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By Jeff Simms

he Beacon Farmers’ Market will remain at its Veterans Place location T at least for the 2019 season after the City Council pivoted on Monday, May 6, and voted not to force the vendors to relocate. That outcome seemed like a long shot a week earlier, when the council, during a workshop meeting, agreed that the market should be moved to the Depart- ment of Motor Vehicles parking lot at 223 Main St., about six blocks west. The market, which will operate outdoors HARD WORK — Volunteers, including members of Girl Scout on Sundays through Nov. 24, when it moves Troop 2039 helped clean up Little Stony Point on May 4 as , inside, has had a topsy-turvy tenure since part of the annual Riverkeeper Sweep along the Hudson River. relocating in 2017 from the waterfront to For more photos, see highlandscurrent.org. Photo by Ross Corsair the busy Veterans Place block. While sales and the distribution of discounted produce to low-income households increased, Phil Ciganer of the neighboring Towne Crier Cafe The Adventures of Cider Man (Continued on Page 21) Cold Spring Ciderworks part of growing trend Philipstown By Michael Turton On the other hand, Sussman, who studied agricultural economics at Cornell Univer- Seeks Injunction eography played a big part in Bill sity, believes alcoholic cider produced in Sussman’s switch from wine to New York has tremendous potential. Against Business G hard apple cider — not just as a In 2017, he produced 40 gallons at the beverage, but for what he hopes will be a Slyboro cidery in Granville with apples from thriving business. Fishkill Farms. But the 163-mile drive north Wants rock-crushing “I wanted to make really good wine,” the proved impractical and last year Sussman operation to cease and desist Cold Spring resident says, recalling how in moved his Cold Spring Ciderworks label to his 20s he made wine in his parents’ base- Orchard Hill Cider Mill in New Hampton, By Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong ment on Long Island. The problem, he real- 37 miles west of Philipstown. ized, is that New York’s climate is not ideal Using 13 apple varieties from three sources, he Philipstown Town Board voted for fine wines. “Riesling can be good, but Sussman upped production in 2018 to 300 5-0 last week to seek an injunction overall the wine will never be great. “ gallons, enough to fill 2,400 16-ounce bottles. T to shut down a rock-crushing busi- Most will be sold at Orchard Hill’s tap room. ness that has lost multiple court decisions “It’s the easiest way to get started,” Sussman over zoning violations. Using 13 apple varieties says. He and Orchard Hill will also share a The vote came during the board’s from three sources, booth in August at the Putnam County Food monthly meeting on May 2, a few days & Wine Fest at Mayor’s Park in Cold Spring. after the town issued a new stop-work Sussman upped Cold Spring Ciderworks is dry — which order against the firm, RNV Green Sussman prefers — and 6.7 percent alcohol. Processing & Supply Corp., owned by production in 2018 to Sussman says he is learning as he goes. At Ricky and Mark Ventura at 1 Lane Gate 300 gallons, enough to fill a cider production course at Cornell last Bill Sussman with the raw ingredients and Road, near the intersection with Route 9. final bottling of his Cold Spring Cider 2,400 16-ounce bottles. (Continued on Page 22) Photo by M. Turton (Continued on Page 21) 2 May 10, 2019 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org FIVE QUESTIONS: FLORENCE NORTHCUTT

By Michael Turton buildings. I’d love to see more live theater here. I like dramas, although many people lorence Northcutt, who has volun- prefer musicals. By Michael Turton teered at the Howland Cultural You had a career in education. Did Center in Beacon for 33 years and F that help with your work? What trait usually is a longtime member of its board, will be I was a speech therapist, but no matter honored on Wednesday, May 15, as part of a associated with men should what you do in education you have to be gala to celebrate its 40th anniversary. well-prepared, structured and creative. women try to adopt? What have been the main They say teaching is a combination of art accomplishments at the center? and science, and the same is true of running Two things. We’ve taken good care of the the Howland Center. It’s important to be Be more assertive building [which was built in 1872], although involved in the creation of programs here, when a man is to see what the community needs. there is more to do. It’s a gem; you could being overbearing never grow tired of this building. We’ve also Is there a program you’re especially expanded the city’s cultural and artistic proud of? about his opinion. life. There are other places that show art One dear to my heart is the marionette or host music, but the Howland Center has show we put on each Christmas. It’s a everything. That’s why people call it “the husband-and-wife team who studied with jewel of Beacon.” Jim Henson [the creator of the Muppets]. How does the Beacon cultural scene It’s wonderful to see a roomful of children compare to 1986? totally immersed. On a scale from 1 to 10? It’s at least a 25. What’s the biggest challenge for the When we started, Main Street was in bad center? shape; the buildings across the street were We live a hand-to-mouth existence, which boarded up. After the library moved out of is why we don’t have a full-time executive the center, the group that saved the build- director. We’re not subsidized by the city. We ing began exhibiting art and hosting a few depend on grants, membership, donations, concerts. It was on its way. Main Street has program revenues. I’d like to see the center ~ Liam Gallagher, Cold Spring undergone such a metamorphosis since become much more financially secure. But, Florence Northcutt Photo provided Ron and Ronnie Sauer restored the first we have a good board. We get things done.

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By Jeff Simms “we’re constantly racing against the clock,” she said, “and that’s not fair. If we pass a law eacon’s building boom is still going and it’s no good, the next council can change strong, with developments containing the law, but once a building goes up, it’s up.” B more than 80 new apartments sched- Council Member Lee Kyriacou made uled for review at next week’s Planning Board similar comments several weeks ago, meeting, including a request to add a partial saying he is open to another moratorium fourth floor and an additional unit to a project while the council reconsiders regulations in at what was formerly a pizzeria at 208 Main St. the riverfront-to-Main Street linkage zone As that and other proposals move forward, and how to protect scenic viewsheds. however, members of the City Council could The 2017 building freeze came after soon consider a moratorium on new build- concerns were raised about the city’s long- ing permits while they complete a review of term water supply. But after a consultant’s the city’s zoning codes. That review has so report concluded in March 2018 that the The former pizzeria at 208 Main St. will become an apartment complex. Photo by J. Simms far lasted 18 months; it began shortly after city had sufficient water to sustain its the council in September 2017 imposed a six- projected population through 2035, the she believes are slipping through the cracks On May 14, the Planning Board — in addi- month moratorium on most residential and council did not renew the ban when it of the State Environmental Quality Review tion to reviewing the request for changes to commercial development. expired later that month. (SEQR) that each development must pass. the approved plans for 208 Main St. — will Jodi McCredo, who represents Ward 3, Under state law, a building freeze can While SEQR laws require Beacon offi- continue its study of a proposed microbrew- said during the council’s May 6 meeting only be enacted to address a specific situa- cials — in most cases, the Planning Board ery and event space at 511 Fishkill Ave. It also that she hopes her colleagues will discuss tion, such as lack of water, where the public — to consider the impact each development will hold public hearings on developments another freeze. “There are a lot of things that good is “substantially” being affected. will have on schools, parking and roads, the proposed for 248 Tioronda, 23-28 Creek we still need to work on,” she said, includ- Mayor Randy Casale said he doesn’t believe process looks at proposals individually, rather Drive, and a 9-unit complex at 53 Eliza St. ing the linkage and historic districts and that’s the case now. than collectively, McCredo said. The review of a proposal to build six parking. McCredo elaborated on Wednes- You can’t “have a moratorium every time you Reached this week by email, the four 4-story condos on the half-acre “Welcome day, saying development continues to move don’t like the way things are going,” he said. other council members — Amber Grant, to Beacon” site across from the Metro- too quickly in Beacon. “I don’t see a compelling reason to have one.” George Mansfield, Terry Nelson and John North station, known as Ferry Landing, While the council has revised zoning on But McCredo argues that a freeze would Rembert — each said they would consider was postponed until next month. Main Street and along Fishkill Creek and allow the city to study the aggregate effects another moratorium. other environmentally sensitive areas,

already been viewed as a potential site for athletic fields. Philipstown Discusses Community Garden “There are a lot of other things already [envisioned] on that site,” Marzollo said. Also extends vape shop ban, On May 1, Garrison resident Tim Dono- into nine beds; an area for compost; peren- The commission supported the idea, he van briefed the board on the concept of a nials along a meandering path by Arden said. “The question is, where does it go? protests Percherons community garden on a 10.8-acre parcel at Brook; a meadow; a small parking lot; and Where is the best place to put it?” the intersection of Route 9D and Route 403, other features. He estimated that the proj- “There’s competing interests, here, By Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong near the Desmond-Fish Library. ect would cover 6.7 acres of arable land. there’s no doubt,” said Supervisor Richard The town government acquired the land “We’re looking to try to help build an Shea, who described Donovan’s proposal he Philipstown Town Board — in as a gift in 2017 from the Scenic Hudson intergenerational site that can be [devoted] as “impressive.” three meetings in seven days — took Land Trust and the Open Space Institute. to a really good purpose and help commu- The Recreation Commission and Dono- T up issues ranging from better Recre- As outlined by Donovan, the New Leaf nity agriculture here,” Donovan said. van agreed to confer. ation Department lighting, fields (for crops garden project would include raised beds, at Board and audience members welcomed or sports), vape shops, a county Percheron least initially, as protection from invasive- the idea, although some had questions. In other business … purchase, and Upland Drive — a narrow, species plants; communal berry patches; a For one thing, Recreation Commis- ¢¢ After a public hearing which produced muddy mountain lane that appears better pergola for shade; 30 garden plots approxi- sion members Bill Mazzuca and Claudio no comments, the board on May 2 voted suited for horses than horse-powered vehicles. mately 36 feet by 24 feet, each subdivided Marzollo pointed out, the property has (Continued on Page 21)

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Beacon market It seems to me that Mayor Randy Casale Tell us what you think * wanted the market moved (“Beacon Farm- Winner: 45 he Current welcomes letters to the editor on its coverage and local issues. ers’ Market Must Move Again,” May 3). His Better Newspaper comment about Common Ground staff’s T Submissions are selected by the editor to provide a variety of opinions and Contest Awards need for “due diligence” in getting the lease voices, and all are subject to editing for accuracy, clarity and length. We ask that *New York Press Association, 2013 - 2018 signed only points to his eagerness to do so. writers remain civil and avoid personal attacks. Letters may be emailed to editor@ He certainly could have arranged for highlandscurrent.org or mailed to Editor, The Highlands Current, 161 Main St., NNA* Winner: Common Ground to re-lease the space. Cold Spring, NY 10516. The writer’s full name, village or city, and email or phone The market near the Towne Crier Cafe is a number must be included, but only the name and village or city will be published. 16 Better big draw for local businesses as well as its Newspaper vendors. I fear that moving it will clearly Contest Awards confuse people and decrease its attendance. ing? The nerve of them. When I heard a news report that Pete had I also wonder about the comment by Phil *National Newspaper Association, 2016-2017 Dennis Moroney, Beacon died, it was like hearing the Big Dipper won’t Ciganer of the Towne Crier about not being Editor’s note: When the Towne Crier be coming over the mountains any more. able to find parking. I visit the market moved to Main Street in 2013, Ciganer said: Living in the Hudson Valley, it seemed NYNPA* Winner: often and always find a spot without diffi- “There is no opposition from [the mosque]. like we were always catching sight of Pete 4 Awards for culty, regardless of the time of day. I do Even before I made a decision to move here, — at potlucks, jams or rallies, or just sling- Excellence understand the issues for musicians with I met with the imam to let him know what ing his banjo case through Grand Central. * New York News Publishers Association, 2017 unloading equipment for a Sunday concert. my thinking was.” He’d use his beloved voice and music and Perhaps a portion of the parking lot can be presence to help wherever he could: to PUBLISHER allocated for that. More Seeger stories unite communities, move people to action Highlands Current Inc. Larry Lebow, Cold Spring Our favorite memories of Pete Seeger are of or simply share joy. 161 Main St. Editor’s note: The City Council reversed him playing music with anyone who showed The year I swam the Hudson River from Cold Spring NY 10516-2818 course on Monday (May 6), voting to keep up at the Beacon Sloop Club meetings with Newburgh to Beacon, the first thing to 291 Main St., Beacon NY 12508 the market at Veterans Place for another an instrument or the desire to sing (“Remem- greet my blurry eyes as I rose from the FOUNDER year. See story on Page 1. bering Pete Seeger,” May 3). The sing-a-longs water was old Pete himself, picking up litter Gordon Stewart (1939 - 2014) showed us the power of song in action. at the river’s edge. It seems to be a lot of crying from the Meeting Pete and sharing songs and We were privileged to hear him at the MANAGING EDITOR meals with him, his wife Toshi and others Chip Rowe owner of the Towne Crier, who, when he Towne Crier, where he was warming the [email protected] first moved in, had his City Council move at the Sloop Club profoundly affected our stage with a Weavers tribute band. I was Frankie’s hot-dog wagon away from a corner family and our devotion to environmental- frustrated trying to take a picture because ARTS/FEATURE EDITOR he was at for more than 25 years, saying it ism, social justice and the power of commu- there was so much light pouring from the Alison Rooney interfered with his business. It did not. nity. We feel so fortunate to have met him. stage. But the next morning, magically, one [email protected] When he was not allowed to sell hard Jill and Taggart Lake, Garrison photo included an image of a bodhisattva, SENIOR CORRESPONDENT liquor because it was too close to the mosque, a painting of an old saint, with his symbol Michael Turton he got his City Council to help convince the For those of us living in the Hudson Valley, of deliverance. state Liquor Authority to approve him. we have been so extraordinarily privileged for Irene O’Garden, Garrison REPORTERS Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong I wonder how long will it will be before Pete to have been our neighbor and friend. He Brian PJ Cronin • Joe Dizney the developer down by the DMV building was truly a giant of the 20th century, giving I was part of the team that reopened the Pamela Doan • Deb Lucke gets their City Council to not allow the inspiration to every movement for peace, Paramount Theater in Peekskill in 2013. We Skip Pearlman • Jeff Simms market there, as it will interfere with the justice and a cleaner, survivable future. hosted one of Pete’s last concerts, a fund- developer’s plan of taking over the whole Pete and Toshi were neighbors to me and raiser for the public-radio station WAMC. LAYOUT DESIGNER Pierce Strudler parking lot so they can construct more my late husband, Art Kamell, and we consid- The Paramount has three flights of dressing buildings with no parking. ered them our best friends. Pete taught us that rooms with some relatively steep stairs. With ADVERTISING DIRECTOR The mayor says the farmers’ market knew music, kindness and friendship will change that in mind, I had a dressing room designed Michele Gedney For information on advertising: the lease had to be done but waited too long the world step-by-step. He continues to be for Pete at stage level. He said it was nice but 845-809-5584 and used that lame excuse to deny them the with us every minute of our lives, whether asked, “Where is everyone else?” When I told [email protected] license. I guess he’s used to the develop- we are walking the walk during vigils and him, he proceeded with banjo and guitar to highlandscurrent.org/ads ers’ high-priced lawyers showing up with demonstrations, talking the talk cleaning up march upstairs. He had the strength and will paperwork all in order and ready to go. his beloved Hudson, or singing his songs. of people 40 years his junior. What were these market people think- Connie Hogarth, Beacon Ray Wilson, Garrison

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Breakneck boulder This change would be a sensible addition Your article is misleading because only to the state’s efforts to reform the criminal one section of the Breakneck Ridge Trail justice system. Citizens who are rejoining (albeit, the most popular starting point) is society after release from prison should be closed (“Boulder Blocks Breakneck Trail,” encouraged to participate in the civic life May 3). There are many other routes and of their communities. entrances to the trail. People convicted of a crime face many Also, it would be great to have more hurdles in their efforts to rebuild their lives. information on exactly who closed the trail Some of the legal restrictions are logical and on what basis. Did an engineer make responses to their offenses. For example, the determination? those convicted of a felony are banned from I hike this trail almost every day. A few possessing a firearm or serving on a jury. weeks ago I noticed a large boulder had Drug dealers are denied a passport. Those moved about 30 feet. It was surprising, but guilty of child abuse or neglect are disquali- other than that there are no other changes. fied from adopting a child or serving as a Although the boulder had been there for a foster parent. Occupational licensure may couple of weeks, Route 9D was closed for a be restricted when there is a direct rela- short time. The trail also was closed from tionship between the conviction and the the tunnel entrance to the Yellow Trail. license sought. What surprises me is the lack of infor- It’s hard to see what purpose is served mation regarding the closure and that all The main entrance to the Breakneck Ridge Trail has been closed since April 26. by denying voting rights to people who are the news reports inaccurately describe the Photo by Jeff Simms re-entering society under the supervision closure as if the entire trail is closed rather of the parole system. The ability to vote than one section. comments on the proposal to modify the buy Merandy the anthology of Pete Seeger’s encourages such people to pay attention to Dan O’Brien, Cold Spring traffic patterns between the senior housing greatest hits, which includes lessons about how their community is represented in the Editor: The state parks department apartments and the post office and medi- the power of the people. Happy birthday, halls of government. That is just the sort of has provided no details or updates that cal offices that threaten the health of any Pete, and thanks! civic commitment we should be asking of we could find except a note on its website pedestrian lacking Jesse Owens’ Olympic Gregory Bochow, Cold Spring those who have served time in prison for a that reads: “The Breakneck Ridge trail is sprinting speed were memorable. criminal offense. temporarily closed due to a recent rock Merandy’s disregard for the lives of Voting rights Rob Abbot, Croton fall.” When we called the park to get infor- the elder statespersons of Cold Spring is New York state legislators are consider- Editor’s note: The bill, which has been mation, we are referred to Albany. When embarrassing. His response amounted to, ing a bill (S1931) that would automatically introduced in every session since 2009, we called and emailed Albany, there was “Well, you made your bed, now lie in it.” restore voting rights for residents who have has been referred to committee in both the no response. The entrance to the main trail Let me suggest that the seniors chip in to been released from prison on parole. Assembly and Senate. remained closed as of Thursday, May 9. Cold Spring stoplight Admittedly, it has taken the 100th anni- versary of the birth of Pete Seeger to snap WANTED me out of my winter doldrums and embrace Discover our year-round the principles that I learned growing up — GEESE-CHASING DOGS Fight the power! — although I am confused CSA shares and farm store. whether it is Public Enemy or Pete Seeger embedded deepest in my core values. Do you have a dog that you USDA Certifi ed Organic Vegetables and Animal Welfare Be it as it may, I need to point out the would like to exercise leash free Approved Pasture-Raised Meat. Curated Products from hubris of the mayor of Cold Spring, Dave at Mayor’s Park in Cold Spring? Innovative Hudson Valley Producers. Merandy, in his remarks about the need for a stoplight at the Butterfield Follies Philipstown residents can Visit glynwood.org to purchase shares, order building project — which looks pretty pick up a FREE permit and meat and  nd current store hours. good thus far and is sure to look even regulations at the Village Hall, better upon its completion in 2068 (“Does Cold Spring Need Another Traffic Light?,” 85 Main Street. Contact Village April 26). Merandy threw in some obliga- Clerk with any questions tory language claiming otherwise, but his 845-265-3611.

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NOTICE OF ANNUAL PUBLIC HEARING ON THE Cold Spring BUDGET, ANNUAL MEETING, ELECTION AND VOTE.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Education of the Beacon City School District, Holds Firm On Dutchess County, New York, will hold a public hearing on the budget at Beacon High School, 101 Mat- $300 teawan Road, Beacon, New York, on Monday, May 13, 2019 at 7:00 P.M, for the purpose of presenting the budget document for the 2019-2020 School Year. Dockside Fees NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that a copy of the statement of the amount of money which will be re- quired for School District purposes during the 2019-2020 school year (the Budget), as prepared by the Board of Education, may be obtained by any resident of the District during the fourteen (14) days immediately preceding Also, electricity program For Rent: Beautiful the Annual Meeting, Election and Vote, commencing May 1, 2019, except Saturday, Sunday or holidays during regular school hours, 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M., at each of the District’s schoolhouses, at the Administrative Of- to begin June 1 Riverfront Setting fices, and on the District’s website. Dockside Park now available NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Annual Meeting, Election and Vote, will be held on Tuesday, May By Michael Turton 21, 2019, between the hours of 7:00 A.M. and 9:00 P.M., prevailing time, when the polls will be open for the for private events purpose of voting by voting machine: old Spring’s newly adopted fee The Village of Cold Spring took over A. To elect three (3) members to the Board of Education for three year terms (commencing July 1, 2019 and schedule to rent Dockside Park faced management of Dockside Park last month. expiring June 30, 2022). its first test at the May 7 meeting of The 6-acre riverfront site, part of the B. To vote upon the appropriation of the necessary funds to meet the estimated expenditures for School C District purposes for the 2019-2020 School Year (the Budget). the Village Board. Hudson Highlands State Park Preserve, is C. To vote upon the following proposition: Shall the bond resolution adopted by the Board of Education Trustees voted down a request from open year-round for passive recreation and can now also be rented for private events. of the City School District of the City of Beacon, Dutchess County, New York, dated March 11, 2019, Brian Grahn of Hudson River Expeditions authorizing the purchase of school buses at a maximum estimated cost of $450,000; authorizing the issu- to reduce the $2,500 charge for a two-night The Dockside Park User Guide, approved ance of $450,000 bonds of said School District to pay the costs thereof; and that such sum or so much as by the Board of Trustees at its April 23 may be necessary shall be raised by the levy of a tax upon the taxable real property of said School District campout during the Hudson River Paddle and collected in annual installments as provided in Section 416 of the Education Law; and providing meeting, details permitted and prohibited that, in anticipation of said tax, obligations of the School District shall be issued; determining the period in early July, when as many as 40 kayakers activities as well as how to rent the site and canoeists would stop during a five-day of probable usefulness and maximum maturity thereof to be five years; pledging the faith and credit of for weddings, graduations and other said School District for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds; delegating powers to trip from Poughkeepsie to New York City. private events. It includes application the chief fiscal officer with respect to the issuance and sale of bond anticipation notes and such bonds; Hudson River Expeditions, which is based forms and is available at coldspringny.gov containing an estoppel clause and providing for the publication of an estoppel notice, be approved? in Cold Spring, handles logistics for the trip on and at Village Hall at 85 Main St. Some D. To vote on any other proposition legally proposed. highlights from the policy appear below. behalf of the Hudson River Valley Greenway, a NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that for the purposes of voting, the School District has been divided into two (2) election districts and that an accurate description of the boundaries of these school election districts is on state agency that promotes preservation and Private Events file and may be inspected at the Office of the District Clerk on weekdays when school is in session, during regular recreational use of resources along the river. Events must be approved in advance by work hours, 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M., at the Administrative Offices, 10 Education Drive, Beacon, New York. Last year, before management of Dock- the Village Board. The area used will be NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the 2019 Annual Meeting, Election and Vote, will be held at the fol- side passed from the state (which owns the roped off, with the park remaining open lowing polling places in the School Election Districts hereinafter set forth; 6-acre parcel) to the village, The Hudson to the public. Alcoholic beverages are SCHOOL ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 1 permitted only with a state permit. River Paddle camped there at no charge. POLLING LOCATION: BEACON HIGH SCHOOL The guide includes details on parking, Description: First Ward, First and Second Districts; Second Ward, First, Second, and Third Districts; The village, which as part of its agreement Third Ward, First, Second and Third Districts; Fourth Ward, First and Second Districts with the state can charge fees, adopted a insurance requirements, security deposits, tents, caterers, vendors, SCHOOL ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 2 schedule at its April 23 meeting (see right). music, portable toilets, trash removal, POLLING LOCATION: GLENHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL At Tuesday’s meeting, after Grahn told set up and breakdown. Description: Bounded on the north and east by Wappingers Central School District No. 1, Towns of Wappinger, the board the event could not afford $2,500, Poughkeepsie, Fishkill, East Fishkill and LaGrange in Dutchess County and the towns of Kent and Phil- Private Event Fees ipstown in Putnam County; south by the common town line of the Towns of Fishkill and Wappinger and a motion to reduce the cost to $1,000 was west by the Hudson River. defeated. The board then voted 4-1 to Wedding Ceremony: $300 for the first hour, $200 each additional Bounded on the north by the common town line of the of Fishkill and Wappinger, east by Wappinger Central charge the full fee, with Trustee Steve School District No. 1 in the Towns of Wappinger, Poughkeepsie, Fishkill, East Fishkill and LaGrange in Voloto casting the “no” vote. Wedding Ceremony and Reception: $1,200 Dutchess County and the Towns of Kent and Philipstown in Putnam County and Union Free School District No. 3, Town of Fishkill, south by Beacon City line and west by Hudson River. “This is a for-profit event,” Mayor Dave for 12 hours; $250 each additional hour Merandy said just before the vote, adding that Ticketed events: $1,200 per 12-hour day Bounded northerly by former Common School District No. 4 in the Town of Fishkill and Wappinger, easterly by Central School District No. 1 in the Towns of Wappinger, Poughkeepsie, Fishkill, East Fishkill and the fee is part of the “cost of doing business.” Other events: $250 per hour LaGrange in Dutchess County and the Towns of Kent and Philipstown in Putnam County and Central Earlier in the meeting the mayor pointed Police (if required): $38 per hour, per officer School District No. 1 in the Towns of Philipstown and Putnam Valley in Dutchess County; southerly by out that the village receives no financial Central School District No. 1 in the Town of Philipstown and Putnam Valley in Putnam County and Other Fees the Town of Fishkill in Dutchess County; westerly by the Hudson River and the City of Beacon being assistance for maintaining Dockside and the former Union Free School District No. 3 of the Town of Fishkill. Commercial filming, photography: that any improvements made there would NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that petitions for nominating candidates for the office of member of have to be funded by user fees. Permit required; fees vary depending on the Board of Education must be filed with the District Clerk by no later than 5:00 P.M. on the 20th day scope of project. Grahn said he had no comment on preceding the Annual Meeting, Election and Vote , Wednesday, May 1, 2019. Such petitions must be signed by at least one hundred (100) qualified voters of the District, shall state the name and residence address of the board’s decision. Participants in The Boating each signer and the name and residence address of the candidate. Petition forms may be obtained at the Hudson River Paddle pay $1,000 each to Carry-in kayaks, rowboats, canoes Office of the District Clerk on weekdays when school is in session, during regular business hours, 8:00 A.M. participate in the event, which is billed as and similar craft are permitted but to 4:00 P.M. “all inclusive,” including food served from motorized boats cannot be launched. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Board of Education of the Beacon City School District, Dutchess a mobile kitchen, campsites, equipment, A permit is required for a trailer drop. County, New York, has fixed Tuesday, May 7, 2019, at the Administrative Offices, 10 Education Drive, Beacon, New York, as the date on which the Board of Registration of said School District will meet between the hours of transportation and guides. 1:00 P.M. and 5:00 P.M., prevailing time, for the purpose of preparing the register of the School District for each Avenue. The board rejected the initial election district for the Annual Meeting, Election and Vote, to be held on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, at which time In other business … bids, which ranged from $127,000 to any person shall be entitled to have his/her name placed upon such register if known or proven to the satisfac- ¢¢ As part of its membership in Hudson tion of the registrars to be then or thereafter entitled to vote. Persons whose registration to vote with the County Valley Energy’s Community Choice $440,000. Merandy noted that a second Board of Elections is current, pursuant to Article 5 of the Election Law, shall be qualified to vote without further registering with the School District’s Board of Registration, as well as all persons who shall have previously regis- Aggregation partnership, the village round of bids for repairing the firehouse roof resulted in a lower project cost. tered for any annual or special district meeting or election and who shall have voted at any annual or special district signed an agreement with Direct meeting or election held or conducted at any time during the 2015, 2016, 2017 or 2018 calendar years. Energy to provide electricity to all resi- ¢¢ Trustees postponed consideration of NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the register of voters so prepared shall be filed in the Office of the Dis- dents and small businesses starting a request by Cold Spring resident Tara trict Clerk and shall be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and June 1. Voloto said Direct Energy will Vamos for a board resolution opposing the 4:00 P.M., prevailing time, beginning fourteen (14) days prior to the Annual Meeting, Election and Vote. Said register will be open for inspection in each of the polling places during the Annual Meeting, Election and Vote. supply the electricity from renewable expansion of a gas-fired electrical plant on NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for absentee ballots for the Annual Meeting, Election and Vote sources for 6.3 cents per kilowatt-hour, the Hudson just north of Newburgh. Scenic may be obtained at the Office of the District Clerk or downloaded from the school district website. The completed slightly less than what Central Hudson Hudson, Riverkeeper and other environ- application must be received by the District Clerk at least seven (7) days prior to the election if the ballot is to be mailed charges. Residents are automatically mental organizations oppose the project. or the day before the election, if the ballot will be picked up at the Office of the District Clerk. Absentee ballots must be received at the Office of the District Clerk by no later than 5:00 P.M., prevailing time, on the day of the election. A enrolled and do not need to take any ¢¢ Trustees took no action on a letter from list of all persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued will be available in the said Office of the District action. A letter explaining the program Putnam County Legislator Paul Jonke Clerk during regular office hours until the day of the Annual Meeting, Election and Vote. Any qualified voter may file a written challenge of the qualifications of a voter whose name appears on such list, stating the reasons for the challenge. will be mailed to all residents. (R-Southwest) asking the village to Dated: March 11, 2019 By the Order of the Board of Education of the Beacon City School District ¢¢ The village will solicit new bids for repair- adopt false-alarm fees for repeat offend- ______ing 130 feet of the stone wall along the ers. Deputy Mayor Marie Early said the Kelly Pologe, School District Clerk north side of Main Street east of Morris village code already addresses the issue. 8 May 10, 2019 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

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MTA Chairman Patrick Foye launched Metro-North Overtime Jumps an investigation. “Some overtime is to Report: Up $40 million since 2013 be expected at any public transit agency, in order to keep up with critical repairs vertime payments for Metro-North and maintenance, especially at a time of O employees jumped to $125 million in extraordinary work being done around the 2018, more than $40 million more than five system,” he said in a statement. “But the years ago, according to an analysis by the accumulation of so many hours of overtime Empire Center, a think tank based in Albany. raises serious questions, including poten- Payroll costs for the entire Metropoli- tial safety issues such as exhaustion.” tan Transportation Authority rose $418 million in 2018, or $82 million more than the agency has said it hopes to raise each Chamber Holds Annual Chamber President Eliza Starbuck, Rebecca Ramirez of the Cold Spring Cheese Shop, year with recent fare and toll hikes. Awards Dinner Board Member Jack Goldstein and Timothy Haskell of the Cold Spring Cheese Shop At Metro-North, which includes trains on Photo by Caitlin Chadwick the Hudson Line that connects the Highlands Cheese shop, Hudson House win to Poughkeepsie and Grand Central Station, peoples’ choice The chamber also presented three other VFW Hall in Cold Spring. The award honors 77 employees collected more than $100,000 awards, including a new honor, the Collabo- individuals who, by their example, gener- in overtime each, and 125 employees collected he Cold Spring Area Chamber of ration of the Year Award, to recognize groups osity, and understanding of what makes enough overtime to more than double their T Commerce held its annual awards dinner that work together to improve the local quality Cold Spring unique, contribute to its social, salaries, according to the Empire Center. on April 25 at Dutchess Manor and the Cold of life. It went to the Philipstown Community economic and environmental well-being. Metro-North’s 7,208 employees earned an Spring Cheese Shop and Hudson House River Congress and the Philipstown Communities (Groombridge is also a member of the board average of $95,778 last year, it said. Inn won honors after voting by the public. That Care Coalition. The congress created a of directors of Highlands Current Inc., The three highest-paid hourly Metro- Nominees for the People’s Choice Awards public forum for residents to discuss issues which publishes this newspaper.) North employees were Richard Bourt Jr., a are selected by the chamber board and put facing the community, which provided a plat- The chamber presented its annual Philip track supervisor, at $311,706; Harry Dobson, to a vote online. form for the CTC Coalition to pursue its work Baumgarten Memorial Scholarship Award a structures supervisor, at $301,626; and The New Business of the Year Award was on addiction prevention and treatment. to Samuel Curto of Haldane High School. Eduardo Vargas, a machinist, at $296,367. presented to the owners of the Cold Spring The Sustainable Business Award went The $1,000 award is given to a high school In the salaried management ranks, the Cheese Shop. The other nominees were to Sean and Lindsey Barton of Cockburn senior from Philipstown with outstanding highest-paid employees were Catherine Chapeau, Dolly’s Restaurant, Poor George Farm. This award is given to a business that skill and an interest in entrepreneurship. Rinaldi, agency president, at $297,253; and Split Rock Books. demonstrates the principles of sustainabil- Hilary Hayes, co-owner of Hudson Hil’s Albert Santini, chief engineer, at $263,250; The Silver Business of the Year Award, for ity and renewable practices. restaurant, recommended Curto. and Walter Burger III, stations and facilities firms that have been open for 25 years or Mayor Dave Merandy presented the James Finally, Board Member Kate Liberman department director, at $250,075. more, went to Hudson House. The other nomi- G. Lovell Community Award to Kim Conner was recognized for her past service as presi- As a result of the Empire Center report, nees were Badey & Watson, the Cold Spring Depot Restaurant and Romeo & Juliet Salon. and Nick Groombridge, owners of the Old dent of the chamber.

Arte Povera Giovanni Anselmo Open: 11:00am to 5:00pm Magazzino Italian Art Foundation Alighiero Boetti Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 2700 Route 9, Cold Spring, NY 10516 Pier Paolo Calzolari Sunday, Monday 845 666 7202 Luciano Fabro [email protected] Jannis Kounellis Closed: Tuesday, Wednesday www.magazzino.art Mario Merz Marisa Merz Admission is free to the public Giulio Paolini No reservation required Pino Pascali Free shuttle from Cold Spring Giuseppe Penone train station Michelangelo Pistoletto Gilberto Zorio highlandscurrent.org The Highlands Current May 10, 2019 9 The Calendar Natural Forces Manitoga artist uses bark, fire to open eyes

By Alison Rooney Her contribution, Close Your Physical Eye, consists of two installations, the first a ach year Manitoga, the home and series of six monoprints, each represent- garden in Garrison that belonged to ing gods and goddesses of the natural E designer Russel Wright, invites an world, created from bark gathered from artist to create works inspired by its space. the forest floor at the 75-acre site. (Unfor- This year Michele Oka Doner, a sculptor, tunately, there was plenty to choose from, became the program’s sixth participant. as the hemlocks have been stricken with woolly adelgid.) She made the prints on handmade paper, also derived from bark, from Wildwood Press. These “forest ancestors” were framed in linen and hung in the west gallery of the Wright house. “Are they sentinels protecting Mani- toga, our place of great spirit, or seers portending an uncertain future?” asks Alli- son Cross, Manitoga’s director. She leans toward the former, citing Doner’s “great belief in humanity and its steady march toward enlightenment. Her figures are Michele Oka Doner (right) and master printer Maryanne Ellison Simmons work at looming and dark, but I see them as hope- Wildwood Press in St. Louis with fallen bark Doner collected at Manitoga. Photo provided ful, a rebirth, from the organic materials.” The second installation is “Burning Star,” says. There are 16 points of candle light on The art department there was part of the a darkened bronze sculpture made from an the sculpture, which Doner says represent School of Architecture, which she believes ancient oak trunk discovered in Manitoga’s “the rituals of daily life. I made a ceremony has influenced her work. After graduation, woodlands, then cast at the Tallix Foundry of lighting fire in the hearth, serving a meal.” she remained in Ann Arbor, running a studio, in Rock Tavern. It resides in the fireplace in (She is working on a companion piece.) then moved to Detroit and, in 1981, to New Michele Oka Doner at Manitoga the living room, which Wright always consid- Doner, who is in her 70s, grew up in Miami York. (She has a studio in SoHo.) She visited Photo provided ered “the burning heart of the house,” Cross and attended the University of Michigan. (Continued on Page 10) Flowing Through the Ice House years ago) was an icehouse. Channels from Curator opens art space in former freezer a concrete pond ran into the house, where the water became ice. By Alison Rooney the staff and laborers of an estate on the Today the icehouse has been re-purposed Hudson River. as an art space also called The Ice House, n the 1920s, the blue buildings along Among the six structures (which had the operated by Philipstown newcomer Jayne Garrison’s Mandalay Drive formed an same ownership from the 1970s until two Drost Johnson. I agro-industrial complex that housed Through her firm JDJ, Johnson runs what she calls an “art program,” rather than a gallery. “I want to retain a sense of fluidity,” she explains. “For some, the word gallery means a stable of artists whom you repre- sent and you do shows of. That could happen, but for now I want to be responsive to what Jayne Johnson at The Ice House artists need, whatever the artistic content is.” Photo by A. Rooney The Ice House includes two structures: the former icehouse and, just across the lane, larger space has high ceilings and a floor-to- a cottage, which is usually where Johnson ceiling window that provides natural light. A stays on weekends with her husband and metal spiral staircase winds its way upward. their young daughter. (The family divides Johnson says she found the space by its time between Brooklyn and Garrison.) happenstance, soon after her daughter was Since its December opening, The Ice House (Continued on Page 10) has hosted four exhibits in the two spaces. The Artwork by Athena LaTocha on display at The Ice House Photo by Kyle Knodell 10 May 10, 2019 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.org

Natural Forces (from Page 9) Ice House (from Page 9) Manitoga before it opened to the public in born, and after 15 years of working in the 2004 because she had friends who were New York art world. “I had one of those tenants in the Wright house. middle-of-the-night ideas, got up, looked During the 1980s and 1990s, Doner online and saw pictures of this place,” she designed a number of large-scale public art recalls. “I went to take a look and realized I installations, including “Radiant Site,” a mile- couldn’t have dreamed it up. Having an art long tile wall at the Herald Square subway experience that feels this intimate would station in New York City, and “A Walk in the not be possible in New York City.” Beach,” a 2.5-mile concourse at the Miami Visitors have come every weekend so far, International Airport made of dark terrazzo she says, “although getting people over the inlaid with bronze and mother-of-pearl. mental hurdle of getting on a train can be Over the past decade, Cross says, Doner challenging, but I think it will be a lot less has become interested in fire. “The fire can so now that spring is here.” She says that take many forms: the firing of clay, working while making an appointment may be off- with her hands, fire as part of the process putting for some (she hopes to eventually of casting her works,” Cross says. “Russel have set hours), she encourages everyone Wright was also inspired by fire; he lit his to call and come by. Work by Mark Barrow and Sarah Parke candelabra every night, seasonally. The Ice House’s current exhibit, Future on display at The Ice House Photo provided “She talks about work as an evolution, Homemakers of America, by Mark Barrow exploration, continuum,” says Cross of the and Sarah Parke, includes paintings on include a group show based on the concept artist, who is also in the midst of a five- hand-woven fabric, drawings, a window of domestic labor. “While not everything is year residency at the New York Botani- installation and wallpaper. It runs through site-specific, all of these things are on my cal Garden. “Russel Wright felt the same June 16. The title, Johnson says, is a reference mind,” she says. “This isn’t a white cube “Nightfall,” by Michele Oka Doner about process and evolving, about design, to artists fusing their work and home lives. space. There’s an ambiance which will ritual. He made a life here that was ritu- Also showing, in the cottage, is an unti- pervade everything.” alistic. There are so many connections: that begin today (May 10), as well as during tled piece by Robert Barber, from his Free- grounding in plant life and nature, the programs and events. It runs through Nov. way Series (1973-74). The Ice House is located at 17 Mandalay idea of regeneration and connection. 11, the close of the season. An opening recep- Previous exhibits have included a group Drive, off Route 9D, about 2 miles north of “She has a belief that we are in a cycle of tion for members is scheduled for June 8. show by three artists working with found the Bear Mountain Bridge. The exhibition which this is just one chapter, and that’s objects, a solo show by Peekskill artist space is the tall building next to the pond, the way it was before our time, how it is Manitoga is located at 584 Route 9D. See Athena LaTocha, and a work by Leah Rain- and there is a parking area on the north side now, and that this cycle will continue. Her visitmanitoga.org or call 845-422-2380. To tree that used local sediment, stone and ice of the building. To visit, call or text 518-339- work delves deep.” purchase tour tickets, see brownpapertick- in a photographic process. 6913 or email [email protected]. The installation will be on view in tours ets.com/profile/7669. Johnson says her plans for the summer

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SUN 12 SAT 18 Peekskill Garden Club Life with the Lenape PEEKSKILL FORT MONTGOMERY 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. | Riverfront Green Pavilion 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Fort Montgomery 914-208-0293 690 Route 9W | 845-446-2134 Annuals, perennials, roses, parks.ny.gov/historic-sites herbs, vegetables and hanging See hand-drill fire-making, baskets will be available. flintknapping and a hide- tanning demonstration by Barry PLANT SALES SAT 18 Keegan, an expert in historic SAT 11 Master Gardener Native American skills. Free Verplanck Garden Club Plant Sale SAT 18 FISHKILL BREWSTER 9 a.m. – Noon. Town Hall | 807 Route 52 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. CCE Putnam Community Safety Day facebook.com/verplanckgardenclub 1 Geneva Road | 845-278-6738 BEACON Shop for flowering plants putnam.cce.cornell.edu Noon – 4 p.m. Beacon Fire Department and herbs, get advice from You’ll find organic heirloom and 13 South Ave. | 845-831-4540 Master Gardeners and bring the hybrid vegetables suited for Putnam beaconvac.org children, who can make crafts. gardens, annuals, herbs, perennial Police officers, firefighters and garden packs to attract pollinators, medical professionals will be on SAT 11 and native plants and shrubs. hand at this event organized by Farm Fest and Plant Sale Get advice from Cornell’s master the Beacon Volunteer Ambulance Corps to provide children’s eye POUGHKEEPSIE gardeners and bring a sample of soil exams, check car seat installations, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Farm Project for a free pH test. Trivia with Austin Rogers (right), May 14 fit bicycle helmets and perform 51 Vassar Farm Lane blood pressure checks. Free farmproject.org/farm-fest COMMUNITY SUN 12 Rogers will host a night of trivia The sale will include vegetable to benefit the Beacon Community Mother’s Day Bird Walk SUN 19 starts, herbs and flowers, SAT 11 Kitchen. The team limit is six GARRISON and there will be gardening Audubon Birdathon members. Cost: $10 per person Run and Walk 9 a.m. Constitution Marsh activities, storytelling, farm PHILIPSTOWN with the Dogs 127 Warren Landing Road tours, wildflower walks, food, putnamhighlandsaudubon.org/ BEACON 845-265-2601 WED 15 live music and a craft market. birdathon2019 10 a.m. Memorial Park constitutionmarsh.audubon.org 40th Anniversary Gala The birdathon is an annual facebook.com/arfanimalrescue Join a guided hike to look for BEACON SAT 11 fundraising “competition” to This fourth annual 5K run and nesting birds. Bring water and sun 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. The Roundhouse benefit the Putnam Highlands walk is a fundraiser for the Animal Atlas Spring Market protection and dress for hiking. 2 E. Main St. | howlandculturalcenter.org Audubon Society. Over 24 hours, Rescue Foundation. Cost: $25 NEWBURGH four teams — the Beakin’ Beginners, RSVP to [email protected]. Free 845-831-4988 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Atlas Studios Garrison Gumshoes, Putnam Valley The Howland Cultural Center SUN 19 11 Spring St. | 845-391-8855 Bogtrotters and Wappingers Creakers SUN 12 will celebrate its anniversary atlasnewburgh.com — will seek out as many bird species Tea in the Garden by honoring longtime volunteer Diamonds for Deputies Margaret Roach, author of A Way to as possible from Long Island to Florence Northcutt (see Page 2) and COLD SPRING COLD SPRING Garden, will speak and floral designer the Catskills. See the website to the Howland Public Library, which Noon – 4 p.m. Jaymark Jewelers Noon – 4 p.m. Stonecrop Gardens Emily Thompson will demonstrate donate, or to participate, email once occupied the building. Cost: $75 3612 Route 9 | 845-265-9246 81 Stonecrop Lane | 845-265-2000 how to make arrangements with Perry Pitt at [email protected]. facebook.com/jaymarkjewelers stonecrop.org wild flora. Visitors can also browse SAT 18 Meet members of the Putnam Stonecrop, which is the former booths and displays focused on County Sheriff’s Office and explore SAT 11 12-acre estate of Frank and Household Hazardous garden culture and sustainable law enforcement vehicles, including Record and CD Fest Anne Cabot, will offer a Mother’s Waste Collection systems. Also SUN 12. Admission drones. Nicola’s Italian Restaurant BEACON Day tea as part of the Garden KENT is free but the talks are $12. will provide refreshments and Eloise 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. VFW Hall | 413 Main St. Conservancy’s Open Days program. 9 a.m. – Noon. Fahnestock Park Pearsall will perform. Proceeds Cost: $10 ($5 seniors, students, SAT 11 Browse analog music, as well Canopus Beach Parking Lot from jewelry raffles will support the children/teens; free for members Philipstown Garden Club as paraphernalia, memorabilia Route 301 | 845-808-1390 x43125 sheriff’s cadets program. Free and stereo equipment offered by and children younger than 3) putnamcountyny.com/green-putnam GARRISON 25 vendors from four states. Putnam County residents 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Garrison Firehouse TUES 14 can drop cleaners, insecticides, KIDS & FAMILY 1616 Route 9 SAT 11 Chamber Breakfast herbicides and other chemicals. philipstowngardenclubny.org SUN 12 Blue Star Marker COLD SPRING No commercial. See the website Perennial plants from the gardens Tours for Moms Ceremony 9 a.m. Foundry Cafe for a list of accepted items. of club members will be the center Registration required. BEACON of attention, along with a selection BEACON 55 Main St. | explorecoldspringny.com 1 p.m. & 2:15 p.m. Mount Gulian of annuals, vegetables, native 11 a.m. City Hall | 1 Municipal Plaza At the Cold Spring Area Chamber 145 Sterling St. | 845-831-8172 SAT 18 plants and baked goods. Consult 845-464 -2111 | tiorondagardenclub.org of Commerce’s monthly meeting, mountgulian.org speakers from local cultural Pasture Walk with other gardeners who will be For Armed Forces Day, the Tours of the house, barn and institutions and organizations happy to share their experiences. Tioronda Garden Club will dedicate COLD SPRING grounds. Cost: Free for mothers. will share information about their a Blue Star marker — the first 11 a.m. Glynwood | 362 Glynwood Road Otherwise, $8 ($6 seniors, $4 upcoming summer programs. SAT 11 in Dutchess County — to honor 845-265-3338 x132 | glynwood.org children, ages 6 and younger free) Cost: $5 (members free) Common Ground Farm everyone who has served. Tour Glynwood’s fields and pastures with the farm’s vegetable BEACON WED 15 TUES 14 and livestock managers. Learn 2 – 5 p.m. Cross and Main Some Days Trivia with Austin Rogers about the animals being raised, how commongroundfarm.org GARRISON BEACON a farmer assesses pasture for each The nonprofit will offer 1:30 p.m. Desmond-Fish Library 7 p.m. Dogwood | 47 E. Main St. breed, and where they’ll be grazing, organically grown vegetable, flower 472 Route 403 | 845-424-3020 845-202-7500 and why. Learn what vegetables are and herb seedlings and starts. desmondfishlibrary.org facebook.com/beaconsoupkitchen being grown, and how the crew is adapting to climate change. Free Karen Kaufman Orloff, Jeopardy! champion Austin highlandscurrent.org The Highlands Current May 10, 2019 13 author of the I Wanna Iguana browse the paintings and enjoy series and Miles of Smiles, will refreshments at 3 p.m. and bid in read her latest children’s book, a live auction beginning at 5 p.m. Some Days, which explores the emotions a child may feel. TUES 14 SAT 18 Wine, Cheese & Jr. Paleontologist Watercolor BEACON PUTNAM VALLEY 10 a.m. Water Ecology Center 7 p.m. Tompkins Corners Cultural Center 199 Dennings Ave. | 845-838-1600 729 Peekskill Hollow Road bire.org 845-528-7280 | tompkinscorners.org Learn about the three time Bring your watercolors and periods of the dinosaurs using meet Anne Johann, the center’s fossils and replicas. Suitable for new painting instructor. Free children ages 6 and older. Free FRI 17 TALKS & TOURS Open Studios Kick-off BEACON SAT 11 6 – 9 p.m. Oak Vino Wine Bar Poetry Reading 389 Main St. | beaconopenstudios.org GARRISON Stop by the bar for the kick-off 1 p.m. Desmond-Fish Library party for the annual Beacon Open 472 Route 403 | 845-424-3020 Cyber-Seniors, May 14 Studios. Art spaces, venues and desmondfishlibrary.org studios will be open to visitors Sally Bliumis-Dunn, T.R. SUN 19 SAT 18 York City — will open the gallery’s from noon to 6 p.m. on SAT 18 Hummer and Sean Singer will Readings on Hope Three Short Comedies new space. Through June 16. and SUN 19. See the website for a list and suggested tours. Free read and discuss their work. 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Free 845-440-7584 | baugallery.com use compost crafted into vivid catalystgallery.com Choi, The exhibit will include works by compositions. Through June 2. Scott Lerman will share his latest whose FRI 17 collective members Carla Goldberg, paintings. Continues through May 26. second Russell Ritell, Joan Phares, Pamela Nunsense SAT 11 novel, Zaremba, Melissa Schlobohm, Eileen GARRISON American Sackman, Jebah Baum, Elizabeth Rampage Presents: MUSIC Woman, 7:30 p.m. Philipstown Depot Theatre Arnold, Ilse Schreiber-Noll, Andrew Akamatsu 10 Garrison’s Landing | 845-424-3900 SAT 11 was a Rust Barger, Samantha Beste and BEACON brownpapertickets.com/ West Point Band Concerto finalist for Faith Adams. Nitin Mukul will 6 – 9 p.m. Clutter Gallery event/4208393 WEST POINT the 2004 mount a solo show, Ghosts in the 163 Main St. | 212-255-2505 The popular musical comedy, 2 p.m. Eisenhower Hall Theatre Pulitzer Machine, in the Beacon Room. Both shop.cluttermagazine.com/gallery directed and choreographed by will continue through June 3. 655 Ruger Road | 845-938-4159 Prize, The gallery also will host a solo will read from her latest work, a Christine Bokhour, follows a group ikehall.com of nuns as they mount a variety show by Peter Flores. tale of drama students and their SAT 11 The concert band will show. See Page 15. Also, SAT, SUN. teachers at a competitive arts high Tools, Totems, Traps perform toe-tapping marches school in the early 1980s. Free Cost: $25 ($20 students and seniors) VISUAL ART and Americana favorites. Free BEACON 6 – 9 p.m. Mother Gallery SAT 11 SAT 18 SAT 11 FRI 17 1154 North Ave. | 845-236-6039 Riverside Art Auction Forage & Feast Baby Shark’s Treasure Singing the Stories Hunt mothergallery.art GARRISON POUGHKEEPSIE This group show — with works by 9 a.m. – 7 p.m. Garrison Art Center of the West BEACON 5:30 p.m. Poughkeespie Farm Project Caitlin MacQueen, Joshua Marsh and 23 Garrison’s Landing | 845-424-3960 PUTNAM VALLEY 1 p.m. & 3:30 p.m. 51 Vassar Farm Lane | farmproject.org Carter Spurrier of Beacon; Jessica garrisonartcenter.org 7:30 p.m. Tompkins Corners Cultural Center Howland Cultural Center | 477 Main St. Join ethnobiologist and herbalist Gaddis of Kingston; and Alessandro Observe plein air painters 729 Peekskill Hollow Road | 845-528-7280 845-831-4614 | hvti.org Hayden Stebbins for a walk through Keegan and Yuri Masnyj of New at various sites until 1 p.m., tompkinscorners.org the fields and gardens to learn This 45-minute musical for Ernie Sites will sing about his about the edible, medicinal or children will be presented by cowboy life. He will be joined poisonous properties of common members of the Hudson Valley by poet Mark Munzert. Cost: plants. Cost: $35 ($30 members) Theatre Initiative. Cost: $10 ($15 $20 ($15 seniors/students) door, children free with adult) SAT 18 SAT 11 All About Alpines SAT 18 Redemption COLD SPRING All Star Comedy Night NEWBURGH 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Stonecrop Gardens BEACON 7:30 p.m. Mount Saint Mary College 81 Stonecrop Lane | 845-265-2000 7 p.m. Elks Lodge Aquinas Hall | 845-913-7157 stonecrop.org 900 Wolcott Ave. | 845-831-9476 newburghsymphony.org Learn about plants that grow Adam Isso, Peter Sasso and Rob The Greater Newburgh above the timberline, then take Falcone will perform stand-up. Symphony Orchestra will perform a walk through the gardens Cost: $25 ($30 door, $20 members) monumental works by Shostakovich and plant an alpine trough. and Wagner. 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Out There ultrarunning. I figured if you have a chance miliar feeling. There were no collapses, no at getting into the grand slam of anything, downpours, no moments when I questioned See? It's not all bad. Photo by Maryalice Citera you have to go for it. my sanity. I did not feel like a loser trying to I learned many lessons that rainy November nerd his way through an endurance chal- School of day. For starters, the only thing that prepares lenge. I felt as if I belonged. you to run 50 miles is running 50 miles. I also At the Mile 30 aid station, I overheard learned that getting removed at the 45-mile a conversation between a volunteer and Hard Knocks checkpoint of a 50-mile race because you’re a medic riding a mountain bike. “So far, running too slowly really sucks. everyone’s looked fine,” he said. The volun- By Brian PJ Cronin I put the 12-hour goal on hold and vowed to teer replied, while jerking his thumb in my run 50 miles under 13 hours, the time I failed direction, “Anyone hitting Mile 30 at this ’ve noticed a to achieve at the JFK. I spent the winter train- point is going to be at least reasonably fit pattern in the ing harder than I ever had, including adding and adequately trained.” I columns in core-building exercises such as crunches and Reader, I almost cried. Being described as which I write about pushups to build my endurance. I hate exer- “reasonably fit and adequately trained” is the myself: I go outside, cise that isn’t running, because it isn’t fun nicest thing anyone has ever said about me. fail, and we all have a and you’re not outside. But you know what There was a sickening, familiar feeling good laugh. Failure is a I hate more? Getting timed out at Mile 45 of during the last 5 miles of the wheels coming lot more fun to write a 50-mile race. So I did the damn pushups. off, of no longer being able to keep pace, of about than success, and I tend to break out A few months later, I ran the Rock the Ridge realizing that your GPS watch is off and you in hives when I do anything that can be even 50-miler in the Shawangunk Mountains. It aren’t quite sure how long you have to go, and remotely qualified as bragging. rained all day — cold rain. Fortunately, it had then realizing where you are and that you are However, the saying “No failures, only also rained during the JFK 50 and I learned going to have to run the last three-quarters of lessons,” is one that ultrarunners take to to suck it up. I finished in 12 hours and 35 a mile faster than you ran the previous 49.25 Vermont and occurring simultaneously with heart, because any endurance sport is going minutes and spent the next few days blissfully if you are going to make it in under 12 hours. a 100-mile horse race (watch where you step). to involve (to put it mildly) lots of lessons. floating. And I started training even harder. I finished in 11:59:01. At the same time, it felt like the Olym- And sometimes you have a day in which you The past 12 months have included some Now for some cold water on this inspiring pics as I charged up the final hill while apply everything you’ve learned and find moments of total grace and complete happi- story: I finished 145th of 400 runners. Add a large red digital timer clicked toward yourself succeeding. ness while running through the Highlands. in the runner who finished at 11:59:50, and 12:00:00 and 100 people, most of them I ran my first 50-mile race in November They’ve also included races in which I’ve that makes 146 of us who ran the course in with shiny medals around their necks and 2017. It was the storied JFK 50 in Maryland, finished last (the 2018 Breakneck Marathon); under 12 hours. That is not a rarified accom- cold beers in their hands, screamed and the oldest ultramarathon in the country, second to last (the 2019 Breakneck Marathon); plishment. I did not qualify for the Olym- clapped and yelled encouragement. After founded by President John F. Kennedy in was removed at Mile 38 (the Vermont 50); and pics. I can merely say that I am pretty OK I crossed the finish line, I grabbed a hot 1963. It has a time limit of 13 hours, but I was collapsed from illness (the Orcas Island 50K). at running. My reward is that I am allowed dog and screamed my head off for the next shooting for 12 hours, which would qualify Last weekend I returned to the Shawan- to apply for a race that’s twice as long with hour with everyone else at each runner who me to run the Vermont 100 Miler, one of the gunks to run Rock the Ridge again. I started almost four times the elevation, held in came up the hill, all of us united in the fact four races that make up the grand slam of the race feeling confident, which is an unfa- the humid death grip of high summer in that we had learned some painful lessons.

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By Robert Murphy His early experiences read as exciting as any Hollywood script. At age 16, after Making Good in Hollywood an argument with his stepfather, he left Harrold Weinberger, a Beacon native home and joined the Canadian Navy. After whose official titles at Metro-Goldwyn it was discovered he was underage, he was Mayer Studios were assistant director discharged. Still underage, he joined the and production manager, filled in as a bit Canadian Army and was gassed in battle player at MGM whenever he was needed. in France during World War I. For instance, he can be seen at right as a During World War II, at the height of his prison guard (wearing a fake mustache) film career, he joined the Marines as a combat standing between Clark Cable and Joan photographer and was wounded by shrap- Crawford in the 1940 film, Strange Cargo. nel at the Battle of Iwo Jima. He also served Weinberger attended the Fishkill Land- in the Korean War before retiring from the ing grammar school (later South Avenue Marines as a major. He died in 1997 at age 97. School) and Beacon High School. He The Old Beacon Theatre grew up on Beekman Street, raised by his The Beacon Theatre on Main Street mother, Betty Glick, and his stepfather, is again showing movies, although on a merchant Max Glick. smaller scale than its predecessor, which Beacon native Harrold Weinberger (center) with Clark Gable and Joan Crawford in Harrold made headlines in a local-boy- operated at the location from 1934 to 1968. Strange Cargo (1940) BHS makes-good story in the March 21, 1940, Back then it was more than just a place issue of the Beacon News as the assistant to show movies. It was also a venue for director of the newly released Northwest vaudeville acts, especially in the 1930s and ware was passed out to patrons. Passage with Spencer Tracy. One of his 1940s, as well as headquarters for a radio Perhaps the most noteworthy stage duties on the film, which was shot in Idaho, program, a theater guild, a dining and performance at the old Beacon was when was to round up and look after more than dance hall on the second floor called the WABC’s popular Vox Pop radio program 400 Native American extras. After leav- Wonder Bar, and stage acts. was broadcast live coast-to-coast from ing MGM, Weinberger became an assis- Even its mainstay — first-run movies — its stage on March 24, 1948. Vox Pop (an tant director in television, working on such was often flavored with added attractions abbreviation of “voice of the people”) was popular programs as Sky King, Gomer Pyle, such as Bank Night on Wednesdays (first a mixture of fun interviews, quiz ques- USMC and That Girl. prize: $125) or Dish Night, when free flat- tions and human interest stories of ordi- nary folks recorded on location from places (on this night, Beacon) across the country. The stars were Parks Johnson and Warren Hull, who interviewed Beacon resident Jane HIGHLAND STUDIO Brett, Beacon High Principal William Pearse and, for a touch of local color, mountain- eer George “Kim” Barrett. Each member of the packed audience paid $2.50 [about $27 today] to get in. The zaniest stage show to appear at the An advertisement for Zelda the Mystic at Beacon may have been Zelda the Mystic, who the Beacon Theatre BHS was there during the week of Feb. 10, 1936. As a warmup, and to show off her super- natural powers, Zelda drove an automobile The artist was Adolf Dehn, one of the up and down Main Street while blindfolded. leading lithographers of his day who, in She topped that at 1 p.m. by hypnotizing a the 1930s, turned his talents to painting young woman to sleep in the display window watercolors of the American landscape. He PRINTMAKERS of Schoonmaker’s department store. At had come to Beacon from his home in Corn- showtime, the woman was carried to the wall to paint scenes of the Hudson, the rail- lobby of the theater and awakened onstage. FINE ART road and the Highlands when the houses on Zelda divined the answers to personal Bayview caught his eye. PRINTING questions from the audience, such as “Will SCANNING my son have to go to war if we have one?” The resulting work, “The Three Red Houses,” along with other of his landscapes, LARGE FORMAT Zelda responded: “We will soon be dragged into a conflict worse than the last one. Your appeared in the Aug. 11, 1941, issue of Life. Dehn recalled that he had been working on a HUDSON VALLEY’S son will go but will be fortunate enough to return to you.” picture he called “Tracks Along the Hudson,” ARCHIVAL PRINTING but it was so cold he went down to the ferry The Three Red Houses and rode back and forth to get warm. From SINCE 1997 Bayview Avenue has a short run of houses Newburgh he saw the three houses. “I got that lie atop a hill above the road leading to terribly excited and had to do something PICTURE FRAMING the train station. The street is aptly named, quick,” he recalled. “I stood in the mud and print & map gallery for its views looking west toward the Hudson sketched, then finished the job at home.” River are the equal of any in Beacon. The three red houses — Nos. 15, 17 and Oddly enough, with all the great 19 Bayview Avenue — are no longer red but 845-809-5174 surrounding scenery the waterfront has clearly visible as you walk along the road to offer, a noted artist’s creative attention to Dia:Beacon. Look up and see what Adolf once was drawn to Bayview Avenue and the 31 STEPHANIE LANE Dehn once saw and was enthralled by. COLD SPRING, NY three houses peering over its crest. (Continued on Page 19) www.thehighlandstudio.com highlandscurrent.org The Highlands Current May 10, 2019 19

Abraham Lincoln in 1861 Boston Corbett "The Three Red Houses," by Adolf Dehn BHS Photo by Christopher German Photo by Matthew Brady; colorization by My Colorful Past

(Continued from Page 18) untoward event might not transpire, I know A letter written to the editor by a resident taught a Bible class, of which I was a scholar, you will readily forgo any further remarks; named Joseph Coldwell in 1902 tells more: in the Union Sunday School. He shot Booth Lincoln Passes Through and I close by bidding you farewell.” “He was short in stature, he was of light without orders, and was praying when he On Feb. 19, 1861, Walt Whitman, standing As can be imagined, Lincoln’s appearance complexion, but he did part his hair in the pulled the trigger. The money he received amid the crowds at the 30th Street Station here, for many residents, was recounted into middle,” Coldwell wrote. “He had the letters for the act was all given to Christian Soci- of the Hudson River Railroad in New York their old age. When John Schouten, who grew T.C. tattooed on his arm, and when asked to eties, and he died poor and almost friend- City, described the appearance of presi- up in Matteawan (now Beacon), died in 1938 explain, said he was converted in Boston [in less. He was a strong trade union man, and 1858], and like Saint Paul after his conver- used the strongest, most pointed language, dent-elect Abraham Lincoln as he alighted at the age of 86, his obituary notice in the sion, changed his name.” I think, that I ever heard an employee use from his inaugural train: Beacon News noted that, as a 9-year-old, he “He was a wool hatter by trade and worked on any occasion when he was appointed on “From the top of the omnibus I had a capi- had shaken Lincoln’s hand that day. (How he for John Falconer, who conducted the business a committee to wait upon the bosses.” tal view of Mr. Lincoln: his looks and gait; got close enough to the train to do so must of the Seamless Manufacturing Co. on the his perfect composure and cool- have been a story in itself.) west side of the Fountain Street Bridge [now Robert Murphy was president of the ness; his unusual and uncouth “He was Four years later, on April 25, 1 East Main St.], where I learned my trade, and Beacon Historical Society for 20 years, from height; his dress of complete 1865, the Lincoln Special returned overzealous which now is the Carroll Hat Works. 1998 to 2018. These items were excerpted black; stovepipe hat pushed to the Fishkill Landing depot, “He was overzealous religiously. He from his blog at beaconhistorical.org. back on his head; dark brown religiously. this time carrying Lincoln’s body. complexion; seamed and wrin- He taught a Carl Sandburg, who wrote a biog- kled yet canny-looking long neck; Bible class, raphy of Lincoln, noted that the and his hands held behind, as he village had decorated the depot COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES of which stood observing the people.” with a sign made up of evergreen About two hours earlier, and I was a boughs the read “In God We 60 miles north of 30th Street, the scholar, in Trust.” Residents “crowded both crowds at the Fishkill Landing the Union sides of the tracks” and delega- (now Beacon) depot would have Sunday tions came from Newburgh, New witnessed a similar scene when Paltz and other towns. Lincoln’s train stopped there. The School. He Another connection to occasion was the Albany-to-New shot Booth Lincoln ... 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ing programs, measure their effectiveness Haldane School Board Candidates: What I Will Do with the administration, and make hard choices about change. The key to the budget n May 21, voters in the Haldane, process is clear communication with the Garrison and Beacon school public, early and often. O districts will go the polls to consider the 2019-20 budgets and candi- O’Connell: The district has challenges dates for seats on the respective boards every year to keep the budget within the of education. Only Haldane will have a tax cap. The increasing cost of health care contested election, with three candidates and benefits, operations and utility costs for two seats. (In Garrison, there are two and mandated curriculum changes are candidates for two seats, and in Beacon, poignant issues that require attention from three incumbents are not being chal- the district and the board to work diligently lenged.) We asked the three Haldane candi- Daly McNall O’Connell to balance the budget and still be able to dates by email to answer four questions. meet the needs of every student. mission of a school that not only focuses to work for Haldane and its families. What would you hope to accomplish on skills that are concentrated on a core Why are you running? on the board? curriculum but provides preparation and O’Connell: As director of capital projects I believe I am a positive and effec- I would like to continue to bring a Jen Daly: educational insight that addresses ever- for The Public Theater in New York City, I Daly: tive contributor to our governance team. I balanced and transparent approach to changing challenges. The mission of a board am responsible for assessing the organi- have been a board member for two terms, the board’s work. We have begun a policy member is to advocate for the school and to zation’s long-term needs while balancing serving as president or vice president manual audit that will be an essential step guide the community toward responsible the risks and financial implications for all for four of those six years. I have helped toward open and effective communication decisions. expansions and additions and upgrades to to deliver smart budgets and fair union the organization’s physical space. I pride with the public and staff. We have a new contracts, advocated in Albany for more What qualifications and experience myself on the ability to implement, dele- superintendent who is transitioning into the education funding and less unfunded would you bring to the board? gate and coordinate with a view to achieve district beautifully, and the board needs to mandates, and collaborated with our lead- Daly: As an arts educator, I have written and a common goal. A candidate for the board continue to support and guide that leader- ership team to support a strategic plan that implemented curriculum, advocated for the is not only a parent, but someone who is an ship shift. We have proposed a bond refer- keeps our district moving forward. We have arts as meaningful and integral aspects of advocate for the district in the community. endum that makes some important steps done much good work and there is much a child’s education, and celebrated multi- toward updating and repairing our aging more to be done. ple learning styles and teaching tech- What issues need to be addressed in facilities, but there will be more to discuss niques. As a small-business owner, I have the budget? and develop. Perhaps most importantly, we Sean McNall: I am running because it is managed budgets, led brand development Daly: Our costs continue to rise and our need to continue to celebrate and engage the important for all of us to give where we can and marketing strategies, worked with a revenue is not increasing at the same rate. Haldane family to make sure our children from our skills and experience. I have strong board of directors, and managed a staff of State funding stays flat at best and some- are receiving the best education possible. educational and managerial experience to 30 employees. As a mind-body professional, times decreases. The tax cap ties a district’s offer. I have a son at Haldane Elementary and I work with adults to help them to find their hands with both unpredictable tax levy McNall: Meaningful engagement provides I want to help make his educational experi- best selves through movement and medita- increases and challenging measures to community members with a voice. It ence — and that of all Haldane students — tion. My diverse professional life allows me override it. The district needs to continue provides a safe and convenient way to share the best it can be. As trustee, I will prioritize to understand the public school teacher’s to find efficiencies whenever possible and and learn from the diverse experiences and effective community engagement, strategic perspective, the business side of education, to constantly look for new revenue sources. ideas of others. It provides boards and super- planning and student achievement. We have and the value of mental-health education. We need to work with local and state legis- intendents with a sense of direction and a seen great improvements in communication lators to make common-sense changes to sense of accomplishment. It translates into under Superintendent Philip Benante and the McNall: As director of education for the how education is funded and prioritized. district-wide policy and ensures that schools current board, but we can do more to engage Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, I live operate in a manner that reflects local with and learn from the public. Our five-year and breathe public education. When I’m McNall: I understand the importance of values. And with that comes the increased strategic plan expires in 2020. We have an not working with students in a classroom building strong, efficient, balanced budgets public trust and confidence needed to build opportunity to reimagine our long-range as a visiting teacher, I am developing and that fund strategic priorities without a budget to support the highest levels of vision and build a framework that inspires supporting curriculum that makes Shake- burdening the taxpayer. I know we need academic and social achievement. curricular and administrative innovation. speare exciting and accessible for primary to have the flexibility to shift resources as classroom teachers. I design and execute student needs shift. In New York, the tax O’Connell: My goal is to provide guidance Laura O’Connell: My son will be attending a robust K-12 arts curriculum, train and cap limits how much the levy can grow. and be a committed steward to the mission Haldane in the years to come. My husband manage a 20-person teaching artist staff, We can either see that as a limitation for of the district and to public education. My and I are excited that he will be part of a and am responsible for the fiscal health of program expansion, or we can see it as a motivation is not solely about my inter- school system that not only nurtures students’ HVSF’s arts education and professional challenge to think creatively and allocate ests as a parent or the resources that I can education but their social and emotional training programs. When elected to the funds responsibly and carefully. Board provide; it is about all the students and welfare. I am prepared to commit to the board, I will put my extensive experience trustees have to take honest looks at exist- what we can provide for them.

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Philipstown (from Page 3) Injunction (from Page 1) Supervisor Richard Shea said on May 5-0 to extend its vape shop ban for 2 that the Venturas had “completely another six months. Town officials ignored” the stop-work order and nearly say they want more time to draft a law six years of town warnings and judicial restricting e-cigarette businesses. decisions. “We have won every court case. ¢¢ At a workshop on Wednesday (May This is illegal [debris] processing,” Shea 8), the board unanimously accepted a said, terming the situation “just ridicu- proposal from Lime Energy Services lous. He [Ricky] shows no sign of Co. to improve lighting at the Recre- stopping. He’s completely flouting the ation Center in Garrison. The upgrade law at this point. So now we have to go to will cost $10,810 but could feasi- heavy-handed action, getting a tempo- bly reduce costs by $700 per month rary restraining order, an injunction, through energy efficiencies, Shea said. which means we send the police there.” Shea added at a workshop session on ¢¢ Councilor Mike Leonard reported on The Beacon Farmers' Market will stay in its current location for at least another year. Wednesday (May 8) that the town awaits May 2 that a drive he took on Upland Photo provided a judge’s response to its application for Drive was an eye-opener. The road the injunction. is private, but some residents have (from Page 1) wrong foot” at the Veterans Place location. Farmers’ Market Standing outside his business on sought the town’s help to improve it. The market must return to the council later petitioned the City Council this year and in Thursday (May 9), Ricky Ventura claimed Leonard said he was accompanied this year to discuss plans for 2020. Paloma 2018 to move the market, saying it disrupted that the supervisor has a “vendetta” on his visit by Max Garfinkle, the Wake, its manager, said this week that the his customers by blocking parking spaces and against him and that the town is trying town wetlands inspector and natural nonprofit Common Ground Farm, which has creating too much noise. to push them out, which “isn’t fair.” resources officer, and Carl Frisenda, sponsored the market since 2016, would be Last year the two sides reached a compro- The Philipstown zoning case began the highway superintendent. “Some of willing to move the market to the DMV if mise, with market organizers pledging to in July 2013, when Kevin Donohue, then the road — I don’t even want to call it given time to establish relationships with the turn down the volume on live performers the town’s building inspector and code that — is extremely dangerous,” Leon- business owners along that stretch of Main. while respecting the Crier’s need for park- enforcement officer, visited the 9.6-acre ard said. “It should be closed — that’s “We do want to have a permanent home,” ing. But this year, market staff, following property after receiving complaints. how bad it is.” Shea said the board has Wake said, and if the DMV lot works “we’ll some management turnover, was late in He determined that the Venturas were invited residents to propose a plan but happily move there. We want to be where approaching the City Council to arrange its processing demolition debris and dirt, so far has not received anything. the community wants us to be.” lease for the 2019 season. That, combined crushing stone into gravel, and stockpil- ¢¢ On May 2, Nancy Montgomery, who with Ciganer’s testimony, seemed to lead the ing the debris and gravel in violation of a represents Philipstown on the county council during last week’s workshop to side 1983 site plan and the zoning code. Dono- Legislature and is a former Town with moving the market to the DMV lot. hue ordered the men to cease operations Visit highlandscurrent.org for news Board member, and Shea questioned This week, however, numerous residents updates and latest information. (Continued on Page 22) a county move to bring two Perche- asked the council to reconsider before ron draft horses to Tilly Foster Farm, voting to confirm the move. a county-owned property in eastern “I love the atmosphere of [the market], Putnam. Montgomery said the county the feeling of Beacon coming together as a lacks a master plan for the farm. The community in a public place,” said Jessica houses reportedly cost $5,000 but Jelliffe. “It’s almost like breaking bread could require about $37,000 in the next together every week. It’s a wonderful feeling.” two years to maintain. Shea termed the Ultimately the council voted 5-1 to adopt an equine expense “absurd.” As a county, agreement that is nearly identical to the one “we won’t support the business incuba- approved for the 2018 season. Mayor Randy tor in Philipstown but we’re going to Casale voted “no” and Council Member Lee buy two horses?” (The county declined Kyriacou was not at the meeting. a request for $60,000 to support a Neither was Ciganer, who said on Wednes- project to cultivate international busi- day that he thought the market’s move to the nesses.) The County Legislature voted DMV lot was a done deal. 6-2 on Tuesday (May 7) to proceed with “I know it’s a sensitive issue,” he said, the purchase. Montgomery, a Demo- “and I don’t want to give the impression crat, and William Gouldman, a Repub- that I’m trying to close them down. But lican, who represents Putnam Valley, we make our livings on Saturdays and cast the “no” votes. 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owners had failed to prove that rock Injunction (from Page 21) crushing and the other activities were allowed by their site plan or the zoning by the end of that month and restore the laws in effect in 1983. By comparison, land to its condition the operations began. the appellate court stated, Philipstown Over the years, the Venturas have authorities “established beyond a reason- argued that their operations are legal able doubt that the non-conforming use because the 1983 site plan allows for a was illegal in 1983 and thereafter.” “contractor’s yard.” The appellate judges did drop one of The town brought charges in Philipstown the five counts, reasoning that violations Justice Court on five identical counts, one recorded by Philipstown on Oct. 15 and each for five dates between Oct. 7 and Oct. 21 in 2013 were too close together Nov. 4, 2013, when inspections indicated to constitute separate violations; they the Venturas were continuing operations therefore reduced the fine by $350. (The despite Donohue’s cease-and-desist order. Venturas asked the court for a stay on the In 2014, then-Justice Court Judge Alan fine and conviction and for permission to Steiner rejected the Venturas’ motion to appeal again but on April 18 both requests dismiss the case. were denied.) During a trial in 2015, the Venturas’ lawyer, The Venturas may also soon face fore- The cider’s label was inspired by President William Henry Harrison’s 1840 presidential campaign. Photo by M. Turton Anthony Luisi, maintained that the dispute closure proceedings because they have was about “more than just an alleged viola- not paid town, county or school taxes on and beer but has its advantages, he says. It’s tion of the zoning code” because it involved the property since 2015, according to the (from Page 1) Cider popular with women (“Beer drinkers are the Venturas’ “constitutionally protected Putnam County finance department, and year he was surprised how nascent and about 65 percent men, but cider is 50-50,” he rights to continue to use their property the owe more than $160,000. The 2018 tax diverse the industry is. “It is still defin- notes), gluten-free and contains less alcohol. way they have for over 30 years.” rolls say the property, containing resi- ing itself,” he says. “People are trying all The potential for pairing cider with food Robert Cinque, the town’s special prose- dential and commercial buildings, has a kinds of things.” He has experimented with appeals to Sussman. “Mine is a bit on the cutor, asserted that the site plan “does not market value of $1.38 million. combining grapes and apples to produce a lighter side, so I’d pair it with foods that are provide for rock-crushing or other activi- At Wednesday’s workshop, Councilor wine-cider mix. not too heavy, like lighter cheeses,” he says, ties” and that the zoning code doesn’t John Van Tassel observed that “there was Cider is anything but new to New York. It adding that dry ciders tend to complement permit them, either. Steiner found the still dirt flying around” the Ventura site was the preferred drink in colonial times, food more readily than sweet. Venturas guilty and fined them $1,750. on Monday (May 6). when water was often suspect. Sussman Cider is usually best served chilled and The Venturas next turned to the appel- “I’m sure there will be dirt flying around says his Cold Spring Ciderworks logo was fresh. “You want to consume it pretty quickly,” late court system, only to lose again. A until we show up with the police and the inspired by William Henry Harrison, who he says, although more complex ciders might three-judge appellate panel in Albany injunction,” Shea replied. “But it is coming ran for president in 1840 as the “log cabin continue to improve in the bottle. ruled on March 21 of this year that the to an end. There’s no doubt about it.” and hard cider” candidate. If Harrison Sussman recently attended CiderCon, the enjoyed a cider a day, it apparently wasn’t annual conference of the U.S. Association enough as he died 31 days into his term. of Cider Makers, where he says he received C.&E. Paint Supply, Inc. Cider was displaced in the 19th century some practical advice. “They said, ‘Don’t Tools • Hardware • Plumbing & Electrical Supplies when German immigrants began produc- quit your day job!’ ” ing beer that was cheaper and easier to Working with Orchard Hill is a good make. During Prohibition in the 1920s and strategy because you’re using someone 1930s, many heirloom varieties of apple else’s equipment and buying the apples Monday - Thursday 8 - 5:30 trees were ripped out of the ground. “We’re rather than growing them, he says. “Ulti- Friday Saturday 8 - 5 & kind of starting all over,” Sussman says. mately though, it would be a lot of fun to Tel. 845.265.3126 Cider is still playing catch-up to wine 158 Main Street • Cold Spring, NY 10516 put it all together.”

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Westerhuis and Sam Giachinta each had two Blue Devils Continue Standout Season goals and two assists, and Riley Johanson, Henry Weed and Jesse Sherman each scored. John Hankel made 10 saves in goal. By Skip Pearlman The Blue Devils have been playing well, with four goals and an assist, Darrin Santos easily defeating Pawling on Tuesday (May 7), had three goals and an assist, Mame Diba “We got up early and we stayed up,” he Haldane High School lacrosse 16-4, at home. Jagger Beachak led Haldane scored twice and had three assists, Will Crowe said. “We had nice balance, a lot of team is set to wrap up a solid season guys scored, and our defense did a nice job T this week with two games remaining shutting down Pawling. We’re getting a before the playoffs open on May 15. Lacrosse team great collective effort.” Haldane (12-2) has never advanced The week before, Westerhuis scored beyond the Section 1 quarterfinals but this hoping for deep the game-winner in the 10–9 victory over year’s team is hoping to change that. As O’Neill. “It was one of the highlight wins of May 6, the team was ranked 13th in the playoff run of our season,” Crowe said. “They beat us state among Class D teams by the New York convincingly the last three years in a row, State Sportswriters Association. so it was a pride thing for our team. They “Our goal has been the same all season are a cross-river rival, so we take great long — we want to play for a champion- pride against them; it was right up there ship,” said Coach Ed Crowe. “We know the with the Putnam Valley win [10-9, on April pedigree of the [Section 1, Class D] schools 15]. Those have been our two most memo- we’re up against [Bronxville, ranked No. 1 rable wins of the season — so far.” in the state; No. 4 Briarcliff; No. 6 Pleasant- The Blue Devils were scheduled to close ville; and No. 12 Westlake], but we feel we their season with two games against North can play at a level where we can compete. Salem (2-11), at home on May 9 (after The “We’re peaking at the right time,” he added. Current’s deadline) and away on Monday, “We’ve been able to keep it together. We picked May 13. Playoff matchups for Section 1 up a big win against O’Neill last week, and it have not been determined but Haldane is showed us that even though we didn’t play our currently ranked as the third seed among best, we can still come up with a win.” Nate Allen advances the ball during Haldane's win over Pawling on May 7. Photo by S. Pearlman Class D schools in the section.

Boys’ Tennis Pawling 15, Beacon 1 Track & Field Boys’ 400-meter dash Lourdes 4, Beacon 3 Lourdes 12, Beacon 7 Beacon @ Race at the Oval Office 3. Kaleb Istvan (51.20) VARSITY Carmel 5, Beacon 2 Girls’ 100-meter dash Boys’ 800-meter run Softball Beacon 5, Brewster 2 Haldane 2, North Salem 0 3. Jada Williams (12.79) 2. Ryan Cory (2:02.81) SCOREBOARD Boys’ 4x400 relay Boys’ Lacrosse Haldane 9, Pawling 7 Girls’ 400-meter dash Baseball Haldane 17, Croton 7 Pawling 4, Haldane 1 3. Naomi Anderson-Benjamin 2. Beacon (3:33.94) North Salem 11, Haldane 1 Haldane 16, Pawling 4 Beacon 24, Poughkeepsie 0 (1:03.30) Boys’ discus Spackenkill 4, Haldane 1 Lourdes 24, Beacon 1 Boys’ triple jump 3. Joshua Rivera (130-10) Girls’ Lacrosse 2. Tre Smith (41-07) Boys finished fourth of 22 teams; Beacon 16, Yonkers 0 Eastchester 16, Beacon 7 Beacon 11, Peekskill 2 Lakeland 10, Beacon 4 3. Nolan Hillhouse (41-07) girls finished 13th of 20 teams.

the spring with a 49. Russell had a 50 and Bulldogs Foursome Wins Beacon Invitational Espinosa shot a 54. “That was a season-best for Coughlin, and an impressive round for him,” Malle Golfers defeat opponents said. “Jack is an eighth-grader — it was his from four other schools first tournament for us. It was nice to see them come together.” By Skip Pearlman Beacon lost considerable talent to gradu- ation last year. “We’re in rebuilding mode,” Beacon High School foursome won Malle said. “But the kids have all been impres- the Beacon Invitational Golf Tour- sive, and they’re giving as much as they can.” A nament on Monday (May 6) held at Russell and Jacob Scofield are the team’s the Southern Dutchess Country Club. seniors; Coughlin, Shane Creighton and Joshua Espinosa, Jack Philipbar, Gavin Espinosa are sophomores; and the Bull- Coughlin and Josiah Russell defeated teams dogs have a pair of seventh-graders in Leon from Pawling, Putnam Valley, North Salem Lopez and William Hockler. and Hendrick Hudson. As a team, Beacon (1-9) picked up its only “They performed admirably,” said Coach win of the season in its opener over Pawling. Ed Malle. “Some had their best perfor- “That was a nice way to start,” Malle said. Joshua Espinosa, Jack Philipbar, Gavin Coughlin and Josiah Russell took first place at mances of the season.” Beacon will close its regular season with the Beacon Invitational on Monday (May 6) at the Southern Dutchess Country Club. Philipbar led with a 47 on nine holes, home matches on May 14 and May 16 at Photo by Ed Malle while Coughlin played his best round of Southern Dutchess.