale said a property owner could make and think: How can anybody much more in that market than operating possibly work that into their a traditional (and possibly regulated) rental. numbers, especially with the “You’re just playing right into the game,” offseason here in the winter?” he said. Hope said. Commercial rent Council Member Lee Kyriacou said he in Beacon is cheaper than in wasn’t sure if ETPA-type legislation should New York City, she said, but businesses here see far fewer be implemented statewide. It could be ex- customers. “It’s a long, slow panded to Dutchess and other counties in winter week.” the immediate metropolitan area, he said, Work continues on a residential building under construction at South Elm and Main but “I don’t think it’s Buffalo” that’s driv- Street in Beacon. Photos by Michael Turton ing the issue.

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BRIAN NICE RETURNS WITH NEW SHOW

By Alison Rooney “I know good light when I see it,” he Brain injury changed his perspective but not his drive says. “I choose the settings that reflect n his website, Brian Nice divides what I see and then I give directions to his artwork into two galleries: houses,” he explains. “When I got sick I from growing up here, though when I was the person who takes it for me. Sometimes pre-injury and post-injury. O learned you don’t have to go all over the young all I thought was: ‘I’m outta here, I’ll try to hold the camera. It depends on The injury was a brain bleed in 2009 world to make nice pictures, you just have there’s nothing to do.’ But I started appre- how much coffee I’ve had! Some days are that left him in a wheelchair. An accom- to take the time. I’m a man in a wheel- ciating the beauty when I was a bit older.” good, some days not.” plished fashion and commercial photog- chair. I’m a captive audience. When I see Because his shaking hands make it dif- Not that he’s complaining. “In the hos- rapher, he was forced to confront what he something, I stare at it for a long time. It’s ficult for him to hold the camera still, he pital, there were four people in the room, calls a “severely contracted reality” and my personal project now.” engages an assistant to snap the shutter complaining,” he recalls. “Nobody wanted to the fact that he might no longer be able Nice says his love of natural beauty “came after he selects the lighting conditions. be around them. If you’re nice, people pay to create art. But then a friend gave him a attention. I took my disability and put it to point-and-shoot camera. work. Most people don’t come back from this In 2012, at the Garrison Art Center, he kind of brain injury. I got lucky; I’m lucky to mounted Point of View, a solo show of his be alive. Physically I’m 58, mentally I’m 18.” photos, which have double exposures and His life over the past 10 years has been layering that reflect his diminished motor physically challenging. “One of my eyes skills and his view of the world through sees things in an up-and-down motion, damaged eyes. On Friday, April 5, from 6 and the other sees things going left and to 8:30 p.m., the Buster Levi Gallery at 121 right,” he explains. “Each eye is focused Main St. in Cold Spring will host a reception that way. The brain gets tired. By the end to open his latest exhibit, Another Point of of the day I’m exhausted. People pay a View. The show, which runs through April lot of money for psychedelic mushrooms 28, is dedicated to Brian’s father, artist Don just so they can feel like me, but after 24 Nice, who died earlier this month. hours, it’s enough, let me tell you. In recent years, Nice moved from Gar- “When this happened, I went into a rison, where he lived with his parents un- coma,” he recalls. “When I woke up, I til his mother Sandra’s death in 2017, to a couldn’t move anything, except raising my home in Cold Spring, where he lived with middle finger when the doctor said I’d nev- his father and now lives with an aide. Bri- er walk again! The brain’s plasticity takes a an took a cross-country photography road long time to repair. Thanks to my photog- trip in 2013 but lately has focused on what raphy, it’s happening. It’s pretty unique, re- is nearby: fields. “Soon there’ll be no more of them, just Brian Nice in his studio Photo by A. Rooney (Continued on Page 10) 10 March 29, 2019 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

n celebration of National Poetry Month, a new monthly Hudson Highlands Poetry the three public libraries in the High- Feeding the Meter Reading Series. They include Pitkin and I lands will each hold readings in April. T.R. Hummer of Cold Spring, Mary Newell In Cold Spring, the Butterfield Library Local poets in spotlight in April of Garrison and Edwin Torres of Beacon. will welcome Raphael Kosek, the Dutchess In Beacon, the Howland Public Library County poet laureate, Lucia Cherciu and professor of English at SUNY Dutchess, collection, Renderings. will present a reading at 6:30 p.m. on Thurs- Jo Pitkin at 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 6. will read from her most recent book, In Garrison, the Desmond-Fish Library day, April 18, with the city’s poet laureate, Pe- Kosek will read from her forthcoming col- Train Ride to Bucharest; and Pitkin, a will host a gathering of regional poets from ter Ullian, as well as two of his predecessors, lection, American Mythology; Cherciu, a Nelsonville resident, will read from her 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 13, to kick off Larry Sansone and Tony Pena, and Kosek.

The Mollusk Learning A Name The Miracle Flower By Jo Pitkin By Lucia Cherciu By Raphael Kosek Our white bells The mollusk we find in Scituate When I was a child, my father used to ask me trumpet the miracle where the sea flattens and releases the name of everyone we met, and when I failed is not Ponge’s oyster but is, as of large, open whiteness. to remember, he was disappointed and he’d say his is, a world stubbornly closed. Don’t you see how Pitkin that I took after my mother. Later, I learned On a far strand bitten with wind, We fill this world, that learning a name traces a ritual like stencil you pry and pry. That viscous her tired canvas, on light, repetition of gestures that matter. mass you cannot see does not yield. with buoyant promise? Soul and breath. Sacred as rhyme in a prayer, Its curved, hinged lid stays shut. We are the mind unjumbled, naming builds a ladder of salt, soothes sobbing. As you clutch its whitish valves, excellent voice that calls I see you not as you are, apart, Like walking on the same trail, abates fear the dark spin of your life but as you once were: observant and restlessness: every step, a salutation into question. Our opening boy, determined boy, galled boy of a tree whose name I finally discover as if shuts the door on doubt, Cherciu scooping, cupping, keeping its wood and leaf burn me. To a weary traveler our lifting heads wag in blue wind, the shallows, who will not let gracious leaves curl in concert anything go. Not the sharp stalks, walking at dusk, having learned a name will offer a ride with the white stretch of our throats. the yellow marsh, the turn of the shore, on a deserted road even before having to ask. not the heavy rope of surf. We are never far from ourselves Not the awful beautiful like you, pearl of the possible born of yet we lean into blue sky want, water, grit, salt, luck. and that is miracle enough. Kosek

Brian Nice (from Page 9) ally. I don’t think that anyone else is doing this. I have to keep moving forward.” The injury did not affect his sense of humor. In a blog post he wrote not long before his father died, he described their life together. “My father sold his house and he down- sized to a smaller house in town,” Nice wrote. “I’m living with him. It’s a small stone house by the side of the road. Pretty cool for me because I can go into town in my power chair. It’s pretty funny living together be- cause I can’t talk [well] and he can’t hear. You should see us trying to use the TV remote. We’re like two chimpanzee mon- keys that found something shiny. Never a dull moment. And you wonder why the C. E. Paint Supply, Inc. dog stares at us all the time. Anyway, we & make it work.” Tools • Hardware • Plumbing & Electrical Supplies Nice’s quest to create a representation of what he is perceiving has helped others. “One guy who got in touch with me said Monday - Thursday 8 - 5:30 he couldn’t explain to his doctor how he Sandra and Don Nice with Brian Friday & Saturday 8 - 5 saw,” he says. “He was very thankful be- Tel. 845.265.3126 cause with my photos he was able to show 158 Main Street • Cold Spring, NY 10516 his doctor how things looked to him.” highlandscurrent.org The Highlands Current March 29, 2019 11

Pattern Repeats Art on Repeat Explained Art on Repeat Art on Repeat Fabric artist specializes in pattern recognition

COUNTRY GETAWAY By Alison Rooney Thoughtfully designed Contemporary. Master suite, Full Drop Repeat library and private guest quarters. The simplest repeat multiplies hen Donna Durr thumbs WEB# PO1506517 | Cold Spring | $1,580,000 the motif along the same line through a fashion magazine horizontally and vertically. W with a pair of scissors in her hand, she’s not looking for the latest trends. “I see colors, and I see how those colors can become a leaf, or a type of flower,” the Cold Spring fabric artist explains. This is the beginning of a process in which she creates prints that she hopes Durr, scissors in hand, at her home studio will be turned into manufactured textile Photo by A. Rooney PRIVATE VILLAGE SETTING designs. Samples of her work are on dis- Mountain views. Gourmet kitchen, sunken living room, master suite, fireplaces, library. play at The Main Course in Cold Spring Eileen West, where she assisted with WEB# PO1510605 | Cold Spring | $799,000 through the end of April. product lines such as apparel, wallpaper, Half Drop Repeat After studying textile design at the bath products and bedding. This breaks up the uniform look Fashion Institute of Technology, Durr, After returning to New York City, Durr of a full drop repeat. The motif is who grew up in Utica, jumped right into worked as a freelancer until it became stepped horizontally and the top of studio jobs in New York City. The studio’s clear that digital was here to stay. “The the second motif is aligned to the owner or design director would direct last company I worked for had an alle- center of the first. Both motifs are painters such as Durr. giance to a local printer and went under then duplicated along the same “It would be along the lines of ‘I want an horizontal and vertical lines. because of it,” she says. “I lost my job all-over design of pansies,’ ” she explains. and wasn’t sure which way to turn. I had RETREAT-LIKE AMBIENCE “Or, it might be, ‘I want a pretty floral.’ As Cathedral ceiling, built-in-bookcases, Celestial always said if I had to sit in front of a (Palladian) windows, fireplace. Pond view. a designer, I’d ask ‘What for? Apparel? A computer, I’d quit. I should have gone to WEB# PO1531703 | Garrison | $720,000 shower curtain?’ You’d work up a repeat school to learn, but I didn’t.” [see left]. That repeat went to the engrav- By then, she was living in Cold Spring, er, and from there to the printer. tinkering with new ways of doing design. “The industry was booming,” Durr “I wanted to change my medium,” she recalls. But the camaraderie has dimin- says. “I always loved doing collage.” ished, she says, since design work has One day about six years ago, she says, been digitized. “Everyone’s behind their she started cutting up a stack of maga- computer; it’s a lot less fun.” zines and weaving the strips together. Mirror Repeat Durr, who says she knew by the third “I joke that spending $10 a year [for a PRIVATE COUNTRY SETTING Welcome family and friends to your own spot grade she wanted to be an artist, studied magazine subscription] gives me a pal- The motif is duplicated horizontally fine arts in college before discovering tex- on the mountain. Minutes to train and village. and mirrored. Both motifs are ette. It occurred to me that this could WEB# PO1500511 | Cold Spring | $529,000 tile design. She worked for many years in then duplicated along the same be something that is not just a beautiful horizontal line. San Francisco, including a stretch with design, but could be put into repeat and reproduced and manufactured for the masses. Now, it’s more design; I think commercially.” Durr begins with tracing paper. “As I draw the pattern I think of how it’s go- ing to repeat, how this flower is going to have to fall next to that one,” she says. OLD CHARM AND RIVER VIEWS “It’s important that you can’t see where Spacious historic home. High ceilings, pocket doors, wood floors. Patio and river views. it seams together.” Once she has the de- WEB# PO1463459 | New Hamburg | $495,000 sign, she works with Pat Kennedy, her “digital person,” to make it seamless, then sends it to The Highland Studio in Philipstown for printing. Continuous Repeat Eventually, Durr hopes to create her own line of fabrics. “I think in coordi- The most difficult repeat begins nates: duvet cover/pillow,” she says. “And by designating a shape, such as I look for fabrics which can be washed a square. The motif is placed so and dried [without bleeding]. When I that it overlaps one edge of the VILLAGE-COUNTRY SETTING began, you dreaded getting caught in a Well maintained two-bedroom home. Renovated shape. This motif is duplicated and kitchen/bath. New appliances. Full lower level. placed in the same position on the rainstorm. All of this has stemmed from WEB# PO1525085 | Nelsonville | $325,000 opposite side of the shape. experimenting. It was just a process that kept working, and I keep incorporating Mereton Textile A floral design by Donna Durr more and more into it.” COLD SPRING BROKERAGE 845.265.5500 HOULIHANLAWRENCE.COM 12 March 29, 2019 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

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FRI 5 question and answer session will Brooklyn Castle follow. Cost: $20 ($15 members) COLD SPRING 6 p.m. Butterfield Library FRI 5 10 Morris Ave. | 845-265-3040 Ariane One-Act butterfieldlibrary.org Play Festival This 2012 documentary follows GARRISON five members of the chess team at an 8 p.m. Philipstown Depot Theatre inner-city junior high school that has 10 Garrison’s Landing | 845-424-3900 won more national championships philipstowndepottheatre.org than any other in the country. It is In this ninth annual event to part of the Reel Life Film Club for honor Ariane Orenstein, an Aery students in grades 6 to 8. Free Pet Portrait Auction, April 1 Theatre member who died of cancer in 2011 at age 51, actors will SAT 6 perform six one-act plays written of conservation work, and birders COMMUNITY WED 3 by local playwrights. For mature Ian Kingsley, Charlie Roberto and Easter Egg Hunt New York Harbor audiences. Also SAT 6, SUN 7. Kyle Bardwell will discuss their COLD SPRING SAT 30 and Tributary Study Cost: $22 ($17 students, seniors) Tattoo Fest citizen scientist work. Cost: $60 11 a.m. McConville Park Public Meeting 4 High St. | 845-265-3191 POUGHKEEPSIE POUGHKEEPSIE The Loretto Council of the Knights SUN 7 2 – 11 p.m. Mid-Hudson Civic Center 5 p.m. Hudson Valley Community Center of Columbus will hold its annual Comedy All Stars 14 Civic Center Plaza 110 Grand Ave. | bit.ly/hudson-trib-study community event for children ages 8 FISHKILL hudsonvalleytattoofest.com Get an update from the Army Corp and younger. Bring your own basket. 5 – 8 p.m. Ramada Inn More than 200 artists will show of Engineers and share your thoughts 524 Route 9 | 845-838-0096 their work and take appointments. on the options being considered for SAT 6 facebook.com/pitchforkids There will also be live music, food the Hudson River to manage sea- and a “puppy burlesque” show with Lambing and Kidding The eighth biannual comedy level rise and increased flooding. show, which features Joey Gay, Dan adoptable dogs. Also, SUN 31. Cost: $24 Or email comments to nynjharbor. Eric Lind COLD SPRING Noon. Glynwood | 362 Glynwood Road McRitchie, Adam Izzo and Gene [email protected]. Trifolo, benefits the Hudson Valley SUN 31 SAT 6 845-265-3338 | glynwood.org Meet baby animals while Renegades’ Pitch for Kids program. Castle to River Run WED 3 Spring Thaw learning about how to care Phone to reserve tickets, or email GARRISON Welcome to Cold Spring BEAR MOUNTAIN for sheep and goats. Free [email protected]. Cost: $24 7:30 a.m. Philipstown Recreation Center COLD SPRING 6 – 10 p.m. Bear Mountain Inn 107 Glenclyffe Drive | 845-424-4618 3020 Seven Lakes Drive | gcef.net 6:30 – 8 p.m. Butterfield Library SUN 7 VISUAL ART bit.ly/castle-river 10 Morris Ave. | 845-265-3040 The annual Garrison Children’s This annual race, rescheduled Education Fund event will include The Babysitter from SAT 30 butterfieldlibrary.org Another Planet from November, features views of New to the village? Stop by dancing, dinner, drinks and a silent Forces of Nature the Highlands. Check-in begins at the library for an introduction auction. Cost: $115 COLD SPRING NELSONVILLE 7:30 a.m. with the 50k race ($65 fee) and to meet friends. 10:15 a.m. Split Rock Books | 97 Main St. 6 – 9 p.m. Create Community at 8 a.m., the half-marathon ($45) at KIDS & FAMILY 845-265-2080 | splitrockbks.com 11 Peekskill Road 9 a.m., the 5K ($25) at 9:30 a.m. and Author and illustrator Stephen createcommunityspace.com the youth 1-mile (free) at 11:30 a.m. FRI 5 Coffee with a Cop SAT 30 Savage will read from his latest Samantha Palmeri, a painter Student Chess book. Free and former director of Beacon SUN 31 PHILIPSTOWN 11:30 a.m. – 1 pm. The Pantry Tournament Open Studios, curated and is Soup4Greens STAGE & SCREEN part of this show with Jean 3091 Route 9 | 845-225-4300 COLD SPRING BEACON Brennan and Greg Slick. putnamsheriff.com 9:45 a.m. Haldane Elementary 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. VFW Hall SAT 30 Join Putnam County Sheriff’s 15 Craigside Drive | bit.ly/haldane-chess 413 Main St. | beaconfarmersmarket.org Ajuma Deputy Anthony Tolve for Trophies will be awarded to the FRI 5 PEEKSKILL Purchase bowls of soup donated coffee and conversation. top five players in each section, Another Point of View by restaurants and individuals 3 p.m. Hudson Valley MOCA which includes unrated rookies COLD SPRING to benefit Greens4Greens, a 1701 E. Main St. | 914-788-0100 (grades K-4, four rounds, no clocks), 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. Buster Levi Gallery food program organized by SAT 6 hudsonvalleymoca.org reserves (K-12 rated up to 700) 121 Main St. | 845-809-5145 Common Ground Farm and the White Elephant Sale and championship (players 700+). The spoken-word and visual busterlevigallery.com Cornell Cooperative Extension GARRISON Scholarships are available. Register artist Katori Walker will present Brian Nice, a photographer who Dutchess County’s Green Teens. 9 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. St. Philip’s Parish House online. Cost: $35 ($45 door) this one-person show based on suffered a brain injury in 2009 that 1101 Route 9D | 845-424- 4209 seminal moments in generations changed his vision, presents some stphilipshighlands.org of her family that involved MON 1 SAT 30 of his latest work. See Page 9. escape, abuse, love and legacy. A Pet Portrait Auction Shop for toys, clothing, books Lily Red’s Journey and gently used household items at BEACON Through Tale Town 7 a.m. – 3 p.m. Beacon Bagel this annual fundraiser for the St. Philip’s Nursery School. Early birds GARRISON 466 Main St. | 845-440-6958 can pay $5 for entry at 8:30 a.m. 3 & 4 p.m. Philipstown Depot Theatre beaconartadventures.com/ 10 Garrison’s Landing | 845-424-3900 pet-portraits-2019 brownpapertickets.com/event/4189693 Bid through April 11 on children’s SAT 6 portraits of dogs and cats waiting for Putnam Highlands The Depot’s Young Players (Wyatt adoption at Mid-Hudson Animal Aid, Audubon Society Rose Chadwick, Allegra Clementson, Carla Coleman, Nomie Karetny, the Animal Rescue Foundation and Annual Dinner other shelters. Above are Dixiedoo, Diem Lee, Gabriel Marzollo, Caelan COLD SPRING Radda and Tyke, who says by way of Mcdermott, Emily McPherson, Dean introduction that he is “a friendly little 5 – 9 p.m. Old VFW Hall | 34 Kemble Ave. Moyer, Ora Nobel, Suvi O’Shea, Natalie dude with good manners and a sturdy putnamhighlandsaudubon.org Taylor, Sophia Taylor and Emily constitution. I am quite agile and will Eric Lind, the former director of Wynn) will present this play written by Kalista Sale Parrish. Cost: $3 dance on my hind legs for a treat.” Constitution Marsh Audubon Center, Brooklyn Castle, April 5 will be honored for his decades highlandscurrent.org The Highlands Current March 29, 2019 15

SAT 6 SUN 7 Members Show Richard Shindell BEACON BEACON 2:30 – 4:30 p.m. Howland Cultural Center 7:30 p.m. Towne Crier | 379 Main St. 477 Main St. | 845-831-4614 845-855-1300 | townecrier.com howlandculturalcenter.org Shindell, a singer and songwriter The work of more than 40 artists who divides his time between the will be included in this annual exhibit Hudson Valley and Buenes Aires, curated by Jan Dolan and Jean Noack. released his first album, Sparrow’s Point, in 1992, and his most recent, SAT 6 Careless, in 2016. He will be joined by Chihoe Hahn, who lives in Catherine Welshman, Cornwall. Cost: $30 ($35 door) George Mansfield and Margot Kingon CIVIC BEACON 5 – 9 p.m. Catalyst Gallery | 137 Main St. MON 1 845-204-3844 | catalystgallery.com City Council The group show, which features BEACON new work by each artist, will 7 p.m. City Hall | 1 Municipal Plaza continue through April 28. 845-838-5011 | cityofbeacon.org

SUN 7 TUES 2 Pysanky Egg Masterclass Eric Gales, April 6 Putnam County PEEKSKILL Legislature 3 p.m. Hudson Valley MOCA CARMEL 1701 E. Main St. | 914-788-0100 Revolution. (It was Putnam who jazz, swing folk, blues and old- SAT 6 7 p.m. Historic Courthouse hudsonvalleymoca.org reportedly gave the command “Don’t timey music with a contemporary Collective Brass Quintet fire until you see the whites of their style.” Back in the day, the Jim 44 Gleneida Ave. | 845-208-7800 Jennifer Santa Maria will explain BEACON eyes” at the Battle of Bunker Hill.) Kweskin Jug Band opened for Janis putnamcountyny.com the historical significance of the 7 p.m. St. Joachim’s Church Reservation by phone required. Joplin; Peter, Paul, & Mary; Linda The Legislature is expected traditional Ukrainian craft of 51 Leonard St. | 845-838-0915 Cost: $5 donation ($3 members) Ronstadt and The Doors. Cost: to vote on a resolution that asks pysanky before leading students as collectivebrass.com they design and create their own $25 ($20 students and seniors) the state to repeal the recently The group, formed in 2016, enacted Reproductive Health Act. by layering beeswax and dyes over FRI 5 will perform selections from its an eggshell. Bring an empty egg Erin Somers: SAT 30 latest release, Thy Sweet Name. carton. Recommended for ages 12 Stay Up with Hugo Best Thumbscrew TUES 2 and older. Cost: $40 ($35 members) School Board COLD SPRING NEWBURGH SAT 6 7 p.m. Split Rock Books | 97 Main St. 8 p.m. Atlas Studios | 11 Spring St. Pluck and Rail COLD SPRING 845-391-8855 | atlasnewburgh.com 7 p.m. Haldane Music Room 845-265-2080 | splitrockbks.com BEACON Mary Halvorson, Michael 15 Craigside Drive | 845-265-9254 Somers, who lives in Beacon, 8 p.m. Howland Cultural Center Formanek and Tomas Fujiwara haldaneschool.org will read from her debut novel 477 Main St. | 845-765-3012 about a writer’s assistant who, after will play original jazz and their howlandculturalcenter.org losing her job on a comedy show, interpretation of the standards. George Gierer (guitar, banjo, lead TUES 2 spends a weekend with the much Cost: $20 ($25 door) Board of Trustees older comedian she worked with. vocals), Andrew Sussman (cello, mandolin, vocals), Zach Swanson COLD SPRING (bass) and Nicholas Lieto (trumpet, 7:30 p.m. Village Hall | 85 Main St. SAT 6 flugelhorn, percussion) will play 845-265-3611 | coldspringny.gov TALKS & TOURS Writing the Voice acoustic originals. Cost: $15 ($20 door) of the Body TUES 2 SUN 31 BEACON SAT 6 Swearing-In Ceremony Land Use and 10 a.m. Beahive Eric Gales NELSONVILLE Forest Regeneration 291 Main St. | beahivebzzz.com BEACON 7:30 p.m. Village Hall | 258 Main St. in Putnam County Led by poet Edwin Torres, 8:30 p.m. Towne Crier | 379 Main St. 845-265-2500 | nelsonvilleny.gov this is first of four two-hour SUN 31 PUTNAM VALLEY Alexi Kenney and 845-855-1300 | townecrier.com Following the March 19 election, 11 a.m. Tompkins Corners Cultural Center creative writing workshops Gales grew up in a musical that feature performance, Renana Gutman three newcomers to the Village 729 Peekskill Hollow Road family with four brothers, three of Board — the mayor and two 845-528-7280 | tompkinscorners.org movement and sensory exercises. BEACON whom (including Eric) learned to Cost: $35 ($100 for series) trustees — will be sworn in. Hiker and historian Ed Illiano 4 p.m. Howland Cultural Center play guitar upside-down and left- 477 Main St. | 845-765-3012 handed. Gales recorded two albums will recount the story of Putnam WED 3 through the lens of land use SAT 6 howlandmusic.org for Elektra Records (the first at and forest regeneration. Free Community The violinist and pianist will age 16) before he and his brothers Code Update Committee Eco-Action Day perform, as part of the Howland teamed up for a third called Left COLD SPRING Hand Brand. Chris Raabe will 7 p.m. Cold Spring Firehouse SUN 31 GARRISON Chamber Music Circle series, a program that includes Sonata join him. Cost: $30 ($35 door) 152 Main St. | 845-265-3611 How to Identify Birds 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Desmond-Fish Library for Violin and Keyboard BWV coldspringny.gov 472 Route 403 | 845-424-3020 PHILIPSTOWN 1016 by Bach, Airs du Rossignol At this public hearing, residents desmondfishlibrary.org SUN 7 2 p.m. Desmond-Fish Library et Marche Chinois by Stravinsky, will be invited to provide input 472 Route 403 | 845-424-3020 Speakers organized by the Women’s Work: Sonata No. 10, Op. 96 by Beethoven, Sisterhood of Harmony on the Procedures category, desmondfishlibrary.org Philipstown Garden Club will L’Eraclito Amoroso by Strozzi, including: Conservation and Pete Salmonsohn of the Putnam discuss how to reduce your carbon and Sonata No. 3 by George BEACON Façade Easements; Demolition Highlands Audubon Society will footprint, including through Enescu. Cost: $30 ($10 students) 2 p.m. Howland Cultural Center of Structures; Conservation lead an interactive program on home-energy efficiency, net-zero 477 Main St. | 845-831-4614 Subdivisions; Subdivision bird identification for adults and construction and transportation. howlandculturalcenter.org Regulations; and Waterfront Register at eco_action_day. SUN 31 children ages 8 and older. Free Celtic Woman Women singers, songwriters and Consistency Review Law. eventbrite.com. Free bands — including Lydia Adams WEST POINT Davis; the B2s; the Beacon High THURS 4 5 p.m. Eisenhower Hall Theatre THURS 4 MUSIC School Singers with Susan Wright; Town Board Israel Putnam: 655 Pitcher Road | 845-938-4159 Judy Kass; Marji Zintz; Noga & Hero of the Revolution SAT 30 ikehall.com Phoebe; Goldee Greene; Colleen COLD SPRING FORT MONTGOMERY Jim Kweskin and The four members of Celtic Woman Kattau; Amy Laber; and the Trouble 7:30 p.m. Town Hall | 238 Main St. 7 p.m. Fort Montgomery | 690 Route 9W Samoa Wilson — vocalists Mairéad Carlin, Éabha Sisters, among others — will 845-265-5200 | philipstown.com McMahon and Megan Walsh and perform at this benefit for the Sloop 845-446-2134 | parks.ny.gov PUTNAM VALLEY violinist Tara McNeill — celebrate Woody Guthrie. Cost: $15 ($20 door) Robert Ernest Hubbard is the 7:30 p.m. Tompkins Corners Cultural Center author of a new biography of Gen. the music and cultural heritage of 729 Peekskill Hollow Road Ireland. The group is accompanied by Israel Putnam (1718–1790), who 845-528-7280 played key roles in both the French an orchestra and a band of drums and brownpapertickets.com/event/4034168 and Indian War and the American pipes, along with dancers. Cost: $45 The duo plays “a mixture of 16 March 29, 2019 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

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4th Wall Theatre Camp (Wappingers Falls) 845-226-8099 | 4thwallproductions.org All Sport Camp Fit (Fishkill) 845-896-5678 | allsportfishkill.com Army Sports (West Point) armywestpointsportscamps.com Ballet Arts Studio (Beacon) 845-831-1870 | balletartsstudio.com Beacon Art Adventures 845-218-1593 | beaconartadventures.com Beacon Art Studios (Wappingers Falls) 845-728-2542 | beaconartstudios.com Beacon Music Factory 845-765-0472 | beaconmusicfactory.com Beacon Pantry Cooking 845-440-8923 | beaconpantry.com Beacon Performing Arts Center 845-350-2722 | beaconperformingartscenter.com Be Creative as Possible (Beacon) 845-905-2338 | becreativeaspossible.com Down and Dirty on the Farm (Camp) Camp @ The Camp(Beacon) 845-765-8440 | cityofbeacon.org Common Ground Farm (Wappingers Falls) dren work with our younger campers to the barn, getting down and dirty with 845-231-4424 | commongroundfarm.org Stony Kill welcomes complete projects,” Lynch-Adams says. earthworms, searching for insects in the Compass Arts (Beacon) summer explorers The Stony Kill Foundation has operat- fields or digging in the gardens. 917-648-4454 | compassarts.org ed the camp, which accepts children ages Bad weather does not grind Summer 4 to 12, since 2011 through an agreement Explorers to a halt. On rainy days, pro- Garrison Art Center By Michael Turton with the state Department of Environ- grams shift to the air-conditioned barn 845-424-3960 | garrisonartcenter.org hat sets the Stony Kill Sum- mental Conservation, which acquired the classroom, upper barn and barnyard, Hudson Hills Montessori (Beacon) mer Explorers camp apart is site in the 1970s. It adds elements each lower barn workshop and the greenhouse. 845-831-1100 | hudsonhillsmontessori.org W that campers not only get a year but also sticks with proven favorites. The camps fill quickly because many Hudson Valley Shakespeare (Cold Spring) taste of nature, they also get a helping of “Kids love our weekly tractor rides kids return year after year. There are 845-809-5750 x13 | hvshakespeare.org life on the farm. around Stony Kill,” Lynch-Adams says, openings in the weeklong camp begin- Kid’s Place (Beacon) The camp is located at the state-owned adding that there is always food such as ning June 17 (Project Discovery) but 845-838-9934 | kidsplacebeacon.org Stony Kill Farm and Environmental Educa- burgers made with local beef or vegetables camps beginning June 24 (Life on the Manitoga Nature & Design (Garrison) tion Center on Route 9D just north of Bea- harvested from the student garden. “The Farm), July 1 (The Great Outdoors) and 845-424-3812 | visitmanitoga.org con amidst 1,000 acres that include rolling pond and our livestock, including Snow- July 8 (Wildlife) have waiting lists. countryside, farmland, ponds, woodlands, flake the lamb” are big draws, she says. An overnight Girl Scout camp on July Manitou School (Cold Spring) meadows, and cultivated and fallow fields. As part of Life on the Farm week, 15-16 and Boy Scout camp on July 18-19, 845-809-5695 | manitouschool.org “We have sheep, cows, chickens and campers learn where their food comes as well as individual Monday and Thurs- Philipstown Recreation pigs,” explains Program Director Stacey from and what life is like for a farmer day day camps offered from July 22 to 845-424-4618 | philipstownrecreation.com Lynch-Adams. “We’re smaller, so our camp- in the Hudson Valley. “Campers are sur- Aug. 29, are still accepting participants. Renegades Baseball (Wappingers Falls) ers have one-on-one interaction with our prised how difficult it is to run a farm The latter focus on topics such as farm- renegadesbaseballcamps.com counselors and educators.” Head counsel- and take care of even a small number of to-table gardening, animal husbandry, Stony Kill Farm (Wappingers Falls) ors are educators who have worked on the livestock,” she says. pond ecology and homesteading. 845-831-3800 | stonykill.org farm for one to three years. Children who don’t want to get their The camps are $250 per week ($225 Surprise Lake Camp (Cold Spring) The camp’s size means bonds develop hands dirty should look elsewhere for a for members) or $50 for the day camps. 845-265-3616 | surpriselake.org easily. “We often join together for group camp. At Stony Kill, campers may find See stonykill.org. activities and many times the older chil- themselves working with livestock in Photos courtesy Stony Kill Farm Shakespeare Summer Camp ACTING July 22-26, 29-Aug 2 IMAGINATION HVSF’s theater camp for creative kids aged 8-16. CHARACTERS + TEXT Discounted Registration for Philipstown Campers! IMPROV STAGE COMBAT hvshakespeare.org GAMES highlandscurrent.org The Highlands Current March 29, 2019 17

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START READING NOW Babyand Dog April book club selections

Civil Rights Book Club Kids’ Book Club SUN 7, 2 P.M. THURS 25, 4 P.M. “The Discovery of What It Means Pippi Longstocking, by Astrid Lindgren to Be an American,” in Collected Split Rock Books, Cold Spring Essays, by James Baldwin Desmond-Fish Library, Garrison Beacon Book Club THURS 25, 7:15 P.M. Helen Savoit Book Club The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier TUES 9, 1:30 P.M. & Clay, by Michael Chabon Pichinko, by Min Jin Lee Location available to members Howland Library, Beacon meetup.com/Beacon-BookClub

Fiction Book Club Edible Book Club THURS 11, 7 P.M. SAT 27, 1 P.M. Who Was Changed and Who Was VB6: Eat Vegan Before 6:00, by Dead, by Barbara Comyns Mark Bittman Split Rock Books, Cold Spring Desmond-Fish Library, Garrison Call 845-424-3020 for location. Graphic Novel Book Club (for Adults) Butterfield Book Club his feature is designed as a counterweight to all the bad TUES 16, 7 P.M. MON 29, 7 P.M. T news in the world that weighs people down. We could Piero, by Edmond Baudoin Little Fires Everywhere, by Celeste Ng share a photo of a baby, or a photo of a dog, but we are giving Split Rock Books, Cold Spring Butterfield Library, Cold Spring you both. How many newspapers can say that? Spencer Soloway History Book Club and Alex Berke-Soloway of Beacon sent this shot of their son, THURS 18, 7 P.M. Miles, with Zazie. If you have a photo of a baby and a dog, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the submit it for consideration to [email protected]. United States, by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Split Rock Books, Cold Spring

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tion at the Philipstown Depot Theatre, Newburgh Repair Cafe will create meeting Entrants in The Hudson Valley Through a Council Awards Grants which this year begins April 5. places with tools, materials and on-hand Lens may price their entries for sale, with 25 Shakespeare Fest, Garrison Landing experts for repairing objects. percent of the sales price going to the center. receive funds The foundation’s sponsors include the All entries must be received by May 1 and ad- Awesome in Newburgh Cold Spring Cheese Shop and More Good dress a nature theme. The entry fee is $15 per he Putnam Arts Council awarded After votes, foundation awards three Beacon. It was created in June to support image. See mariandale.org for guidelines. T $12,000 in grants for its annual Arts grants artists, activists and small businesses Link program after considering requests with $1,000 grants. for about $88,000 in funding. he Awesome Newburgh Foundation Call for Miniature Dioramas Among the grants was $2,000 to the T on March 19 awarded $1,000 grants Garrison Art Center plans show Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival to to three projects after hearing 15 propos- Call for Hudson Valley support its family nights and free family als and raising $3,000 from spectators Photos he Garrison Art Center has issued a matinees; $1,000 to Collaborative Con- during a “pitch party.” T call for miniature dioramas for a jur- cepts for its annual sculpture exhibit at Girls to Ladies will produce a teen-led, Ossining gallery to host exhibit ied exhibit scheduled for June. Saunders Farm in Garrison; $800 to the anti-violence, cooperative quilt called Mak- The dioramas may represent the interior he Mariandale Center in Ossining Tompkins Corners Cultural Center in Put- ing Piece; the Youth Arts Group, part of the of a room, or any interior, and can be realistic has issued a call for entries for an ex- nam Valley for a Friday night film series; Rural & Migrant Ministry, will organize a T or abstract. They cannot weigh more than 5 hibit of Hudson Valley photography it will and $1,000 to support the annual Aery workshop on empowerment focused on pounds. The deadline is May 1. See bit.ly/gac- mount in June. Theatre Company one-act play competi- art, justice and the disenfranchised; and diorama for an entry form and guidelines.

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Family Trails Land Records and Brick Walls

By Valerie LaRobardier

ourthouses provide genealogists with a rich source of records tailor- C made to break down the worst re- search “brick walls.” Because they are difficult to understand and find online, these records are often looked at last, or ignored. But keep in mind that, before 1850, some 90 percent of the The original Putnam courthouse at one point held the county records. Detail from an 1854 map of Putnam County that shows property File photo by L.S. Armstrong ownership male population owned land, making this an excellent way to learn about your ancestors. Book: American State, County and Town B table; go down the side to the I rows; Before you can research land records, Surety: One who guarantees payment of Sources, which is online at bit.ly/HC-red- and then look across in the row that in- you must select a geographical target. By the debt. book. It has tables for each state that show cludes G to find that the page number is composing a brief profile of your earliest Dower: A wife’s interest in her husband’s when each county was formed; its parent 120. Easy, right? known ancestor, you can make some de- property, inheritable at his death. county, if any (e.g., Putnam County was The tables are usually found on the in- ductions about where his parents likely An excellent resource for these type of taken from Dutchess); and how far back side cover or near the front of the book. lived when he was born. records is Christine Rose’s Courthouse its records go. For New England states, Make a list of the volume and page num- Census records are a good place to start. Research for Family Historians. Much of the listing is by town, rather than county. ber of any deeds that look promising and If you are fortunate enough to have an- it will not make a lot of sense until you The table is keyed to a map so you can repeat the process with the other indexes. cestors who lived in New York, its census have gone through the process of finding spot neighboring areas. When you locate the deeds, make copies records for 1825 through 1875 identified and analyzing a few deeds. Use it as a ref- It is always a good idea to delve into the of those that appear relevant because you land ownership of the head of household. erence and learn as you go — it will get history of an area using Google, USGen- will likely need to study them carefully Tax lists also are a valuable resource, easier with each trip. Web.org or the American Local History later to glean all the information. provided they separately identify real and I would also recommend that you prac- Network (sites.rootsweb.com/~usalhn). Because we live in the digital age, you personal property. Even if they do not tice reading the handwriting of whichever The more you know about your target and don’t need to visit the courthouse or re- break it out, finding your ancestor on a clerk made the entries. When researching the region, the better equipped you will be cords office: The Family History Library tax list points to the likelihood he owned names such as Lawson, for example, you to find records. in Salt Lake City has posted scans of New or leased land. may find that the name appears as “Loff- Land records are not the easiest records York records at familysearch.org, organized Don’t overlook newspaper notices of ing.” (Happened to me!) to research. Familiarize yourself with the by county. See bit.ly/HC-land-records. The foreclosures and auctions. Don’t take it When you arrive at the courthouse, make vocabulary: original deeds in Putnam are housed at the too hard — it was quite common at vari- a beeline to the indices. For deeds, there County Archives in Brewster. ous periods of history and does not neces- Grantee: Buyer, person to whom property will be two for each “chunk” of the alpha- This will all seem far less daunting sarily speak to failure of character. is transferred. Party of the second part. bet, a grantee and a grantor index. Finding when a deed uncovered this way gives you While researching newspaper databases, Grantor: Seller, person transferring own- the page for your target surname can be a a boost over your brick wall. copy any references that do not relate to land ership to another. Party of the first part. bit of a challenge. Let’s say you are look- transactions. They will be helpful as your re- Quitclaim: A statement that the person ing for your Bigalo ancestor who arrived in search progresses, and it may not be easy to signing relinquishes claim on the prop- Putnam County around 1830. First consult LaRobardier is a professional genealo- find the same clipping a second time. erty, nothing more. the grantee index A-D for 1812-1869. gist and president of the Dutchess County To ensure you are looking in the correct Deed of trust: A notice that a debt is in- These books use what is called a Graves Genealogical Society. Questions? Email jurisdiction, refer to Alice Eichholz’s Red volved. Tabular index, so we want to look at the [email protected].

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A disheveled woman who apparent- ly spent a night in the mountains was Looking Back in Philipstown brought by ferry to Cold Spring by Wil- liam Rose, who lives opposite the village. By Chip Rowe board had only four members. The woman said she had escaped from a The editor of the Putnam County Re- Newburgh workhouse and was climbing the rocks to reach her friends in Peekskill. 150 Years Ago (March 1869) corder marked its fourth year of existence Cold Spring held its annual election, and by noting that “the difficulty of doing 125 Years Ago (March 1894) 402 voters turned out. There were eight right, as a journalist, will be readily seen, James Smith arrived with a train car- candidates for trustee, six for assessor, if we reflect [on] how few there are who load of western horses from Kansas that two for collector, two for treasurer, two for agree upon the course which is right.” received considerable attention as they clerk, four for street commissioner, four Edward Hein, the proprietor of the Foun- were led up Main Street. for fire warden and two for poundmaster. tain Head House, corrected a report that The keeper of the West Point lighthouse However, one elected trustee, Samuel Bur- John Powers had been robbed of his watch was removed from duty after a report that he rows, refused to serve, saying he had been at the establishment. He said that the watch had led a political parade while in uniform. nominated without consent, so the village had been found the next day in the wagon Dr. Longnecker, the village dentist, an- that Powers and his friends took home. nounced he had added to his instruments A destitute German woman and her a Weber-Perry Cord Engine and a Buck- toddler got off the train at Cold Spring ingham Engine Mallet. in search of a relative or friend who had The state approved an application by worked several years earlier at the Nelson- the Cold Spring Fish and Game Associa- ville brewery. She was taken in by a resi- tion for 20,000 trout fry to be placed in dent for a few days and given new clothes Philipstown streams. In 1919, a Peekskill theater showed D.W. and a train ticket to Buffalo. Thomas Coe hosted a “pillow-case-and- Griffith’s film daily on a loop. After shooting and wounding an eagle on sheet” party in which the men and women Constitution Island, David Robinson gave retreated to separate rooms, were encased The Haldane Debating Club considered the bird to Mr. Batterfass to kill and stuff. in the bedding and a mask, and proceeded the questions: “Resolved, that idleness Charlotte Purdy of Cold Spring charged to the parlor for a series of marches ac- should be forbidden by law, and work be pro- Carpenter Aickley of Peekskill, whom she companied by piano. vided by the State for all those who cannot married the previous fall, with bigamy. In The body of William H. Osborn, 74, was find employment for themselves” and “Re- Cold Spring court, Aickley was confront- brought from New York City to Garrison for solved, that Canada will in time become an ed by three women “who did not appear burial at St. Philip’s Church. Osborn was a independent nation like the United States.” to be so angry with him as they did with retired railroad executive and noted philan- Francis Butterfass reported a locket each other,” the Recorder noted. One testi- thropist, particularly for the New York Soci- containing pictures of himself, his wife, fied she and Aickley had been married for ety for the Relief of the Ruptured and Crip- mother-in-law and child was taken from William H. Osborn as a young man 12 years and had five children. pled. He owned a large home in Garrison. (Continued on Page 21) highlandscurrent.org The Highlands Current March 29, 2019 21

(Continued from Page 20) its first meeting at the Plaza Restaurant his coat pocket as he slept in his barber in Cold Spring. “We better wise up or be chair. (It was found four days later on the wiped out, tax-wise,” the group announced. floor in a corner.) John Zuvic, Haldane’s all-time leading The Presbyterian Church held a “pie so- basketball scorer, was named the sec- ciable” in which each guest was given two tional player of the year. “John is the best random pieces and tried to write out the player ever to come out of the school,” said recipes. Coach John Rath. James Parker, a former resident of Cold William Dardess Jr., who was mayor of Spring, was in town as a traveling sales- Cold Spring from 1942 to 1951, died at age man for the Keebler-Weyl Baking Co., 67. He was a charter member and the first which makes cakes and crackers. president of the Cold Spring Lions Club It was reported that as many as 50 gar- and a charter member of the Philipstown ter and adder snakes, measuring 10 inches Rod & Gun Club. to 2 feet, were killed within David Boulanger of Nelson- two days at the north end of ville, a member of a Marines Constitution Island. The state mortar crew, received a Pur- A man attempted to give a noted that ple Heart after being injured baby to the village overseer in Vietnam. of the poor, William King, in Putnam Anthony Mazzuca defeated who refused, saying he was County, one incumbent Nelsonville Mayor a bachelor and knew nothing Douglas Knapp, 144-77, and about babies. He suggested of every challenger Louis Rodino un- What they drove in 1919: a Ford Model T pickup the man take the infant to seated incumbent Trustee the Garrison poormaster. 11 people Carlyle Tompkins, 115-100. ipstown, expressed concern that the unattended candle while the boys were at a James Corless, the rural 100 Years Ago (March owned a car. 3,000 acres acquired by the Open Space prayer service. mail carrier, had a close call 1919) Institute, including the Malcolm Gordon The Haldane girls’ basketball team There also during his rounds when the The state attorney gen- School, would mean the loss of $420,000 in reached the Final Four of the state Class C driveshaft of his 1969 station eral sent a representative to were six auto revenue if the land all became tax exempt. tournament but lost to the eventual cham- wagon dropped out on Lake a Cold Spring Village Board Three people — a couple from Peekskill pion, St. Johnsville, 64-58. Before facing Hal- dealers, 45 Surprise Road. A nut was meeting to investigate why and a man from Ossining — were charged dane, the Saints had won 52 straight games missing on a bolt that held up the provisions in Julia But- with distributing crack cocaine in Cold by an average margin of nearly 50 points. motorcycles the rear end. terfield’s will to build a hos- Spring. The Blue Devils were led by Jen Moran, A model of a proposed pital and a library had not and 288 men More than 70 volunteer firefighters who ended her five-year Haldane basketball Cold Spring Lions Recre- yet been fulfilled. battled a blaze at a boys’ dormitory at St. career with 1,776 career points, three Final employed as ational Park and Swimming The state noted that in Basil’s Academy in Garrison started by an Four appearances and a team record of 97-15. Putnam County, one of every chauffeurs. Pool was placed in the show- 11 people owned a car. There case of Sam Sunday’s barber also were six auto dealers, 45 motorcycles shop for public inspection. and 288 men employed as chauffeurs. A panel of six Haldane seniors shared HIGHLAND STUDIO The Colonial Theatre in Peekskill adver- their views at a PTA gathering on the is- tised a Birth of a Nation promotion in which sues of the day. They were asked for their D.W. Griffith’s blockbuster, adapted from a opinions on student activists, the “black re- novel called The Clansmen, was screened volt” and the high school’s new dress code. continuously daily from 1:15 p.m. to 11 p.m. Beacon Pop Warner Football announced that the Philipstown Packers would join 75 Years Ago (March 1944) its league. In a basketball fundraiser in Haldane’s gym to benefit the American Red Cross 25 Years Ago (March 1994) and the Philipstown Milk Fund, the Ju- Sean McDonald, 26, a nior CYO team defeated St. Patrick’s Se- New York City police of- nior CYO of Newburgh, 36-27, and the St. ficer who had moved to Joachim Cardinals of Beacon edged the Cold Spring with his wife PRINTMAKERS St. Patrick’s Junior CYO. The event raised and three young children $150 [about $2,200]. the year before, was shot Sgt. Fred Brewer of Beacon, whose sis- and killed on March 15 FINE ART while attempting to ar- ter lived on Cherry Street in Cold Spring, McDonald PRINTING was killed in action on March 13 during a rest two robbery suspects bombing raid over Germany. in the Bronx. Both suspects were caught SCANNING Leo Dillon, Putnam County’s newly ap- within 48 hours, convicted of murder and LARGE FORMAT pointed agricultural agent, noted that sentenced to 25 years to life. His killers be- men younger than 26 were still eligible for came eligible for release this month and will HUDSON VALLEY’S farm deferments from military service. have their next parole hearings in 2020. The Putnam County Legislature agreed ARCHIVAL PRINTING 50 Years Ago (March 1969) to solicit bids to re-assess all properties in SINCE 1997 WBNR in Beacon raised $12,000 Philipstown. One issue on the table was [$85,000] during a radiothon for Mary Ann the disparity in school taxes between the PICTURE FRAMING Cox Daniels, 22, a parishioner at Our Lady Haldane and Garrison districts. of Loretto who needed a kidney transplant. U.S. Sen. Alfonse D’Amato announced print & map gallery Dr. Joseph Pittelli, a Cold Spring pe- that he would not seek the Republican diatrician, spoke to members of the But- nomination for governor, instead endors- 845-809-5174 terfield Hospital Auxiliary about raising ing state Sen. George Pataki, a resident children. He noted that doctors had dis- of Garrison. At the same time, U.S. Rep. covered that amphetamines were effective Hamilton Fish announced he would not 31 STEPHANIE LANE in treating hyperactivity. run for a 14th term because he was bat- COLD SPRING, NY The newly formed United Taxpayers As- tling prostate cancer. www.thehighlandstudio.com sociation, with about 40 members, held Brian Kenny, the tax assessor for Phil- 22 March 29, 2019 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org SPORTS Follow us at twitter.com/hcurrentsports

To qualify as a Scholar-Athlete team, Student Athletes 75 percent of the roster had to achieve a grade-point average of 90 or higher. At Hal- Honored for dane, the boy’s and girls’ basketball and track teams qualified, and at Beacon, the bowling, track, boys’ swimming, and girls’ Academics basketball teams received the honor. State names scholar-athlete teams To be named an individual scholar-ath- lete, a student must have a GPA of 90 or our Haldane and six Beacon winter higher. Haldane had 13 basketball players sports teams were recognized for and 15 track athletes who were honored, F their collective scholastic achieve- while Beacon had 15 basketball players, ment by the New York State Public High 15 bowlers, 44 track athletes, 10 boys’ School Athletic Association. swimmers and five wrestlers named.

Dan Santos returns to the mound this season for the Blue Devils. File photo

things as we have been doing them. I’m (from Page 24) Haldane Sports excited about the opportunity to move into this position, and I’m looking forward to playing for a championship with these guys. Peter Hoffmann The team opened its 2019 campaign on I know the guys and they know me, so it’s (foreground) hugs Monday (March 25) on the road, and the easy for them to make the transition.” fellow senior results were good — the Blue Devils of- The returning starters include Dobosz, Andrew Groll as fense flexed its muscles in a 14-4 victory Hotaling, senior outfielder/pitcher Kyle the clock winds over Alexander Hamilton. Kisslinger, senior second baseman/pitch- down on Hamilton's Sophomore right-hander Dan Santos er Matt Mikalsen and senior centerfielder season during a picked up the victory in relief of starter Devin Siegel. Also returning are junior tournament loss on Alden Dobosz. Senior third baseman and rightfielder Kole Bolte, Santos, sophomore March 8. captain Adam Hotaling provided three catcher Jonathan Bradley and Scanga. Photo by RBI, going 3-for-5, with a double. Sopho- Sophomore Alex Ferdico and juniors Blake Josh McKee/Hamilton more first baseman Vincenzo Scanga also Bolte and Christian Alvarez also return. drove in three runs, going 3-for-5, and Dobosz, Santos and Hotaling will be the Dobosz, a senior shortstop and another top pitchers, with Mikalsen and freshman captain, went 4-for-5 and drove in a run. righthander Robert Viggiano available for “We were a little better offensively than spot starts. I expected,” said Manager Simon Dudar, “We have three solid pitchers, and a who took over this year when Tom Virgad- solid defense,” Dudar said. “We’re hoping amo stepped down after 10 seasons. “We that will carry us through games.” had 14 hits, but we also had 16 strikeouts, Santos, Siegel, Hotaling and Dobosz which is way too many. We played error- will fill the top four spots in the lineup, BIG NUMBERS less ball until the sixth inning, and our and Dudar is hoping for lots of excitement. pitchers only allowed one earned run.” “Adam is our big popper,” he said of Haldane returns a strong nucleus from Hotaling. “We like to get the table set for PETER last year’s 10-10 team, which lost in the him. The rest of the guys are trying to get HOFFMANN Section 1, Class C semifinals. It will miss on and get over. We want to get a couple of four-year starters Dan Rotondo and Aiden runs across and slam the door shut” with 1,488 Siegel, gone to graduation, but returns six pitching and defense. Points scored by Peter Hoffmann (Haldane starters, including five seniors who are The Blue Devils are scheduled to play Class of 2015) during his four-year basket- four-year veterans of the varsity. Tuckahoe at Dutchess Stadium at 4 p.m. ball career at Hamilton College. The season ended for the Continentals (25-5) on March “We’ll look to improve on last year’s suc- on Wednesday, April 3, before traveling to cess,” said Dudar. “We’ll continue doing Hastings on April 4. 8 when they lost in the third round of the 51Career field-goal NCAA Division III tournament. In February percentage Hoffmann was one of 10 players selected for the all-conference team of the New England Small College Athletic Conference. Current Classifieds

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The boys’ lacrosse team flexed its mus- cles in its season opener on March 20, with the Blue Devils controlling Irvington in a 9-4 victory that was never in question. “We were in control,” said Coach Ed Crowe, “and we got going as the game progressed.” The Haldane team, which went 11-7 last season before losing in the Section 1, Class D quarterfinals to eventual state cham- Sam Giachinta (right) had pion Pleasantville, returns virtually its a goal and two assists in entire starting lineup. They are 2-1 so far the Blue Devils' season- this season after a 9-4 loss to Eastchester opening lacrossewin over Irvington. and a 13-5 victory over Newburgh. Photos by S. Pearlman Against Irvington, junior attacker Mame Diba had two goals and two assists (in- cluding his 100th career point), sophomore midfielder Darrin Santos had two goals, and junior Jagger Beachak and senior cap- fielder Kyle Zimmerman to graduation in man and Zeph Barrios, and Percacciolo, more patient, and some need to be more ag- tain Sam Giachinta each had a goal and 2018, but senior Will Westerhuis, Beachak a senior, at midfield. “Their energy, ag- gressive.” two assists. Henry Weed, Riley Johansson and Diba again lead the attack, Giachinta, gressiveness, and ability to learn has im- He said junior Athena Stebe-Glorious and Thomas Percacciolo each had a goal, Santos and Johansson are at midfield, and pressed me,” Crowe said. “Our depth will did well in her first start in right field. She and keeper John Hankel had 12 saves. senior captain Josh Lisikatos, senior Brad be one of our strengths.” finished with three stolen bases, two hits “To have seven guys be scoring threats Dowd and junior Alex Kubik anchor the de- and two putout throws. against a good Irvington team, that’s al- fense. At goal, Hankel is in his fourth year The Blue Devils return nearly their en- ways nice,” Crowe said. as a starter. tire lineup from last year’s team, which The Blue Devils opened their season at (Giachinta, who had four goals against “We have some good pieces in play,” finished just under .500 and lost in the home Monday (March 25) with an easy, Newburgh, joined Diba in the 100-point Crowe said. “If they continue to buy into first round of the Section 1 playoffs to 20-0 victory over Eastchester behind the club in that game.) sharing the ball, we have the potential to eventual champion Pawling. pitching of junior Shianne Twoguns, who The Blue Devils lost All-Section midfield- be very good.” “Our expectations are to win a state went five innings and allowed one hit while er Brandon Twoguns and All-League mid- Joining the team are juniors Jesse Sher- championship,” the coach said. “We want striking out eight. to get into sectionals, win some games “Shianne threw the ball very well,” said and then anything is possible.” Coach Nick Lisikatos of his co-captain. “The Besides Siegel and Twoguns, the other emotions were running on opening day, but captains are junior shortstop Bela Monte- she worked hard finding spots. We’re always leone and sophomore centerfielder Maria working toward fewer walks [Twoguns gave Barry. Sophomore leftfielder Rachel Iavi- up four] and learning to find the corners.” coli also returns. Junior first baseman Abigail Platt went The team will be looking to Twoguns, 2-for-3 and drove in three runs with a Mikalsen, Platt and Monteleone to provide triple. Freshman catcher and co-captain offense at the top of the lineup. Molly Siegel went 3-for-4 with two dou- “They’ll be our catalysts,” Lisikatos bles and drove in two runs. Eighth-grader said. “Our strength will be pitching and and All-League second baseman Mary Mi- Junior softball defense — and some timely hitting.” kalsen drove in two runs and had a triple, captain Shianne The Blue Devils were scheduled to host and sophomore third baseman Sydney Twoguns earned Beacon at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, April 1, Warren went 3-for-3 with two RBI. an opening-day before traveling to Peekskill on April 2 “We haven’t seen much live pitching, but victory with 8 and Palisades Prep on April 4. strikeouts in we had a plan to attack the strike zone,” five innings. Lisikatos said. “Some of them need to be (Continued on Page 22)