[FREE] Serving Philipstown and Beacon Taming of the Shrew Page 10 JUNE 22, 2018 161 MAIN ST., COLD SPRING, N.Y. | highlandscurrent.com Finally: A New Cold Spring Post Office Sorting remains in since 2014, when the post office lease in the building ended and the supermar- Garrison, upsetting ket expanded. The sorting operation was neighbors moved at the time to the Garrison post of- fice and will remain there, despite protests by neighbors. By Michael Turton The new Cold Spring location “provides he long wait is over. Cold Spring’s a great place for our customers to do busi- new post office opened its doors at ness and a positive work environment for T8:30 a.m. on Monday (June 18). The the three employees,” said George Flood, 1,330-square-foot facility is located at the the regional manager for the U.S. Postal south end of the Lahey Pavilion on Route Service. He said the new space includes 9D in space leased from Butterfield Realty 368 boxes and 14 parcel lockers, all with Inc. as part of the redevelopment of the 24-hour access. A grand opening is sched- former hospital site. ule for Monday, June 25. The retail counter and post-office boxes Cold Spring also has a new postmaster, DOLLY RETURNS — Dancer and actor Tommy Tune (center), one of the stars of the had been in a trailer adjacent to Foodtown Karen Zappala. (Continued on Page 6) 1969 film Hello, Dolly!, returned to Garrison's Landing on Saturday (June 16) to lead a parade marking the 50th anniversary of the filming of scenes there. For more photos, see Page 20. Photo by Ross Corsair Beacon Solar Farm Ready to Shine Former landfill will save “In simple terms, we’ll generate city $100,000 annually a negative power bill at the By Jeff Simms landfill. The credits can be used solar power farm at the former Bea- by the city to offset other power con landfill near Dennings Point bills, such as for street lights.” A should be operational next month, saving the city as much as $100,000 annu- the managing director of BQ Energy, a ally in electricity costs. Wappingers Falls firm selected by the city The 20-acre site, used first illegally and in 2016 to build and operate the array. then as a municipal dump before the state The power produced by the panels will Department of Environmental Conserva- be routed through some 80 inverters to Allison Shea was the first customer at Cold Spring's new post office when it opened at tion closed it in 1977, is now home to 8,500 Central Hudson. BQ Energy, which has a 8:30 a.m. on Monday (June 18). She is assisted by clerk Nydia Pachanco. solar panels stationed on steel girders and 25-year lease on the site, will then sell the Photo by M. Turton tilted 25 degrees toward the south, where credits earned from the utility to the city they’ll get the most sun at a discount. throughout the year. It “In simple terms, we’ll generate a nega- is expected to produce tive power bill at the landfill,” explained 2 megawatts of energy Curran. “The credits can be used by the annually, the equivalent city to offset other power bills, such as for of what is used by about street lights.” 1,600 homes. That could be a big savings. Lighting is “This is no different often the largest portion of a city’s elec- than what you might tricity costs, and according to the state install on your home — Public Service Commission, Beacon’s there's just a lot more of 1,500 streetlights account for about 40 it. It's a good use of this percent of its annual electricity bill. land, to generate renew- “Where that will translate to residents able energy for city use. will be in their taxes,” said City Admin- There’s really no down- istrator Anthony Ruggiero. “Residents side,” said Paul Curran, won’t see it on (Continued on Page 19) An aerial view of the solar farm at the former Beacon landfill, which should be up and running next month BQ Energy 2 JUNE 22, 2018 The Highlands Current highlandscurrent.com On the Spot ATRICIA ARD ELLY By Michael Turton Five Questions: P W K What’s the one thing you By Alison Rooney really want to do this 5ilm historian Patricia Ward Kelly his father, his idol, get destroyed summer? is the widow of the dancer and ac- by the Depression. It made Gene Ftor Gene Kelly, who directed Hello, champion the common man. He Dolly! (1969), including scenes filmed in would say, “I don’t want to dance Philipstown 50 years ago this summer. like rich people.” He combined They were married in 1990, six years be- that with his background in sports fore his death. — ice hockey and baseball, mainly — developing movements. He re- Did Gene share any memories with jected the European-like tails and you from the filming? instead wore clothing that didn’t He was brought in late in the process. It obscure the movement lines. rained for the whole time they were there [in Philipstown] and it was all shot out of He grew up in Pittsburgh. order to avoid the rain. It was miserable How did he end up in New and oppressive and there was lots of over- York City? time. But Gene spoke about how spectac- He ran a dance studio in Pitts- ular the setting was, especially the over- burgh. He went to New York in- head view from the chapel at West Point. tending to be a choreographer, but He always wanted to direct The Match- he got laughed at and returned maker, the intimate Thornton Wilder play home. When he went back, it was “I want to sit in the Beacon Creamery, that Dolly is based on. Instead, he was to choreograph and dance on work my way down the counter, tasting handed a 70-millimeter extravaganza. Broadway. The producer David O. every flavor of ice cream!” Selznick saw him and brought him ~Carman Johnson, Beacon When you talk about Gene, what to Hollywood. surprises people the most? His mind. He spoke multiple languages, How would Gene react to the wrote poetry, read Latin and studied all dancing on film today? forms of dance. He was always looking for new Patricia Ward Kelly Photo provided things, through young people. You’ve said the Depression was at He would say, “If I were younger, the root of his style. How so? that’s what I would be doing.” He vaudeville and from black performers; he Gene was studying economics, intend- knew what had come before him, from took movements he recalled from their ing to become a lawyer, when he watched work and incorporated them. He knew Mi- chael Jackson borrowed from him. It was a long chain. What would trouble him is how dance is being shot. His focus was on changing the look of dance on film. He’d be upset over the amount of cutting away to close-ups of body parts. He’d say you have to stay full-figure. The assumption is that everything should be hyperkinetic. Yet when I show clips of his dances to chil- dren, they’re glued to the screen. They love that there are no cuts. “I want to travel; to see as many places as possible, places I’ve never been before.” artful cooking / event planning NY Alert ~Jack Gordineer, Cold Spring 845-­424-­8204 For public safety and transportation alerts by text or email, visit www.freshcompany.net nyalert.gov “I just want to spend time with my fam- ily, and next week we’re off to Ireland for two weeks.” ~Emily Burke, Beacon highlandscurrent.com The Highlands Current JUNE 22, 2018 3 Philipstown Board: No Vape Shops for 6 Months 18 à 21? Few attendees but strong “There’s no regulation” of the ingredi- stations and convenience stores. Board ents, she said. “Prohibiting businesses is members informally agreed they must ex- utnam County considers sentiments at public hearing not something we’re in the business of plore that aspect of the issue, too. P Marianne Sullivan, a Garrison resident raising age to doing, but we would like to limit harmful buy cigarettes. By Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong things” that might be sold in town. and professor of public health at Wil- liam Paterson University, encouraged the See Page 18. hilipstown’s Town Board on Wednes- “Prohibiting businesses is not board to adopt the moratorium. “I hope day (June 20) unanimously adopted we have a permanent moratorium,” she Pa six-month moratorium on vape something we’re in the business said. “It’s our responsibility to keep vape shops. of doing, but we would like products out of the hands of youth.” John Cronin, a Cold Spring resident and The vote followed a public hearing that The federal government seems unlikely senior fellow for environmental affairs at drew few attendees but strong anti-vaping to limit harmful things” that to act, she said, because the Trump ad- Pace University, urged the board to also comments from those who came. It also might be sold in town. ministration “has signaled friendliness to focus on access to tobacco by minors. “I’m occurred two weeks after board members the vaping industry.” more concerned about kids buying tobac- proposed the moratorium, which halts co than alcohol,” he said. Nonetheless, she cautioned that “we have Sullivan said one risk of vaping by submission of vape shop applications.