* Winner: 10 Better Newspaper Contest Awards *New York Press Association, 2013 Congratulations, Philipstown 2014 graduates! FREE | FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 2014 69 MAIN ST., COLD SPRING, N.Y. | www.philipstown.info A Good Revenue Month Developer asks if village will rent space at Butterfield By Michael Turton t has been a good revenue month for the Village of Cold Spring as it re- Iceived approval for three grants total- ing $202,000 to fund what Mayor Ralph Falloon described at the June 17 meeting of the Village Board as “much needed projects.” The grants include $75,000 from NYSERDA to update the Village Zoning Code, bringing it into compliance Leonora Burton, seen here with her beloved Tara, advocated parking meters with the Comprehensive Plan. A Certified 28 years ago. Local Government Grant of $17,000 will The Depot’s Tom Rolston feels weather is the be used by the Historic District Review biggest challenge to operating a business in Board to update the ordinance govern- Cold Spring. Photos by M. Turton ing the historic district and to upgrade standards. The Federal Emergency Man- agement Agency (FEMA) also provided a Main Street grant of almost $110,000, which will en- able the village to move the flood-prone West Street pumping station to higher Mainstays ground on New Street. Established business owners talk A committee of five will be appointed to complete the zoning update. By appointing about livelihood qualified committee members the village By Michael Turton will be able to claim $25,000 in in-kind service as its contribution to the project. hey are the At Tuesday’s meeting Trustee Mike voice of experi- Bowman objected to Trustee Stephanie Tence — Main Hawkins’ suggestion that the Village Street Cold Spring’s Board begin interviewing candidates veteran business own- to fill the zoning update committee be- ers who have managed Vera Keil, owner of The Pig Hill Inn, advises new business owners cause he had just received the final con- to keep their doors to “simply treat customers the way you’d like to be treated.” tract between the village and NYSERDA open despite studies (New York State Energy Research and that show up to 90 an off-season,” she to children’s clothes, blankets and toys. Development Authority). Village Attor- percent of businesses said. “I persuade Burton sees one big challenge to doing ney Mike Liguori responded that it was fail in the first year. a lot of corporate business on Main Street. “Honestly, it’s appropriate to begin “to tee up the com- Their stories are of clients to send bas- the way the police mark tires and give out mittee” while ensuring that all changes persistence, creativity kets in January.” tickets,” she said. “People tell me they’re requested by the village are included in and hard work. Valentine’s Day, not coming back.” She bristles over what the final contract language. Leonora Burton, Easter and other she thinks is a blind eye being turned Bowman also questioned if it was ap- proprietor of The holidays are a boon to sidewalk sales that violate local laws propriate to name Greenplan upfront as Country Goose, set to “off-season”while parking is strictly enforced. the consultant to assist with the proj- up shop in 1986 af- sales. “I love it ev- She enjoys a large local customer base ect rather than issuing a Request for ter coming here from Caryn Cannova peeks through a ery time Hallmark but has seen a change in clientele. Young Proposals. Liguori said that including South Wales, via New gnome cut-out in Kismet’s Secret comes up with a people now routinely enter her shop while Greenplan in the (Continued on page 5) York City. While many Garden. new holiday,” she gazing intently into various electronic local business owners said. Burton thinks devices. “They aren’t that interested,” she cringe at the thought of winter, Burton, her support of other local entrepreneurs said. “I think the generation coming up is whose store literally offers up everything has also helped. Goods include locally going to make it difficult for small shops.” from soup to nuts, is an exception. roasted coffee and locally produced items Her advice to new business owners is “With the gift baskets I don’t really have — from books, CDs, preserves and biscotti simple. “Stick to (Continued on page 3) As School Year Ends, GUFS Board Looks to Improve ucation heard reports dents in the library with the goal of mak- Library, Other Features and had lengthy dis- ing it the center and the hub of the school.” cussions about im- The recommendations for the library Haldane honors retirees, proving the quality of education and qual- focused on two main areas that would receives contract update ity of life for students and teachers alike in make the library more accessible and use- the coming year. ful to students. Reed was impressed with By Pamela Doan The June 4 meeting featured a presenta- the system at the Croton school district tion by the librarian, Mary Reed; Melissa that used bins with images to display s the 2013-14 academic year wound Harris, teacher aide; and Joseph Man- books for younger students instead of the down this month for the Garrison nozzi, librarian from BOCES (Putnam- Dewey Decimal System, which she said AUnion Free School and Haldane Northern Westchester Board of Coopera- children don’t understand until fourth Central School Districts, their respective tive Educational Services), who assisted grade. Reed used a bin with the image of The proposed Fjord Trail would create boards looked toward what lies ahead — them with information about best prac- a princess on it as an example. When a a safer, clear path past Mayor’s Park though Haldane also took time to honor tices from other districts. Principal Steph- student asked for a book about princesses, while improving parking and realigning those who contributed to what has been. anie Impellittiere described the effort as instead of looking it up, she could point the the fence. Photo by M. Turton At two meetings, the GUFS Board of Ed- “improving the overall experience of stu- student to (Continued on page 3) 2 June 20, 2014 The Paper www.philipstown.info | Philipstown.info Mouths to Feed five bunches of kale in the fridge waiting to be used up. And Green Relief knowing, too, that at 5:30 every day — By Celia Barbour the exact time when you should be pre- ometimes I cook food for people. paring said spinach And sometimes I cook food for food and cucumbers in S— by which I mean that what I cook anticipation of sup- and when I cook it are determined not per — the kitchen by hunger or desire or even my everlast- suddenly becomes ing wish to make my children happy, but the last place on by the imminence of a particular ingre- earth you want to dient’s expiration (or wilt) date. In other be. Because at that words, sometimes I feel compelled to very same moment, cook something up even though I don’t the air outdoors particularly want to. shifts to cool, the In winter, this happens seldom enough yard is charged with I hardly notice it. This is mostly because golden light, and the winter vegetables — roots, brassicas and kids abandon their the like — survive for a very long time homework and head once they’ve been harvested. You can outside barefoot to put a few beets and a head of cabbage in toss a Frisbee be- your refrigerator, and three weeks later, neath the welcom- you’ll find that same cabbage and beets ing trees. just hanging out there, chilling, not even wondering what you’re going to do with them let alone when, they are so totally Gazpacho Photos by C. Barbour fine with whatever. suppertime coincides with Frisbee time, tomatoes nor onions, I wondered what But try ignoring your strawberries or cu- and the spinach is going bad just as your makes a gazpacho a gazpacho. So I looked cumbers or tender baby spinach, and you children are growing older? it up in Larousse Gastronomique, and it will hear about it. Not from the ignored Into this crisis sweeps green gazpacho turns out that gazpacho is: “A Spanish fruits and vegs themselves (unless you — El Libertador, as I now like to think of soup … made with bread and vegetables.” live in one of those talking-objects worlds it. Or anyway, that’s how it was for me last In fact, the very name gazpacho comes typically inhabited by Disney characters week. I was looking for a delicious way from Arabic for “soaked bread.” or schizophrenics), but from your con- to use up just one or two of my ticking- This one may look daunting because it science, which, in its tone of gentle disap- time-bomb vegetables and came across a calls for a long list of ingredients, but it is probation, will remind you that you might All of which is to say early summer can recipe in Plenty, the genius cookbook by actually easy as pie to make because you ought not to have bought three pounds of be a very high-stress time for a cook — in the amazing Yotam Ottolenghi, that uses just rough-chop the big stuff, put it all in baby spinach the last time you were at much the same way that a Tom Cruise five plus herbs and stale bread. a blender, and whirr it smooth. And it’s the market, knowing, as you did (if you’d character’s life gets high-stress when he I’ve had many alternative gazpachos in wildly, addictively delicious.