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PUTNAM C OUNTY NEWS and RECORDER

CXLIII No. 12
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Putnam Hit by
‘Widespread’
Job Losses
Unemployment Rate
Reaches 6.8 Percent
by Eric Gross
Putnam’s rate of unemploy-
ment has risen to 6.8 percent,
the highest in more than two
decades.
The New York State Labor
Department reported the Feb-
ruary statistics last Thursday,
which came as no surprise to
Putnam lawmakers.
Legislator Dan Birming-
ham who chairs the legisla-
ture’s Economic Develop-
ment Committee, called job
losses “fairly widespread.”
“In addition to the Wall
Street and commercial bank-
ing losses, significant losses
have occurred in the business
and professional sector,” Bir-
mingham said. “People who
I know including lawyers,
accountants and architects
are out of work.”
The county’s rate of unem-
(See Jobs on Page 8)
Sales Tax Revenue
Continues to Climb
We are 143 years old but new every Wednesday
Wednesday, April 1, 2009 Philipstown
Balancing Act is Fair Weather Fun Phillips Improved Life in Cold Spring
Hard Working, Hands-on Style Was Mayor’s Trademark
by Joe Lindsley, Jr.
The man who has served
for 16 years as mayor of the
Village of Cold Spring has
earned a reputation for fix-
ing problems with his own
hands. In 1993, when An-
thony Phillips was elected
to his first two-year term as
mayor, much of what is now
the village hall was a garage.
Phillips led the effort to build
a meeting place and additional
offices. He even personally
hung the doors through which
Mayor-elect Seth Gallagher
will enter when he is sworn
in on Tuesday, April 6.
Even though the Cold Spring
mayoralty is technically a
part-time gig, Phillips made
it a part of his life, merging
his construction career with
his leadership of the village.
Nearly every weekday during
Philippe Petit gives a new generation a lesson in the fine art of balancing. Petit, who
rose to fame after his extraordinary 1974 wire walk between the World Trade Center’s
Twin Towers, visited Cold Spring as a surprise guest at the Philipstown Depot Theatre’s New Mayor and Three Trustees
showing of the film Man on Wire, which documents his feat. (Pictured from left to Slated to Take Office
right: Campbell Ives, Yunus Solakoglu, and Ronan Gallagher).
Mayor-elect Seth Gallagher and Trustees-elect Bruce
‘I loved every minute of it,’ says outgoing Cold
Campbell, Ralph Falloon, and Lynn Miller will be sworn
Budget Dominates Spring mayor Anthony Phillips of his 16 years
serving the village. See page 14 for more photos.
in on Monday, April 6, 2009, at Noon. Next week’s issue
will include coverage of the ceremony and a profile of
School Agendas Again Mr. Gallagher.
50¢
his eight terms, Phillips would
show up at 6:30am at the vil-
lage’s highway department
garage. “It might be bad for
Mr. Gallagher, because I made
this job into a 24-hour job,”
Phillips said with a chuckle. “I
couldn’t do it any other way.”
Like Gallagher, Phillips ini-
tially ran for mayor because
he thought a leadership change
was in order. He won his first
election against Roger Chirico
by only 19 votes.
“The village is divided al-
most every election,” Phillips
said. “There’s nobody here
that does landslides--unless no
one is running against you.”
After he ousted Chirico,
Phillips had his work cut out
for him. At that time, the vil-
lage barely had an office, the
Marathon site cleanup was
in progress, and much of the
(See Mayor on Page 10)

by Michael Mell
by Eric Gross increase in local sales tax

Despite a downturn in the

national and state economy,
sales tax revenue continues to
climb across Putnam County.
Commissioner of Finance
William Carlin released the
county’s monthly sales tax
report Monday at a meeting
of the legislature’s Audit and
Administration Committee
indicating $3,141,543 col-
lected in sales tax receipts
in February—a $138,062 in-
crease over the same period
a year ago.
Carlin attributed the in-
crease to the legislature and
county executive adopting a
sales tax rate increase last
year that Carlin said “helped
keep county property taxes
low while keeping services
that residents expect to re-
ceive.”
Carlin called the current
state of the economy “ex-
tremely difficult. Times are
tough but as long as we can
hold our own, Putnam County
government will remain in
good shape.”
The increase marked the
second consecutive month in
which 2009 sales tax revenue
exceeded 2008 amounts.
Legislator Sam Oliverio
of Putnam Valley said the
Disabled Plead With
from three to four percent
was the prime reason. Olive-
rio also attributed Putnam’s
good fortune to new and used
car sales: “When a person
purchas es a car, sale s t a x
generated from that sale is
returned to the county of reg-
istration regardless of where
the vehicle was purchased.
This is an important source
of revenue.”
Putnam’s increased sales
tax legislation expires later
this year and the lawmakers
voted unanimously Monday
to ask the New York state
legislature to reintroduce and
approve the legislation before
the funding source expires.
Legislator Vincent Tamag-
na of Cold Spring said the
county’s sales tax revenue
was being generated from
“essential buying.”
“Putnam residents are a con-
servative group,” Tamagna
said. “The county does not
have the luxury sales taxes
found in more affluent West-
chester or Suffolk counties
where Manhattan-based de-
partment stores are readily
found.”
County Executive Robert
Bondi believes the high cost
of gasoline has driven people
( S e e Ta x o n P a g e 11 )
PV Plans for GUFS Makes
2-Year Budget Cuts
Individual line item cost
increases seemed less of a
concern to the Putnam Val-
ley Board of Education at its
March 26 meeting than how
they would be addressed.
“We have to look at this as
a two-year process.” Board
President Tina Mackay said.
Prompting this remark was
presumption that $1,000,000
of the general fund balance
would be used to offset a
drop in state aid, which Ms.
Mackay characterized as “too
aggressive” especially given
the Board’s acknowledge-
ment that the 2010-11 budget
will also be very difficult.
Rapid depletion of the fund
balance would leave the board
with few options in the case
of future budget deficits.
“We have worked very hard
to create the fund balance,”
Ms. Mackay said.
The proposed budget pre-
dicts a tax levy increase of
2.6 percent without state aid
and a reduced levy increase
of 1.15 percent if state aid
is restored. Mackay asked
when “we would know about
state aid?” to which Assis-
tant Superintendent Paul
Lee responded that he did
not know. Ms. Mackay ex-
pressed the consensus of the
Fire Burns 50 Acres in Garrison
The Garrison School Board
met on March 25, 2009, to
present its 2009-10 proposed
budget to the community.
Culminating a process that
began last December, Super-
intendent Gloria Colucci’s
presentation was the first
time the components of
the proposed budget have
been released. It identifies
projected expenditures of
Firefighters Defeat
$8,923,568: an increase of Castle Rock Blaze
three tenths of a percent from
the 2008-09 budget. In the late afternoon on
In introductory remarks,
Colucci explained that “every March 24, a brush fire began
line has been reduced in this in the Castle Rock Unique
budget.” Noting that “we Area. By early evening, the
knew it would be a difficult
y e a r, ” s h e s a id , “ w e o n l y smoke was billowing over
made cuts that will not im- the Old Stone Road (right)
pact student instruction.” The
proposed reductions range
a n d t o w a rd t h e O s b o r n e
from $2,000 in printing and Castle (above). By the
mailing to $132,209 in BO- time firefighters defeated
CES services. The reduction
in BOCES costs is possible the blaze the following
because certain special edu- a f t e r n o o n , 5 0 a c re s l a y
cation services will be ad-
dressed within the district.
burnt. Park police suspect
S e v e r a l o t h e r l a rg e r e - t h a t a c i g a re t t e w a s t h e
ductions were identified in s o u rc e o f t h e h a v o c . S e e
the presentation, including
$69,331 to be saved by using story and photos on page 11.
BOCES computer help on an
as-needed basis. Grants and

Gallagher: Cold Spring Budget is a ‘Wish List’

staff reduction will lower

County Lawmakers Board to maintain its policy

by Eric Gross
People with disabilities
as well as family members
of the disabled were out in
force when Putnam County
hosted its annual Legislative
Disability Forum. More than
100 were on hand in Carmel
last Saturday at the Putnam
Emergency Operations and
Training Center auditorium
for the four-hour long event
that provided people a forum
to meet with governmental
officials on the federal, state
and local levels.
Concerns were voiced to
State Senator Vincent Lei-
bell, Assemblywoman Sandy
Galef, Assemblyman Greg
Ball, County Executive Rob-
ert Bondi, Putnam Legislator
Sam Oliverio, Putnam Com-
missioner of Health Dr. Sher-
lita Amler, and Commissioner
of Social Services and Mental
Health Michael Piazza, as
well as representatives for
Gov. David Paterson, U.S.
S e n a t o r C h a r l e s S c h u m e r,
and Congressman John Hall.
Twenty-seven individuals
addressed the panel to discuss
a myriad of issues ranging
from disability benefits and
health care to housing, day
services, recreational oppor-
tunities, and transportation.
Lillian Picciano of Cold
Spring discussed an issue
relating to handicapped-ac-
cessible bathrooms in public
places. Picciano called it “ter-
ribly unfair” that “fixtures to
assist the handicapped are
not installed in all restrooms
found in libraries, medical
buildings, and even churches.
Medical offices, governmen-
tal buildings and restaurants,
and shopping center design-
(See CS Budget on Page 8)
of relatively stable year-to-
year budget increases with
no impact upon instructional
programs. The proposed use
of the fund balance to make up
lost state aid revenue would
“create a built-in tax increase
for next year” Mackay said.
In response, Trustee Valerie
Fitzgerald stated her con -
cern that this might “require
teacher reductions.”
Further discussion revealed
the board’s dilemma. If the
tax levy is minimized in the
2009-10 budget, then faculty
reductions impacting instruc-
tion may be required in 2010-
11. If faculty reductions are
made in 2009-10, then the
tax levy would see a larger
increase the following year.
Adding to the board’s
concerns is the impact of
t h e M TA t a x a n d s h i f t i n g
of preschool costs from the
town to the district. Possible
( S e e P V o n P a g e 11 )
costs for special education
by $67,878 and selection of a
new attorney will lower dis-
trict legal costs by $35,000.
A last chunk of $95,216 rep-
resents savings from reduced
use of outside contractors
and the sum of individual
line item cuts.
The proposed budget is not,
however, without some in-
creases. Contractual obliga-
tions and employee benefits
will rise by nearly $200,000.
Out-of-district placements
and concomitant transpor-
tation will increase by over
$214,000. Enrollment, tuition
increases, and health services
will add $78,000.
At this point the presenta-
tion was turned over to busi-
ness manager Susan Huetter
who addressed estimated
revenue. The dismal state
of the economy has affected
district revenues by reducing
interest earning to “less than
( S e e G U F S o n P a g e 11 )
by Michael Mell
The Cold Spring Village
Board met on March 24, 2009,
for a budget workshop. With
the exception of Trustee Ed
Mancari, all board members
were in attendance. Mayor
Phillips distributed copies
of the preliminary 2009-10
budget to the board and to
the audience. Prefacing the
discussion, the mayor stated
that the preliminary budget
currently shows an increase
of 8.8 percent.
Trustee Gallagher pointed
out that in many ways this ver-
sion of the budget is “some-
thing of a wish list,” with
items to be reconciled and
confirmed and all subject to
comments from the commu-
nity. The mayor then opened
the floor to comments and a
very relaxed conversation
unfolded between the audi-
ence and the board about a
variety of items identified in
the preliminary budget.
Former trustee Karen Dunn
asked for a clarification of
the amounts indicated for
attorney “contractual” and
“special” services. Trustee
Gallagher explained that the
line item for contractual ser-
vices represented known and
expected costs; while special
service funds were set aside
for unexpected costs. Ms.
Dunn also queried the board
about the absence of funds for
the state mandated alterations
to the court. Mayor Phillips
responded that the village
is awaiting criteria from the
judge. He added that the vil-
lage will be seeking grant
money and federal stimulus
money to cover a portion of
the cost. Once these factors
are known, an appropriate
dollar amount will need to
be included in the budget.
While the board and au-
dience were in agreement
that the dollar amount was
not the issue, an animated
discussion about $500 for
the trustee newsletter cen-
tered on whether it should
continue to be distributed in
hard-copy, as in the past, or
placed exclusively on the web-
site. In response to comments
from the audience that “this
is exactly the kind of thing
the website is for,” Trustee
Gallagher pointed out that not
everybody has web access.
He added that eventually he
expected distribution to be
exclusively on the website,
but that having both print and
online versions remains “an
effective means for now.” The
suggestion was made that cop-
ies could be made available at
the Village Hall and library
for those without web access.
A mildly heated exchange
between Trustees Robertson
and Gallagher indicated that
this was not the first time the
issue has been addressed by
the board. The consensus,
however, seemed to be that
unless the information was
directly handed out, it would
not reach all members of the
community.
Spacing of streetlights in
(See CS Budget on Page 8)
Public Notice
The Village of Cold Spring
is seeking a volunteer
member for the Village
Planning Board. Appli-
cants must be a village
resident and should submit
letters of interest to the
Village Clerk, 85 Main
Street, Cold Spring, NY,
10516, by April 8, 2009.
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e-mail: editor@pcnr.com
Appreciation for
Phillips and
Mancari
To the Editor:
Now that the election is over
and the rhetoric is silent I’d like
to take this opportunity to ac-
knowledge the tireless efforts,
hard work, and dedication of
two men. Mr. Anthony Phillips
and Mr. Ed Mancari.
For a combined 36+ years
they have unselfishly given
countless hours to the incred-
ibly hard job of governing this
village. Their tireless work has
had a very positive impact to
the growth of Cold Spring. Most
of you have no idea how diffi-
cult a task this is and I would
like to recognize them.
I have owned a business on
Main Street for 15 years and I
attend most monthly board
meetings. I have seen and heard
firsthand how the wheels of
running this village on a day to
day basis turn. Those of you
who have not sat through the
process have no idea. I suggest
that you attend some of these
meetings so you’ll learn. You
will have a new respect and
appreciation for our elected
officials. I often wonder where
their energy, drive, and dedi-
cation comes from. And let us
Did you hear the U.S.S. Intrepid might dock in Cold Spring for not forget the sacrifices of their
the Quadricentennial? April Fools! Hope that gave you a chuckle. families.
We couldn’t resist. It’ll be six more years before we publish again Cold Spring is a tourist des-
on the first of April! tination and it’s no easy task to
Both Boscobel and Stonecrop open today for another charming balance the needs of the busi-
season. Watch for the PCNR’s Spring/Summer Area Guide next nesses and the needs of the resi-
week, full of information on local merchants, eateries, things to dents. Day-to-day problems
do, trail maps, local music, coming events, and much more. If the arise - parking, people, trash,
warm weather gives you the urge to fix up the house or garden, complaints, etc. etc. It has been
see our special “fixing up your home” section for ideas on where my experience that Anthony
to shop and who to call. Phillips and Ed Mancari have
Birthdays this week include Tony Burton, Allison Spinelli, strived to seek that balance. I
Dima Spinelli, Michael Turton, Carol Giacopsello, Jeffrey Rizzi want them to know that I ap-
Jr., Lynn Hynes, Alexander Raffaele, Benjamin Denar, Christo- preciate their hard work and
pher Hustis, Nicholas Nastasi, Ed Greiff, Shikha Dharia, Lise admire their dedication.
Bowman, Evelyn McComish, Mia Markey, Christine Muscat, Pat I’d also like to acknowledge
Turner, T.G. Wada, Bill Baxter, Lori Ely, Mia Markey, Saumil all the trustees, new and old and
Dharia, Jignya Dharia, Dillon Horan, Delaney Horan, Donna Conley,
Pratik Kadakla, Lara Demberg, and Cynde Stratton.
Meetings This Week
THURSDAY 4/2 FRIDAY 4/3
7:00 PM - Cold Spring No Meetings Scheduled
Comprehensive Plan Special Board
7:00 PM - Cold Spring Recreation
7:00 PM - PV School Board
8:00 PM - Philipstown Town Board
Monthly Meeting
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
members of the different boards
in Cold Spring for their energy,
dedication, and willingness to
put themselves in the public’s
eye for the betterment of this
Village. It’s a thankless job, one
could say, but at the end of the
day I for one am thankful that
these people are willing to tackle
the job.
In closing I’d like to say that
I have every confidence that the
new mayor-elect and the newly
elected trustees will have their
own drive and willingness to
work towards the betterment of
the village. I congratulate all
of you on your win.
David S. Cooke
Business Owner
Cold Spring
Not Necessary to
Belittle Teachers
To the Editor:
As teachers and taxpayers, we
would like to respond to Joseph
Barbaro’s letter. Yes, Mr.
Barbaro, these are hard eco-
nomic times for everyone, and
we can understand your con-
cerns about the cost of public
MONDAY 4/6
12 Noon - CS Swearing-In Ceremony
7:00 PM - Cold Spring ZBA Workshop
education. However, it is not
necessary or productive for you
to belittle teachers and the func-
tion they perform for children
and the community at large.
We don’t pretend to be sav-
ing the world, nor do we aspire
to sainthood. We teach because
we love children, love learn-
ing, and believe we perform an
essential mission for society.
Teachers, both at Haldane and
all around the US, face intense
pressure to enable students to
meet the standards established
to pass state and local exams,
while at the same time address-
ing each child’s individual
needs and learning style. Our
day does not end when the last
bell rings. We don’t simply
“care for children during day-
light hours.” We educate them,
which means devoting count-
less hours to preparing lessons,
correcting papers, and guiding
students in athletic and artistic
activities well after 3pm.
Not all of us have “the same
old lust for money” that Mr.
Barbaro speaks about in his
letter. Neither of us entered the
teaching profession for eco-
nomic gain. However, teachers,
like every other citizen, have
to provide for their families, pay
college tuition for their children,
meet their mortgage obligations,
and pay their taxes, including
school taxes. These are diffi-
cult times for everyone, but Mr.
Barbaro’s adversarial tone is
counterproductive to finding
7:00 PM - Haldane Board Meeting
(Budget Discussion)
7:00 PM - Putnam County Legislature
Monthly Mtg
7:30 PM - Cold Spring Planning Board
Monthly Mtg
7:30 PM - Cold Spring Bd Wkly Wkshp
solutions to the economic prob-
lems we all face.
Eric and Amy Richter
Garrison
North Highland
Fire House Nears
Completion
To the Editor:
It appears that the extensive
renovation and expansion of our
fire house will be completed by
June 2009; and be on budget.
As respects the construction
effort, our architects and their
staff, as well as the various
contractors involved, deserve
much credit for working in
harmony. Board of Fire Com-
mission chairman, George
Lisikatos and vice chairman,
John Van Tassel, worked tire-
lessly to solve problems as they
arose, to facilitate mutual co-
operation by all parties.
As respects fire department
operations, ex-chief Charles
Nolen and the officers and
firefighters continued normal
operations in 2008, despite
primitive working conditions.
Our current chief, Joseph Hyatt,
and the membership continue
to do so. Alarm responses, drills,
and training, as well as equip-
ment maintenance, continue
unabated. All our people are
dedicated volunteers, and de-
serve our admiration and re-
spect.
In due course, we will an-
nounce plans for the re-dedi-
TUESDAY 4/7
cation of the fire house and an
open house to welcome the
community. In the meantime,
we’re looking better day by day,
and our morale is high.
Hans Moeller
Fire Commissioner
Garrison School
Tax Increase
To the Editor:
I have been a member of the
Garrison Schools Budget Ad-
visory Committee for more than
ten years. Advisory Budget
meetings this year have been
especially important because of
the severe economic downturn
felt by us all in the last year
and the impact our school taxes
will have as a result. Ten com-
munity members joined the
committee to work in good faith
with three school board mem-
bers, the superintendent and
business manager.
Before the Budget Commit-
tee met this year, three com-
munity members met with the
superintendent and the business
manager to discuss our thoughts
on how to achieve no tax in-
crease, as the outcome of the
eventual Budget that would be
presented to the school board
as a result of these meetings.
Several more of us then pre-
sented three different propos-
als that achieved a “0” flat tax
this year, presenting various
ways this could be done while
maintaining our educational
standards.
WEDNESDAY 4/8
7:30 PM - Philipstown Board weekly
workshop
8:00 PM - Cold Spring Historic Review
Brd
Some suggestions were: No
raises for all the school person-
nel in 2009-10, administration
as well as teachers; not having
the teachers contract, yet to be
approved, be retroactive; rene-
gotiation of the very generous
benefits packages for both per-
sonnel and teachers; all person-
nel taking a 5 percent pay de-
crease for the duration of the
economic downturn.
Many feel that our staff and
teachers are lucky to have the
wonderful jobs they have in a
world that now, for the rest of
us, is uncertain at best. Maybe
something could be sacrificed
for the good of all. None of our
suggestions have been taken.
Yes, cuts have been made, but
we will still have a tax increase
this year.
In addition to the above, we
assumed that the information
we were given to review over
the last months accurately re-
flected the schools costs, past,
current and future. Now we find
that the budget is misleading,
adding in amounts of money that
are intended for a “special ac-
count” at the end of the year.
Some categories are inflated to
provide for retroactive raises
in settlement of the teachers’
contract. We haven’t been told
how much money is being put
away or in what categories. We
understand that this account is
kept separate from the 4 per-
cent contingency account,
which is reserved for emergen-
cies.
Since the new budget num-
bers are inflated, we asked if
the current 2008-09 budget also
has these hidden funds woven
into what we reviewed last year.
We were told yes. So the num-
bers we committee members so
carefully reviewed last year for
2008-09 were also not accurate.
We should not be working with
artificial numbers. How could
anyone come up with a “real”
budget that reflected what was
actually happening!
We are looking to the Board
to do the right thing, to have
transparency to the taxpayers,
and share the burdens of the
economic downturn with some
small sacrifices by the school
with a small staff of 57, for the
good of us all.
Joyce Blum
Member of the Garrison
School Advisory Budget
Committee
Letters to the Editor
(Cont’d on pg.13)

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(845) 265-3718
www.ourladyoflorettocs.com
Fr. Brian McSweeney,
Pastor
Masses: Sat. 5:30pm, Sun.
7:30am, 9, & 11:45am., Week-
days: 8:15am, St. Joseph’s -
Sun., 10:15am. Holy Days:
8:15am & 7:30pm Mass, Holy
Day Vigil: 530pm
Confessions: Sat., 4:30-5pm
Thu. Apr. 9 - Holy Thursday
Tenebrae Service, 8:15am;
Mass of the Lord’s Supper,
7:30pm
Fri. Apr. 10 - Tenebrae Ser-
vice, 8:15am; Stations of the
Cross, 12pm; Veneration of the
Cross, 3pm; Good Friday Pro-
cession, 7:30pm
Sat. Apr. 11 - Tenebrae Ser-
vice, 8:15am
Sun. Apr. 12 - Easter Services:
7:30am, 9am, 11:45am in Cold
Spring; 10:15am at St. Joseph’s
in Garrison
ST. PHILIP’S CHURCH
IN THE HIGHLANDS
1101 Route 9D, Garrison
stphilips.highlands.com
Rev. Francis H. Geer, Rec.
424-3571 - e-mail:
stphilips@highlands.com
DREW UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
28 Gleneida Avenue,
Carmel
Rev. Karen A. Burger
(845) 225-2019
www.drewumc.org
Tue. Mar. 31 - Opening day,
Drew Thrift Shop, 10am-4pm,
new & gently used items.
TEMPLE BETH-EL
118 GRAND AVE.,
POUGHKEEPSIE
845-454-0570
www.templebethelpok.ny
Shalom Tots - First Sat. of each
month - 11:15am
Thu. Apr. 2 - Author Lucette
Lagnado discusses memoir
ST. LUKE’S LUTHERAN
CHURCH
65 Oscawana Lake Rd.,
Putnam Valley
www.stlukesputnamvalley.org
528-8858,
mail@stlukesputnamvalley.org
Sunday Worship - Service:
9am, Coffee hour: 10:15am,
Family Communion Service
including Sunday School:
10:30am
Thu. - Prayer Service, 8pm
CHUANG YEN
MONASTERY
2020 Rte 301, Carmel
845-228-4283/4288
www.baus.org
bauscym@aol.com
Closed to the public during
the winter months
MOTHER LURANA
ADULT SOCIAL DAY
CARE CENTER
Route 9, Garrison, 1/8 mi.
N. of 403 Junction
424-3184
Post Office Box 104
Corner of Parrott & Pine Streets
Cold Spring, New York 10516
(845) 265-3333 Fax (845) 265-7953
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH OF
PHILIPSTOWN
Academy & Cherry Streets
Cold Spring - 265-3220
Rev. Leslie Mott, Pastor
www.presbychurchcoldspring.org
email: FPCP@verizon.net
Worship Service: 10:30am
Sun. Apr. 5 - Palm Sunday ser-
vice, 10:30am; Labyrinth Walk,
5-7pm
Thu. Apr. 9 - Maundy Thurs-
day Tenebrae service, 7:30pm
Sun. Apr. 12 - Family service,
9am; Easter egg hunt, 10am;
UNITED METHODIST
CHURCHES OF COLD
SPRING & SOUTH
HIGHLAND (Garrison)
(265-3365)
South Highland UMC,
19 Snake Hill Rd. Garrison
Cold Spring UMC,
216 Main Street
Pastor Timothy Henderson
South Highland in Garrison
worship service at 9:30am. Cold
Spring worship service at 11am.
Sunday School occurs during
worship service time through
June 2009.
Thu. Apr. 9 - Holy Thursday
Service, 7pm, Garrison
Sun. Apr. 12 - Easter services:
9:30am at Sth Highland; 11am
at Cold Spring
Sat. May 23 - Bake Sale,
Foodtown, 9:30am-noon
ST. JOSEPH’S CHAPEL
A mission Chapel of Our
Lady of Loretto Church
Upper Station Rd.,
Garrison, 265-3718
Sunday Mass: 10:15am; same
time on Easter Sunday
BEACON HEBREW
ALLIANCE
Conservative Synagogue
331 Verplanck Ave., Beacon
Rabbi Josh Wohl
Cantor Ellen Gersh
845-831-2012
www.beaconhebrewalliance.org
Fri. night Shabbat services
7:30pm
Sat. morning Shabbat services,
9:30am
Please check the website for
FIRST HEBREW
CONGREGATION OF
PEEKSKILL
1821 Main Street, Peekskill
914-739-0500
www.firsthebrew.org
sfma@optonline.net
Rabbi Lee Paskind
THE UNITARIAN
UNIVERSALIST
FELLOWSHIP
2021 Albany Post Road, Rte.
9A,Croton
James Covington, Minister,
212-799-1157
www.uucroton.org/
HISTORIC TOMPKINS
CORNERS UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
729 Peekskill Hollow Road,
Putnam Valley
(845) 528-7280
Rev. Gordon Bienvenue
(914) 736-6480
www.tompkinschurchny.orgh
1st Sunday of the month wor-
ship: 2pm
GREEK ORTHODOX
CHAPEL OF SAINT
BASIL’S ACADEMY
Route 9D, Garrison
424-3500
Fr. Constantine L. Sitaras,
General Director
T HE P UTNAM C OUNTY N EWS A ND R ECORDER
Emma R. Lindros
Emma R. Lindros, age 94,
died at her home in Garrison
on Saturday, March 28, 2009.
She was born in the Bronx on
August 14, 1914, to Charles and
Rosa Gilles. She and her late
husband, Leonard W. Lindros
Sr., also maintained a home for
PHILIPSTOWN REFORM many years in Lake Worth,
SYNAGOGUE Florida, where she was very
P.O. Box 94 active in local clubs.
Cold Spring, NY 10516 Emma worked for Macy’s in
Unless otherwise indicated, NYC before marrying and, af-
all services take place at St. ter moving to Garrison, worked
Mary’s Parish House, Cold part-time for Fleischman’s in
Spring.
Thu. Apr. 9 - Passover Seder, 6pm, Paschal Triduum at Our
St. Mary’s Parish House. Led by
James Thomashower & Sharona Lady of Loretto
Berken. Full meal, all welcome, The Pashcal Triduum (Holy
res. req’d. Call Rhoda/265-4185
Thursday, Good Friday, and
or Barbara/897-5875
Holy Saturday) is the holiest
time of year for Christians.
PHILIPSTOWN
Forty days of solemn prepara-
WORSHIP GROUP
tion during the season of Lent
Quaker Meeting
culminates with our commemo-
(845) 424-3525
ration and celebration of
Meeting for Worship – 2nd &
Christ’s Death and Resurrec-
4th Sundays of each month,
tion during the Triduum and
10am, at 848 Old Albany Post
Easter.
Road (Whyatt Stone Cottage),
All are invited to the Church
Garrison. Call for directions.
Children of all ages welcome.
of Our Lady of Loretto during
the Paschal Triduum to pray an
extraordinarily moving service
REFORM TEMPLE OF
called Tenebrae. Tenebrae con-
PUTNAM VALLEY
sists of three sets of verses from
362 Church Road
the Lamentations of Jeremiah,
Putnam Valley
chanted on Holy Thursday
Rabbi Allen Darnov
(April 9), Good Friday (April
(845) 528-4774
10), and Holy Saturday (April
www.rtpv.org
11) – it begins at 8:15am on
Shabbat Services: Fridays,
each day. The Latin word
8pm; Young people’s service-
Tenebrae means “darkness.”
third Friday of the month, 7pm.
Tenebrae is a very ancient ser-
Hebrew School, ages 3+
vice of prayers in the church
Thu. APr. 9 - 2nd night Pass-
which traditionally took place
over seder, 6:30 pm, RTPV
during the darkness of night.
Social Hall, $10/adult, $5/child,
On the evening of Holy
$30/family
Thursday at 7:30pm, we cel-
COLD SPRING ebrate the Mass of the Lord’s
BAPTIST CHURCH Supper. It is celebrated in the
(American Baptist evening because the Passover
Churches, USA) began at sundown. After the
Paul Laurelli Communion prayer, the Holy
(Interim Pastor) Eucharist is carried in proces-
245 Main St., Cold Spring sion through the church and then
265-2022 transferred into a place of re-
Sunday Services, 10:30am position in the Parish Hall. After
Wednesdays: Prayer- Fellow- the Mass of the Lord’s Supper,
ship time, 7pm we recall the Agony in the
Garden, and the arrest and im-
TEMPLE ISRAEL prisonment of Jesus. The altar
140 Lake Drive is stripped bare, crosses are
Lake Peekskill covered. The Eucharist has been
Rabbi Jeff Cymet placed in the altar of repose,
845-528-2305 and the church is open for si-
Shabbat Services: Fridays lent adoration, to answer
8pm; Saturdays 9:15am. Christ’s invitation, “Could you
Obituaries
Verplanck.
She is survived by her son,
Leonard and his wife, Karen,
as well as granddaughter Sheryl
L. Dolan and her husband,
Reilly, of Washington, D.C.;
grandson, Leonard III, and his
wife, Kim, of Marietta, Geor-
gia; and 3 grandchildren, Tho-
mas and J. William Dolan, and
Emelia Lindros. A memorial
service for her will be held at
St. Philip’s Church, Garrison,
in May (date to be announced).
not then, watch one hour with
me?”
On Good Friday, the anniver-
sary of Jesus Christ’s death, the
whole church mourns the death
of our Savior. For Catholics, it
is an obligatory day of fast and
abstinence. Good Friday is
observed through solemn ser-
vices in the Church: Stations
of the Cross at 12 noon, the hour
Christ was crucified, and the
Lord’s Passion Service, includ-
ing Veneration of the Cross, at
3pm, the hour Christ died. Many
ancient traditions also include
a candle-lit evening procession.
The Good Friday Procession at
Our Lady of Loretto will begin
at 7:30pm in the church and will
again focus on the symbols of
Christ’s Passion, carried by
some of the children of the
parish, as well as some of our
high school students represent-
ing some of the Biblical char-
acters of The Passion: the weep-
ing women of Jerusalem, the
legendary Veronica, who is said
to have wiped his face with her
veil, and others. All are wel-
come to participate.
The great Easter Vigil will
be celebrated at 8:15pm on
Saturday, April 11. After sev-
eral intensive weeks of prepa-
ration, this year two adults and
one high school student will
enter the Catholic Church and
receive the Sacraments of the
Church. Mass on Easter Day
will be celebrated at 7:30am,
9:00am, and 11:45am at Our
Lady of Loretto, and at 10:15am
at St. Joseph’s Chapel in Gar-
rison. For more information,
call the Parish Office at 265-
3718.
K of C Easter
Egg Hunt
The Knights of Columbus,
Loretto Council, will be hold-
ing an Easter Egg Hunt on Sat-
urday, April 4 (rain date April
11), at McConville Park, Cold
Spring, at 11am. Boys and girls
ages 8 and under are eligible to
participate. Parents should bring
their own baskets. Any ques-
tions, please contact Bob
Flaherty, Youth Director, at 265-
3191.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
John Frank Brooks
John Frank Brooks, 89, died
peacefully at home in Fall River
on March 21, 2009, a beloved
father and grandfather. Born in
Salem, MA, to Frank Ashby
Brooks and Grace Choate
Gifford, his step-father was
Samuel H. Batchelder, also of
Salem. He was a graduate of
the Loomis School, Harvard
College, in 1941 and Harvard
Business School in 1943.
He entered the US Navy as a
lieutenant. He was stationed in
North Africa then served on the
aircraft carrier, USS Princeton,
supervising aviation ordinance.
He married Jeane Hafner of
Norfolk, VA, and made homes
in Evanston, IL, and towns in
the Hudson River Valley of New
York: Philipse Manor, Ossining,
Scarborough, Cold Spring, and
Garrison.
John was a long-time adver-
tising/marketing executive with
major New York and Chicago
agencies, eventually becoming
an entrepreneur in the devel-
opment of new food technolo-
Lenten Labyrinth Walk
The community is invited to
attend a Labyrinth Walk this
Sunday, April 5, from 5–7pm
at the First Presbyterian Church
of Philipstown in Cold Spring.
There will be a brief presenta-
tion and preparation given by
labyrinth facilitator Lynn
Brown of Garrison, followed
by time for walking a 24-foot
portable canvas labyrinth in the
church fellowship hall).
The labyrinth is a circular
meditative walking path, a de-
sign which dates back at least
to ancient Greece. The labyrinth
to be used this Sunday is a
modified Chartres style, with
7 circuitous paths winding into
the center and back out again.
This design is based on one
found on the floor of the
FEMA Funds Available in Putnam
Putnam County has been
awarded $16,685 in federal
funds under FEMA’s Emer-
gency Food and Shelter Na-
tional Board Program for cal-
endar year 2009.
Agencies in Putnam currently
providing emergency food and
shelter services may apply for
this supplemental grant if they
meet the following eligibility
requirements: 1) a private, vol-
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gies. He was active in environ-
mental issues, especially those
affecting the Hudson River. He
also served as the chairman of
the Philipstown Community
Council. John enjoyed water
sports, sailing, and golf.
Jeane passed away in 1994,
after which he moved to Fall
River. He is survived by four
daughters and a son-in-law:
Gayle Brooks of Fall River, MA;
Martha Peterson; David
Peterson and Susan Brooks of
Mattapoisett, MA; and Leslie
Brooks Pesante of Titusville,
FL; and three grandchildren:
Sibyl Peterson, D. Meade
Peterson, and Ashby-John
Pesante.
A private interment will take
place at Harmony Grove in
Salem, MA. A memorial ser-
vice will be held at a future date
in Marion, MA. In lieu of flow-
ers, the family requests that
donations be sent to Hospice
& Palliative Care, 502 Bedford
Street, Fall River, MA 02720.
Chartres Cathedral in France,
dating back to medieval times.
In those days, Christians walked
labyrinths in designated Euro-
pean cathedrals as a substitute
for making a pilgrimage to the
Holy Land, which was then both
costly and dangerous.
This week’s labyrinth walk
is part of the observance of Lent,
which, for Christians, is a time
of introspection and spiritual
renewal. The meditative walk
is suggested as a tool to deepen
the spiritual journey through
Lent.
The First Presbyterian Church
is located one block off of
Routes 9D and 301 in Cold
Spring, at 10 Academy Street.
Phone 265-3220 for more in-
formation.
untary non-profit with a vol-
untary board, or unit of gov-
ernment; 2) must have an ac-
counting system; 3) must prac-
tice nondiscrimination; 4) must
have demonstrated the capabil-
ity to deliver emergency food
and/or shelter programs.
For more information call
Sharon Cahill at the United Way
of Putnam office in Mahopac
at 845-621-2203 by April 21.

Cultural
Events
JULIA L. BUTTERFIELD
MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Rtes. 301 & 9D
(845) 265-3040
www.butterfieldlibrary.org
Mon & Wed: 10am-8pm
T, T, F and Sat: 10am-5pm
Sun. 12-3pm
Fri. Apr. 3 - Film for Teens -
Steroids: True Stories, 7pm
Sat. Apr. 11 - Silent Film: The
Kid, 7pm
Fri. Apr. 17 - EcoKids hike,
3:15, meet at trailhead Moun-
tain Ave & Cedar St.
Fri. May 15 - EcoKids hike,
3:15, meet at trailhead Moun-
tain Ave & Cedar St.
CONSTITUTION ISLAND
West Point, NY
(845) 446-8676
www.constitutionisland.org
Public tours from June through
September, Wed & Thu at 1 and
2pm, leaving fm South Dock
at West Pt. Res. req’d.
Sat. June 20 - Seafood Gala,
5-8:30pm, by res. only, $150p/
p; depart fm CS Metro-North
parking lot
HUDSON HIGHLANDS
NATURE MUSEUM
Wildlife Education Center,
Cornwall-on-Hudson,
Fri-Sun, 12-4,
(845) 534-7781
Outdoor Discovery Center,
Cornwall
10am-4pm, Sat-Sun
(845) 534-5506
www.hhnaturemuseum.org
Afterschool programs for chil-
dren throughout the year
Sat. Apr. 4 - Wildlife Babies,
ODC, 10am
Sun. Apr. 5 - Salamanders
Program, 10am, ODC
PUTNAM VALLEY
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Mill St. & Peekskill Hollow
Putnam Valley
(845) 528-1024
Hrs: T&W 9am-2pm;
Sun. 1-3pm.
Schoolhouse Museum exhibit
“Ethnic Diversity in Putnam
County”
PUTNAM ARTS
COUNCIL
Tilly Foster Farm
100 Route 312
Brewster
(845) 278-0230
www.putnamartscouncil.com
Art Classes for all ages. Spring
Classes begin mid-April
Apr. 17/May 3 - 36th Annual
Putnam County High School
Student Art Show, opening
recpetion: Fri. Apr. 17, 2-5pm
May 11/30 - High School
Congressional Art Competition
winners, reception on Monday,
May 11, 7-8:30pm
PUTNAM VALLEY ARTS
(845) 528-7420
www.putnamvalleyarts.com
PVArts1@aol.com
Meets the third Tuesday of
the month
DESMOND-FISH
LIBRARY
Route 9D & 403, Garrison,
(845) 424-3020
http://dfl.highlands.com
Hours: M/ W/F: 10am-5pm
Tue & Thu 2-9pm;
Sat 10am-4pm, Sun. 1-5pm
Tue. Apr. 7 - Great Decisions
discussions series, 3:30pm,
“Energy and the Economy”
Thu. Apr. 9 - Energy Healing
Workshop, 7-8:30pm
PUTNAM COUNTY
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
& FOUNDRY SCHOOL
MUSEUM
63 Chestnut St., Cold
Spring
(845) 265-4010
www.pchs-fsm.org
Office hours: Tues/Fri 10-5
Galleries Open to the public
April 18th, 2009
Sat. Apr. 4 - 5 pm- Lecture:
American Indians in the Time
of Henry Hudson, with
Laurence M. Hauptmann, Pro-
fessor of History, SUNY New
Paltz, $5/public, free/members
VANBRUNT GALLERY
137 Main St.. Beacon
*Note new address
(845) 838-2995
www.vanbruntgallery.com
Gallery open Thu/Mon
11am-6pm
Through Apr. 27-Exhibit:
Quad Show
MANITOGA/THE
RUSSEL WRIGHT
DESIGN CENTER
Route 9D, Garrison
(845) 424-3812
russelwrightcenter.org
Tours begin again on May 1;
grounds open for hiking all
year.
Sat. Apr. 18 - Volunteer Land-
scape Day: The Woodland
Paths of Manitoga w/ Grace
Kennedy, 9am-2pm
Energy Costs andWorld
Economy Discussed at DFL
The Desmond-Fish Library
will host the third meeting in
the Foreign Policy
Association’s 2009 Great De-
cisions discussion series. Ses-
sion three will focus on energy
and the global economy. Margi
Condyles will facilitate the
session on Tuesday, April 7 at
3:30pm. The meeting will ex-
plore oil, gas, and coal supplies
and costs and their effects on
the United States and world
GARRISON ART
CENTER
Garrison’s Landing
(845) 424-3960
garrisonartcenter.org
info@garrisonartcenter.org
Gallery Hours: Tue/Sun 12-
5pm, closed Mondays
(classes only)
Through Apr. 13 - High
School Invitational Theme
Show Art Squared
Apr. 18/26 - Elementary &
Middle School Invitational
Theme Show Art Squared;
opening reception Sat. Apr. 18,
2-4pm
PARAMOUNT CENTER
1008 Brown Street,
Peekskill
Office: (914) 739-2333
tickets@paramountcenter.org
Thu. Apr. 2 - David Sedaris,
7:30pm
Fri. Apr. 3 - Lewis Black, 8pm
CHAPEL OF OUR LADY
RESTORATION
45 Market St., Cold Spring
845-265-5537
www.chapelofourlady.com
Sun. Apr. 19 - Concert: Fred
Katzenberg, oboe & Gary
Klein, piano. 4pm, free.
STONECROP GARDENS
81 Stonecrop Lane
Cold Spring
(845) 265-2000
www.stonecrop.org
Wed. Apr.1 -Opens for the
Season,
Mon. – Thurs., & 1st & 3rd Sat.,
10am – 5pm, Fri., 10am – dusk,
$5/ members - no charge
PUTNAM VALLEY
LIBRARY
30 Oscawana Lake Rd.,
(845) 528-3242
www.putnamvalleylibrary.org
Hours: Sun. 1-5; Mon. 10-6;
Tue/Wed 10-8; Thu/Fri 11-5;
Sat - 10-5
economy.
The Foreign Policy Associa-
tion briefing book, available at
the Library, presents back-
ground information on the topic.
The briefing book is available
for purchase or may be bor-
rowed from the Library. Other
background reading on energy
is available from the Library’s
selection from the referenced
bibliography in the briefing
book.
T HE P UTNAM C OUNTY N EWS A ND R ECORDER
PHILIPSTOWN DEPOT
THEATRE
Depot Square, Garrison’s
Landing
philipstowndepottheatre.org
(845) 424-3900
Fri. Apr. 3 - Lauren Hale
Modern Dance Co., 8pm
Sat. Apr. 4 - Einstein’s Mozart
w/ Open Heart String Quartet
& Poet Kate Light, 8pm
HOWLAND LIBRARY
313 Main St., Beacon
(845) 831-1134
www.beaconlibrary.org
M, W, F: 9:30am - 5:30pm
Tu & Th 9:30am - 8pm
Sat.10-4pm, Sun.12-4pm
Sat. Apr. 4 - Quadricentennial
Program w/ storytelling & mu-
sic, 1:30-3pm
BOSCOBEL
Route 9D
Garrison
(845) 265-3638
Fax: (845) 265-4405
www.boscobel.org
Wed. Apr 1 -
Opens for the season
Nationally Known Writers Read Their Work
at The Chapel of Our Lady
The Sunset Reading Series
brings Hudson Valley writers
of national renown to Cold
Spring. The 2009 season will
feature poet and best-selling
memoirist Nick Flynn, novel-
ist Valerie Martin, and poets
Edwin Torres and Jeffrey
McDaniel.
The line up is as follows:
-May 10 – Jeffrey McDaniel,
NEA Fellow and author of four
poetry collections, most re-
cently The Endarkenment (Uni-
versity of Pittsburgh Press),
explores the fine line between
academia and spoken word.
-June 7 – Nick Flynn, author
of two poetry collections and a
memoir, excavates the terrain
between prose and poetry.
From Bean to Bar: Chocolate
Musings at Boscobel
Long offered on as a gift of
love, used to satisfy cravings
and indulge a sweet tooth –
Chocolate is a universally loved
and desired treat. On Saturday
April 11, just in time for Eas-
ter, Chocolatier and Chef Oliver
Kita presents From Bean to Bar
– a lecture and tasting that fol-
lows the journey of chocolate
from plantation to the finest
shops in Paris. Admission for
the lecture and tasting, which
will be held at Boscobel House
and Gardens, is $12 and begins
at 2pm. Attendees may also tour
the grounds. For reservations
and information call 845-265-
-Sept 13 - Valerie Martin,
author of eight novels, includ-
ing Mary Reilly, which was
made into a feature film, will
read from her new novel The
Confessions of Edward Day.
-Oct 4 – Edwin Torres, au-
thor of several poetry collec-
tions and a CD, has performed
his work throughout the coun-
try and actively blurs the bound-
aries between poetry, theater,
and music.
All readings take place at 4pm
and are free to the general pub-
lic and take place at The Chapel
of Our Lady Restoration, a
beautiful 19th century histori-
cal building situated on the
banks of the Hudson River. The
Chapel is adjacent to the Cold
3638 or visit www.boscobel.org.
A long-time resident of the
Hudson Valley, Oliver Kita
owned Heaven Café in
Woodstock for 13 years until
he felt he had done all he wanted
to in the restaurant business.
He decided to turn his atten-
tion and his hand to chocolate.
Determined to succeed, he stud-
ied at L’Ecole du Grand
Chocolat Valrhona in France,
the Academy du Chocolat,
Barry-Callebaut in Montreal,
and was mentored by the fa-
mous French chocolatier,
Michel Cluizel.
An avid reader and gardener,
Oliver says he often gets ideas
for his chocolates as he pursues
these interests. While watering
a violet flower, he has been
inspired to create a delicate
violet chocolate that melts in
the mouth and leaves a hint of
violets in its wake. While read-
ing a Pearl Buck novel, he has
been moved to create choco-
lates with an oriental flavor
palate. He firmly believes in the
health benefits of chocolate.
Boscobel is located on Route
9D, in Garrison. From April
through October hours are from
9:30am to 5pm (the last tour
begins at 4:15pm).
Spring Metro-North train sta-
tion where there is also free
parking on the weekends.
A wine and cheese reception
will follow each reading and
books will be available for
purchase and signings.
For more information please
contact Rebekah Tighe at 265-
4555 or Ivy Meeropol at 265-
2562.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Silent Film Series Continues
with The Kid
The Butterfield Library’s
popular Silent Film Series with
live musical accompaniment
continues with The Kid, a 1921
film starring Charlie Chaplin
and Jackie Coogan on Satur-
day, April 11 at 7pm.
The brilliant Chaplin wrote,
starred, and directed this film
that is described as both a com-
edy and a drama. In fact, the
opening title reads “A comedy
with a smile—and perhaps a
tear.” The plot concerns the
tramp, who cares for an aban-
doned child. That relationship
is put in jeopardy when the
mother comes looking for the
child. The film runs 60 min-
utes and is appropriate for the
“Show Me the Truth” Film
Series for Teens, by Teens
Are you or someone you
know struggling with making
the right choices? The
Butterfield Library is very
pleased to present “Show Me
the Truth”: a new film series
for teens and recommended by
teens for their content and mes-
sage.
The Mid-Hudson Library
System had teens from across
the region review films for their
content and relevance to their
lives. The result is a collection
of films that will speak to teens
about the issues they face.
The first film of the series
will be Steroids: True Stories
on Friday, April 3, at 7pm. It is
recommended for Grades 6
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entire family.
Cary Brown will once again
be providing musical accom-
paniment and will improvise an
original score for this silent film,
as he has with all the films in
the free series. When not per-
forming with his own jazz trio,
The Cary Brown Trio, Cary is
busy recording, writing, and
performing for a wide variety
of projects.
For more information about
this or other programs and
events at the Butterfield Library,
please contact the Head of Li-
brary Services at 265-3040 x4,
or jblprograms@gmail.com.
through college. The reviewer
commented, “This video scared
me. It made me promise to
never, ever, ever try steroids.”
Come with your friends or
someone you care about. You’ll
have time following the film
to talk together or in private
about what you just saw and
heard—it could make a differ-
ence in your life.
The Butterfield Library is
located at 10 Morris Avenue,
near the intersection of Routes
9D and 301. For more infor-
mation, please call the Head of
Library Services at 265-3040
x 4, or email
jblprograms@gmail.com
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This Week:
Fri/Sat Apr. 3/4 - Glynwood
Beekeeping workshop with
Rodney Dow: building hives and
frames. Fri: 7-9:30pm, Sat, 9-4pm,
$35, reg. req’d. Partic must bring
own tools & materials & speak
w/ instructor before reg. is com-
plete. 265-3338; online registra-
tion not avail.
Sat. Apr. 4 - Knights of Colum-
bus Easter Egg Hunt, 11am,
McConville Park, cnr. Rt. 9D &
Northern Ave. Bring your own
basket. Rain date: Sat. Apr. 11.
Sat. Apr. 4 - Putnam Highlands
Audubon Society Annual Dinner.
Taconic Outdoor Education Center,
social hour 5pm, buffet 6pm.
Opening remarks by Sen. Leibell.
Paul, swixblue@verizon.net or
265- 3773.
Sat. Apr. 4 - Little League clean-
up day, 10am, North Highlands
Field.
Sat. Apr. 4 - Glynwood work-
shop w/ Charlie Day: backyard
fruit trees, 10am-3pm, $65 incl.
lunch. Incl. hands on pruning. Reg.
req’d., www.glynwood.org or 265-
3338.
Sat. Apr. 4 - Lecture: “Ameri-
can Indians in the Time of Henry
Hudson, with Laurence M.
Hauptmann, Professor of History,”
SUNY New Paltz. 5pm. $5/pub-
lic, free/members. Putnam County
Historical Society, 265-4010 or
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beginning at 10am, Foodtown.
Sun. Apr. 5 – Eilen Jewell head-
lines the Garrison Yacht Club
Spring Dinner, 5–9 pm at Dutchess
Manor, Rt. 9D, Beacon. $75p/p
includes dinner and beverage.
fleetcaptain@garrisonyachtclub.com
Tue. Apr. 7 - CS Village Board
meeting focusing on the Fourth
of July Community Day celebra-
tion. 7:30, Village Hall
Tue. Apr. 7 - Mt. Gulian Children’s
Spring Tea, 12-2pm. Tea, refresh-
ments and olden-times activity.
$15, must be prepaid. 831-8172,
www.mountgulian.org.
Coming Up:
Thu. Apr. 9 - Cold Spring Area
Chamber of Commerce Board of
Directors meeting, 6pm, Butterfield
Library
Wed. Apr. 15 - Senior Sing-A-
Long, Philipstown Community
Center, 12:30-2pm. Free. Res-
ervations suggested. 424-4618.
Fri. Apr. 17 - “Fulton, Livingston
& the Steamboat” Travis Bow-
man, lecturer. Fulton’s trip up the
Hudson on a steamship in Au-
gust of 1807. 7pm, Beacon Sloop
Club, next to the ferry dock. Free.
www.beaconsloopcub.org, 845-
265-2969.
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Fri. Apr. 17 - Wine Tasting and
Silent Auction Fundraiser for Caitlyn
Bagnato, PV High Schooler w/can-
cer, 7-10pm, Colonial Terrace. $25/
advance, $30/at the door. All pro-
ceeds to help pay medical expenses.
Tickets thru Marco’s Vino, 914-
526-9463.
Sat. Apr. 18 - Manitoga Volun-
teer Landscape Day: The Wood-
land Paths w/ Landscape Designer
Grace Kennedy. 9am-2pm, lunch
served. Route 9D, Garrison.
www.russelwrightcenter.org or
424-3812.
Sat. Apr. 18 - Little League open-
ing day ceremonies, 10am, 9D
fields.
Sat. Apr. 18 - Glynwood work-
shop w/ Dave Llewellyn on Or-
ganic Gardening. $30, reg. req’d.
Participants should expect to walk
about a mile during this work-
shop, some uphill. 265-3338 or
www.glynwood.org.
Sat. Apr. 18 - Spring Garden
School: One Day University for
Homeowners – Emergency Ser-
vices Training Center, Old Route
6 Carmel. 8:30am-4pm. $45.
www.cce.cornell.edu/Putnam or
278-6738.
Sun. Apr. 19 - Concert: Fred
Katzenberg, oboe & Gary Klein,
piano. 4pm, free. Chapel of Our
Lady Restoration, 45 Market St.,
CS, park at Metro-North station.
Sun. Apr. 19 - Mt. Beacon Hike
& Historical Tour - Raises aware-
ness of incline project. 9am, meet
at Gateway to Mt. Beacon Park,
Rt. 9D. 3 hr hike up to old trol-
ley: moderate to difficult. Bring
water/snacks/lunch. 845-297-
0677.
Sun. Apr. 19 - Earth Day riverfront
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Mon. Apr. 20 - Putnam County
Youth Forum. Series of workshops
chosen by teens for teens on top-
ics of their concern. Over 150 youth
from 7 area high schools attend.
Cornell Cooperative Extension
278-6738
Wed. Apr. 22 - Viet Vet Info Day,
sponsored by VA Hudson Valley
Health Care System, 11am-3pm,
2094 Albany Post Road, Montrose,
NY, Bldg 15, Room 16. Advice
offered from on numerous top-
ics of interest.
Thu. Apr. 23 - Philipstown Rec
sponsored event: The Smothers
Brothers at the Paramount Theatre.
Transportation provided from Phil-
ipstown. $20/residents; $35/ non-
residents and/or under 55. Reser-
vations required through Rec: 424-
4618.
Thu. Apr. 23 - Healthy Garden -
Healthy Children - Healthy Planet.
Mahopac Public Library. 7-
8:15pm. Free, Presented by Cornell
Cooperative Extension 628-2009.
How to use organic and least-toxic
methods to have a healthy, eco-
logically sensitive garden your
children can enjoy.
Thu. Apr. 23 - Cold Spring Area
Chamber of Commerce Monthly
Mixer. Details tba.
www.coldspringchamber.com
Thu. Apr. 23 - Bingo is Back at
our Lady of Loretto Parish. Doors
open 6pm, first game begins 7:15.
$1,500 in total cash prizes.
Concessions available.
Fri. Apr. 24 - Philipstown Garden
Club Workshop sponsored by Cornell
Coop Extension. Putnam County
Emergency Training Ctr., Don Smith
Campus, 112 Old Route 6, Carmel.
www.cce.cornell.edu/ Putnam or 845-
278-6738.
Showroom
On Premises
Sat. Apr. 25 - Garrison Volunteer
Fire Co Auxiliary’s Bus Trip to
Mohegan Sun. Depart 7:30am, ret.
7:30pm. $40p/p. Res. & payment
must be received by 4/8. 424-4406,
ext. 5.
Sat. Apr. 25 - Spring Fling hosted
by Meadow Creek Farm and the
Horse Sense 4-H Club, Tilly Fos-
ter Farm, Brewster. 11am - 4pm.
Open to the Public. Draft horses,
pony rides, demos, fire safety. 661-
6108.
Sat. Apr. 25 - Sustainable Land-
scaping workshop. Emergency
Services Training Center, Old
Route 6 Carmel. 9am-12 noon.
$25. Make your property more
beautiful with low-maintenance,
earth-friendly methods. Cornell
Cooperative Extension 278-6738.
Sun. Apr. 26 - Benefit concert
for Graymoor Sisters featuring Irish
tenor Anthony Kearns with pianist
and composer Patrick Healy. 2pm,
Paramount Center, Brown St.,
Peekskill. $25, tickets on sale at
The Sisters’ Gift Shop, Graymoor
or call 845-230-8228.
Sun. Apr. 26 - Magnanini Farm
Winery Gnocchi Party, six-course
dinner family style. Entertainment
for listening and dancing pleasure.
“Philipstown Seniors,” members
$51, non-members $56. Reserva-
tion deadline March 26. Eileen,
265- 5098.
Sun. Apr. 26 - Autism Walk &
Expo of the Hudson Valley, 9am-
2pm, rain or shine, Dutchess County
Fairgrounds, 845-226-7525 or
www.autismwalkhv.org.
Wed. Apr. 29 - Hudson Valley
Food & Wine Experience, ben-
efiting Putnam/NW Women’s
Resource Ctr, 6-9pm, Villa Barone
Manor, Mahopac. Artisan food
& wine, auction, raffle, $75.
(845)628-9284 or contact:
jschweigler@pnwwrc.org.
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Thu. Apr. 30 - Hotsy Totsy Fol-
lies, Philipstown Community Cen-
ter,1-2:30pm. Free. Reservations
suggested. 424-4618.
Fri. May 1 - Songs for Autism
benefit concert. Performances by
Caravan of Thieves, Marc Von Em,
David Kraii, Stacy Labriola, more.
Towne Crier Café, 130 Rt. 22,
Pawling. $25/advance, $35/at
event. Doors open 5pm, show at
7:30pm. www.PutnamARC.org,
845-278-PARC, x287.
Fri. May 1 - GUFS 8th grade play:
Twelfth Night, 7pm, Garrison
School gym.
Sat. May 2 - Manitoga Camp Open
Day, 2-4pm meet camp staff, ex-
plore site and learn about program;
also Philipstown Day at Manitoga,
Route 9D, Garrison. Discount tour
rate of $8 for residents. Tours at
11am and 1:30pm, limited space,
res. required.
www.russelwrightcenter.org.
Sat. May 2 - 4-H Puppeteers Players
performance. Butterfield Library.
11am. Free. Young children and
families invited to meet the pup-
pets after the show. Cornell Co-
operative Extension, 278-6738
Sat. May 2 - Capuchin Youth &
Family Ministries Awards & Schol-
arship Dinner Dance. 6-11pm,
Crystal Bay on the Hudson,
Peekskill. Res. deadline Apr. 21.
www.cyfm.org or 424-3609.
Sun. May 3 - Constitution Marsh’s
Annual Spring Fundraiser, 4-7pm,
265-2601.
Tue. May 5 - Hudson Valley Hos-
pital Center’s 32nd Annual Golf
Tournament, Hudson National Golf
Club, Croton. 18 holes of golf, lunch,
cocktail party, dinner, raffle, live
auction. 914-734-3862 or
lsandick@hvhc.org.
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Wed. May 6 - Shop Putnam Busi-
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Villa Barone, 466 Rt. 6, Mahopac.
Breakfast, 8-10am, Rotary Club
luncheon, 12-1:30pm.
www.shopputnamexpo.com, 845-
628-5553.
Fri. May 8 - Philipstown Commu-
nity Blood Drive at Garrison Fire
House Rte 9, 2:30-8pm. Co-spon-
sored by local Girl Scout troop 2504
and Jaymark Jewelers.
Fri. May 8 - “Eeels, Aliens and
Shipwrecks: Updates in river
Science” with Chris Bower. 7pm,
free. Beacon Sloop Club, next to
the ferry dock.
www.beaconsloopcub.org, 845-
265-2969.
Sat. May 9 - Highland Garden
Club’s Annual Plant Sale, details
tba.
Sun. May 10 - Mothers Day High
Tea Luncheon, Horton House
Family Center, 1540 Rt. 376,
Wappingers. High Tea luncheon,
homestead tour and serenade by
tenor John Vergil. 12 noon and
4pm seatings, $35.
www.HortonHouseFamilyCenter.com,
845-463-3088.
Sun. May 10 – Sunset Series:
Readings at Chapel of Our Lady
Restoration. Poet Jeffrey
McDaniel. 4pm. Free, wine &
cheese reception follows. Free,
park at Metro-North station.
Tue. May 12 - Mohegan Sun &
Cornerstone Production “Seaside
Rendezvous” Live entertainment,
with good old-fashioned fun. Snack
pack box lunch for the trip home.
“Philipstown Seniors,” members/
$30, non-members/$35. Reserva-
tion deadline April 10. Eileen, 265-
5098.
Wed. May 13 - Leukemia and
Lymphoma Society’s Team in
Training information meeting,
6pm, Courtyard Marriott, 2641
South Rd., Poughkeepsie. Raise
money while training for long
distance running.
www.teamintraining.org.
Thu. May 14 - Cold Spring Area
Chamber of Commerce Board of
Directors meeting, 6pm, Butterfield
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by Apr. 25. Rain or shine. $10/
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Sat. May 16 - Kids’ Day at Putnam
Hospital Center. 12 noon-4pm.
Hands-on demonstrations, health
and safety exhibits, kids’ crafts
and games, vendors, penny so-
cial. Free. 845-279-5711, ext. 2453.
Sat. May 16 - Master Gardener
Plant Sale, Tilly Foster Farm, Route
312, Brewster, 8:30am – 12:30pm.
Cornell Cooperative Extension,
278-6738 or www.cce.cornell.edu/
putnam.
Sun. May 17 - Mountain Laurel
Outdoor Rec Fest, 9am-3pm,
Taconic Outdoor Education Center,
75 Mountain Laurel Lane, Cold
Spring. Learn about birds,
orienteering, kayaks, adventure
challenges. Live wildlife presen-
tation. $2/adults, $1/kids.
Sun. May 17 - Concert: Louigi
Boccia, tenor & Arthur McManus,
piano. 4pm, free. Chapel of Our
Lady Restoration, 45 Market St.,
CS, park at Metro-North station.
Sun. May 17 - Walkabout at Tilly
Foster Farm. Guided historical
tours, 1pm. Reservations rec, space
ltd. 845-279-4474,
www.tillyfosterfarm.org.
Wed. May 20 - Senior Bruncheon,
Philipstown Community Center,
10am-1pm. Free. Philipstown
residents only. Reservations re-
quired. Registration will be taken
beginning April 20. 424-4618.
Thurs. May 21 - Shade Garden-
ing, Mahopac Public Library, 7-
8:15pm, free. Perennials, shrubs
and trees for the shaded wooded
areas of your property. For info
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Man Who Was on Wire Shows up at Depot C o l d S p r i n g S c u l p t o r ’ s Historical Society Holds Annual Meeting
by James O’Barr
Special to the PCN&R
On Friday, March 20, for
the first time in its three-year
history, the Philipstown De-
pot Theatre’s popular docu-
mentary film series was re-
quired by demand for tickets
to add a second screening of
its scheduled film. The film,
Man On Wire, was very highly
regarded by both audiences
and critics alike, and had won
a plethora of awards since its
release in 2008, including the
Sundance Grand Jury Prize,
and the Oscar for best feature
documentary at this year’s
Academy Awards.
But what more likely
sparked the rush for seats, be-
sides the powerfully compel-
ling subject of the film—the
legendary walk of high-wire
artist Philippe Petit between
t h e Wo r l d Tr a d e C e n t e r ’ s
twin towers on the morning
of August 7, 1974—was what
the Depot Docs’ Steve Ives
told the audience was the
“worst kept secret.”
When producer Maureen
Ryan, the official “special
guest” was asked after the
screening about the existence
of so much archival footage
used in the film, she said she
didn’t know for sure, but
there was someone present
who did: Philippe Petit. Mr.
Petit then appeared from the
shadows, and the audience
rose together and applauded
wildly, joyfully.
Though close to 60 years
old, he is instantly recogniz-
able as the redheaded theatri-
cal trickster seen in the film,
the “tightrope dancer” who,
at 24, captivated the world
with his bravura, once-in-a-
lifetime performance. And he
is still captivating, answering
the audience’s questions with
high energy and humor. Mr.
Phillipe Petit walks on a wire between the World Trade
towers, high above Manhattan (Photo by Jean-Louis
Petit has retained a child-like
impishness, which was on
full display with the many
children in the audience, as
he encouraged them to ask
questions. He continued to
answer questions and en-
gage and charm people as
the reception got under way
in the Garrison Art Center,
taking time out to speak to
the audience at the second
showing of the film.
Man On Wire, directed by
James Marsh and based on
Mr. Petit’s 2002 memoir, To
Reach the Clouds, tells the
story of his six-year obses-
sion with defying the seem-
ing impossibility of bringing
heavy bags of tools and equip-
ment, and teams of accom-
plices, past high security at
the newly constructed World
Trade Center, to the tops of
the twin towers, rigging a
450 pound steel cable across
the 140 foot gap between the
two buildings in the darkness
o f n i g h t. O n ce th a t m i n d -
boggling feat was accom-
p l i s h e d , a l l t h a t M r. P e t i t
had to do was step out on the
wire, a quarter mile above
the ground, without a net,
and dance, which he did, to
the awestruck, dumbfounded
delight of the audience below,
and the vicarious pleasure
of people around the world.
At the same time, there
is a strangeness in the fact
that the structures that in-
spired Mr. Petit’s unimagi-
nable, obsessive, life-risking
dream, and his life-changing
accomplishment, have met
their tragic fate, to which
there is no reference in the
film. When asked about this
(a question, he says, that is
commonly asked), Mr. Petit
responded that his book was
written before the towers
were destroyed, and while
he grieved for them, their
“death” is a different story.
Man On Wire is about a glori-
ous, magical moment when
the World Trade Center was
alive in all its cloud-piercing
magnificence, and about a
young man whose passion
and imagination and skill rose
to the challenge it offered,
and in the process, brought
pleasure, inspiration, and
beauty to the world, and no
one was hurt.
Next up for Depot Docs,
filmmaker Al Maysles will
bring his Gimme Shelter
to the Depot for a special
showing to benefit the the-
atre on Saturday, May 30,
at 3pm. For reservations
(recommended), call the
Philipstown Depot Theatre
at 424-3900.
Visit us
on the Web at
www.pcnr.com
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Wo r k S h o w c a s e d Special to the PCN&R “One of our goals is to
expand our base of leader-
The Putnam County Histori- ship,” said Neal Zuckerman,
cal Society (PCHS) will hold incoming PCHS president.
its annual meeting of mem- “Our new members bring great
bers at the Foundry School expertise, commitment and
Museum on Saturday, April energy to the organization.”
4, at 4pm. The principal busi- Zuckerman succeeds Leslie
ness is the presentation of Jacobson, who is leaving the
trustees and officers for the board having reached her
coming year. Members will two-term limit.
be presented with a slate that At the meeting, Zucker-
includes eight new trustees, man will discuss the future
bringing total board mem- plans of PCHS in the cur-
bership to 21. PCHS is also rent challenging economic I n c o m i n g p re s i d e n t N e a l
recognizing the long service circumstances. “Like every Zuckerman
of four individuals by electing other community-based or- e ff i c i e n t m a n a g e m e n t a n d
them the first-ever honorary ganization, we’re operating developing multiple, sustain-
trustees. in tough times, which puts able sources of funding to
The new trustees are Donna a premium on strengthen- secure our future.”
Cotennec, William Hicks, Jo- ing our financial footing. Zuckerman emphasized that
seph Meisel, Heather Quigley, Several committees of the PCHS will maintain a full
Doris Shaw, Gordon Stewart, board – development, events, schedule of programming
Elliott Sumers, and James and finance and budget – are and educational activities
Yo u n g . C h a r l o t t e E a t o n , hard at work on that. We’re consistent with its mission
Minette Gunther, Elizabeth grateful for the continued sup- of collecting, preserving, and
Healy, and Lillian McGuiness port of the town, the county, presenting historical and cul-
are being named honorary and our members, but we tural materials pertaining to
trustees. also recognize the need for Putnam County.
Alex Uribe, a Cold Spring
artist, was invited by the
American Museum of Natu-
ral History to exhibit his
corrugated cardboard sculp-
tures in the Planetarium for
their annual museum dance,
a fundraiser that attracts some
of New York’s young phi-
lanthropists. The evening
promoted a “Green theme”
in the interest of promot -
ing sustainable practices.
All proceeds from the eve-
ning support the Museum’s
scientific and educational
programming. In the picture
above, Alex Uribe hangs his
work Infinity Noir in the
Planetarium.

Philipstown Man Charged
with Criminal Trespass and
Criminal Contempt
Sheriff Donald B. Smith re-
ports the arrest of a Town of
Philipstown man on charges of
Criminal Trespass and Crimi-
nal Contempt after the man
violated an order of protection
held against him by a Putnam
Valley woman by unlawfully
entering her residence.
On March 24, 2009, at
4:53pm, Deputy Sheriff Timo-
thy Keith was dispatched to a
report of a violation of an or-
der of protection at 9 Oriole
Street, Putnam Valley. The com-
plainant at that location reported
that her ex-boyfriend, identi-
fied as Brian Hakoun, 25, of
421 Sprout Brook Road, Gar-
rison, had entered her residence
in violation of an order of pro-
tection the woman holds against
Mr. Hakoun.
On March 25, 2009, at 3pm,
Mr. Hakoun surrendered to
Deputy Keith at the Putnam
County Sheriffs’ Department,
3 County Center, Carmel.
Deputy Keith arrested Mr.
Hakoun and charged him with
Criminal Contempt in the Sec-
ond Degree and with Criminal
Trespass in the Second Degree,
misdemeanors. The defendant
was arraigned by Town of
Philipstown Justice Alan
Steiner and committed to the
Putnam County Correctional
Facility in lieu of $1,500 cash
bail pending an April 9, 2009,
appearance in the Town of
Putnam Valley Justice Court to
answer the charges.
If found guilty of the misde-
meanor charges, the defendant
could face up to a year in jail
and a fine of up to $1,000.
Cold Spring Den 2 Cub
Scouts Earn Bear Badge
Congratulations to the Den
2 Cub Scouts who earned their
Bear Badge at the Blue & Gold
Dinner, March 22. The Bears
had a great year going to an
Army football game, participat-
ing in the Thunderbird games
and camp out, rock climbing,
skiing, and ice skating.
This year the Scouts learned
many things, including tying
different rope knots, how to use
T HE P U T N A M C O U N T Y N E W S A N D R ECORDER
and care for hand tools, bicycle
safety and repair, and how to
whittle with a real knife.
The Scouts also participated
in the Scouting for Food drive
and collected blankets for the
Putnam SPCA. To close out the
year, the Scouts look forward
to a trip to Mystic Seaport with
a sleep over on the Joseph
Conrad. Great job Scouts!
“Fulton, Livingston & the
Steamboat” Lecture at Club
Travis M. Bowman, New
York State Preservation histo-
rian, Clermont curator, and
author of Bob’s Folly: Fulton,
Livingston, and the Steamboat
will be giving a free lecture on
Friday, April 17, 2009, at 7pm.
This event will take place at the
Beacon Sloop Club as part of
the Beacon Sloop Club Envi-
ronmental Lecture Series.
Mr. Bowman will present the
fascinating story of Robert
Fulton’s successful trip up the
Hudson River on a steamship
in August of 1807. He will also
be presenting the tale of Rob-
ert Fulton and Robert
Livingston’s creative and en-
trepreneurial relationship in the
development of the steamboat.
Robert Fulton has long been
recognized as the man who
brought the world’s first com-
mercially successful steamboat
to the Hudson River Valley, and
to America.
But there is much more to this
story. The combination of
Fulton’s ability to advance the
design of the steamboat and
Livingston’s stature and shrewd
political skills empowered the
two to revolutionize transpor-
tation in America. This lecture
will be accompanied by a slide
show. Copies of Mr. Bowman’s
book will be available for pur-
chase and signing. The Beacon
Sloop Club is all volunteer and
non-profit. For further informa-
tion on this event please call
845-265-2969, or
www.beaconsloopclub.org
W ednesday,April 1, 2009
Broadway Playwright Stages
Initial Reading of New Work
Noted Broadway playwright,
John Pielmeier (Agnes of God,
The Boys of Winter, Voices in
the Dark, Slight of Hand) has
adapted The Exorcist for the
stage with initial staged read-
ings of the play, produced by
TrueNorth Theatre Project on
April 17, 18, and 19. Pielmeier
will direct, with TrueNorth
actors portraying all roles. There
will be performances on April
17 and 18 at 7:30 at the Beacon
Institute, 199 Main Street in
Beacon and a 3pm performance
on Sunday the 19th at the
Butterfield Library in Cold
Spring. Seating is limited and
is on a first-come basis. A do-
nation is requested.
Said Pielmeier on his under-
taking of William Peter Blatty’s
novel, “In February of 2008 I
Page 7
got this incredible opportunity
to adapt Blatty’s novel to the
stage. I re-read the book - it’s
still quite extraordinary - but
felt that the true horror of the
piece was not to be found in
the gore, but rather in the very
nature of the conundrum: the
demonic possession of an in-
nocent child. The book, for me,
is really a faith-based debate
between love and its adversary.
TrueNorth was founded by
eight professional actors, writ-
ers and designers who want to
bring theatre “where we live”.
The co-founders are Brad
Bellamy, David Birn, Suzanna
Hay, Lynn Hawley, Michael
Heintzman, Kurt Rhoads,
Nance Williamson, and Don
Brown.
Page 8 T HE P UTNAM C OUNTY N EWS A ND R ECORDER
Villagers Thank Mayor for
Service at Budget Meeting
CS BUDGET (Cont’d from front pg.)
the village was discussed with
regard to a line item amount
of $30,000. One resident told
the board that there were two
lights on adjacent poles on
his block, but none for the
next nine poles. He wondered
whether there wasn’t some
standard for uniform distribu-
tion of street lighting, and that
if there is a greater density
on some streets than legally
required, savings could be
achieved in lamps and la-
bor. The board agreed but no
specific plan of action was
identified.
The last item was raised
by Trustee Robertson, who
felt that the budget amount
for insurance was “light.”
Given that the market is in
flux and likely to remain so, it
is hard to know for sure what
amount will be appropriate. In
response to a question from
Gallagher, Robertson replied
that he thought the line item
should be increased by “at
least 5 percent.”
I n other m a t t e r s , M ayor
Phillips read several let-
ters received by the village.
Thomas Valentine has ten-
dered his resignation from
the Grove committee, George
To m p k i n s h a s r e s i g n e d a s
building inspector, and Ran-
som Taggart has resigned as
chair of the Comprehensive
Planning Board.
JOBS (Cont’d from front pg.)
ployment rose by more than 50
percent over the 4.2 percent
recorded in February 2008.
Statistics provided by the
New York State Department
A d d i t i o n a l l y, t h e b o a r d
of Labor reveal last month’s
approved the nomination of
rate of unemployment was
Catherine Square to the Plan-
the highest in any reporting
ning Board. Planning board
period since the 6.9 percent
member Karen Dunn pointed
in the late 1980s. This is
out that the board still remains
still the second lowest rate in
two persons shy of its ideal of
New York State. Westchester
eleven members. The board
County was at 7.5 percent,
also approved the hiring of
Dutchess at 8 percent, and
John LoBasso as a new police
Rockland at 7 percent, accord-
officer for the village.
ing to the February statistics.
Mayor Phillips acknowl-
edged receipt of $500 from
The U.S. Labor Department
reported last week the number
David Cooke on behalf of the
of people continuing to claim
Merchants Association. This
money will help to defray
jobless benefits increased for
the 10th consecutive week.
costs of the public restrooms
County Executive Robert
at the foot of Main Street.
In connection with this, the
Bondi expressed hope that
Mayor mentioned that the
jobs in the fields of hospi-
tality, leisure, and construc-
village had not yet received
tion would pick up. Bondi, a
a like amount promised by
former economics professor,
the Chamber of Commerce.
said some areas were seeing
Tr u s t e e G a l l a g h e r s t a t e d
job growth already. “Edu-
that he would speak with
cational and health services
the Chamber about this. An
have added jobs primarily in
audience member thanked
the fields of social assistance
Mayor Phillips for his many
and health care,” he said.
years of public service. Trust-
Bondi recalled the days
ee Gallagher, who will be
when Putnam led the state
sworn in as mayor on April
with the lowest rate of unem-
6, expressed his gratitude to
ployment. From 1998 to 2002,
Mayor Phillips, too.
Putnam’s rate ranged from
The public portion of the
2.7 percent to 2.9 percent, a
meeting was adjourned at
far cry from what promises
8:30pm as the board entered
to be a record rate this year.
into executive session. The
Unemployment has affected
next meeting of the Village
man y P u tn am r es id en ts in
Board is scheduled for March
varying degrees. Robert, a
31 at 7:30pm in the Village
resident of Carmel, has been
Hall.
out of work for four months
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Local Handicapped People Ask Putnam County for Help
after losing his job on Wall
Street.
DISABLED (Cont’d from front pg.)
“It stinks,” he said. “My ers must be made aware of “People don’t want to Chanel Fariselli of Ma- for the problems our disabled
kids don’t understand why we our needs. The only way to be handicapped,” she said. hopac, who recently became are facing everyday of their
won’t be going on vacation take care of this problem is “Many of us get into these disabled, commended the lives,” he said.
money—money which is used situations through no fault county for recently providing A special highlight of the
this summer. I feel badly for
to beautify facilities and not of our own. Governmental handicapped parking, wide program occurred when Jo-
them. My wife is now working
care for the handicapped.” agencies are both overworked access doors, and a ramp for seph Bravo, executive director
at a local department store
A n o t h e r s p e a k e r, A b b y a n d u n d e r s t a ff e d , y e t t h i s wheelchairs at the Putnam of the Putnam-Westchester
which brings in some cash
B l o o m o f P u t n a m Va l l e y, does not mean that those of us Office Building in Carmel. Independent Living Services
that adds to my unemploy-
blamed the lack of concern for coming to those agencies des- But Fariselli chastised law- Center, presented Joseph Go-
ment benefits,” he said.
the handicapped on “today’s perately seeking help should makers for not providing a mez of Mahopac Falls with a
Another local resident,
bureaucracy in government.” be ignored.” wheelchair on the premises: special award.
M a r c i a f r o m P u t n a m Va l -
“Not everyone who is physi-
ley, who lost her job in the
hospital industry after her cally challenged has a scooter “The only way
or wheelchair at his or her to take care of
Westchester employer was
forced to reduce staff, said
she felt like a “failure.”
disposal.”
Assemblyman Ball told the
this problem is
“I realize my job loss was gathering: “Most families in money--money
not my fault yet when I get New York State are struggling which is used
up in the morning and have in today’s economy. Those
no reason to put on make-up with special needs are not to beautify
and get dressed for work, I only at a huge disadvantage facilities and
find myself in a funk,” she to compete in the economic
downturn but they are also
not care for the
said. “Jobs are tight out there.
I am an unemployed profes- struggling emotionally and handicapped.”
physically like never before.
sional.”
We must make sure money Gomez, who is legally blind
School districts have re-
and services are available to and is suffering from congeni-
minded families needing
care for those who are having tal heart failure, has advocated
assistance in the wake of
a difficult time caring for for the disabled for years and
the higher unemployment to
themselves.” was instrumental in help-
contact administrative offices
Senator Leibell agreed. “We ing to create a transportation
seeking free or reduced-price
must hear from our constitu- network for the disabled that
lunches for their children.
ents and find solutions in both provides bus services seven
Brewster Superintendent
the public and private sector days a week to those in need.
Dr. Jane Sandbank said the
service was “strictly confi-
dential.”
“There is nothing to be
ashamed about,” she said.
www.pcnr.com
“Children enrolled in the pro-
gram are not ostracized and
are never publicly identified.
They go through the lunch line
Lillian Picciano of Cold Spring addresses the forum in
each day as do other boys and
Carmel.
girls paying for their meal.”
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Constitution Marsh Staff Creates Bird
Habitats in Unlikely Places
With the spring bird migra-
tion just beginning, the staff at
Constitution Marsh Audubon
Center and Sanctuary, in part-
nership with New York City
Audubon and the New York
State Office of Parks, Recre-
ation, and Historic Preservation,
have built chimney swift tow-
ers to lay out the welcome mat
for the return of this migratory
songbird whose populations are
now in decline.
The towers have been erected
in three State Parks in New York
City: Clay Pit Ponds State Park
in Staten Island, East River State
Park in Brooklyn, and Roberto
Clemente State Park in the
Bronx, in an effort to provide
nesting places for the chimney
swift and honor the legacy of
Geoffrey Cobb Ryan, a dedi-
cated conservationist who
passed away in 2007.
The towers were paid for by
donations from Geoff’s family
and friends. Geoff was a true
conservationist and devoted an
incredible amount of time and
effort to Audubon. He was a
great advocate for the national,
state, and local Audubon pro-
grams working together on
behalf of birds, other wildlife
and their habitats.
Rich Anderson, Max
Garfinkle and Eric Lind of
Constitution Marsh were inte-
gral in the construction of the
towers, putting in long hours
so they could be completed
before the swifts come back and
begin scouting for nesting sites.
“We were honored to be a part
of this project,” said Marsh
director Eric Lind. “Mr. Ryan
was a gentleman, a conserva-
tion leader and also a friend.”
The chimney swift is a small,
brown, migratory bird that has
been declining in numbers
throughout North America.
Swifts can be seen flying stiff-
winged and bat-like over our
area from April through Sep-
Eric Lind (left) and Rich Anderson are pictured with one of
their chimney swift towers
tember, catching and eating
in favor of new construction.
insects while in flight.
Still others are lined with slip-
Long ago, swifts used hol-
pery metal, rendering them
low trees for nesting and roost-
useless to the birds. Swifts
ing and their populations actu-
spend their winters in South
ally increased as humans built
America as far south as Chile,
brick chimneys, which took the
making their annual migrations
place of trees as large regions
among the longest in the west-
of North America were cleared
ern hemisphere. Currently, they
for farmland. Chimney swifts
are on their northward migra-
took full advantage of these
tion and will return to here in a
artificial structures as replace-
few short weeks. They are of-
ment sites to roost and nest.
ten seen racing around the skies
However, in recent years, many
above Main Street in Cold
masonry chimneys have been
Spring during summer eve-
capped and others torn down
nings.
PVBOE
Meets
The Putnam Valley Board of
Education will conduct a work
session meeting on Thursday,
April 2, 2009, a business meet-
ing on Thursday, April 16, 2009,
and a business meeting on Tues-
day, April 28, 2009.
The Thursday, April 2, 2009,
Work Session and the Tuesday,
April 28, 2009, Business meet-
ings will begin at 7pm in the
Putnam Valley High School
cafeteria.
The Thursday, April 16, 2009,
Business Meeting will be held
in the Putnam Valley Elemen-
tary School old gym. The Board
will meet at 6pm. to tour the
completed new construction at
the Elementary School. The
Business Meeting will begin at
7pm.
T HE P U T N A M C O U N T Y N E W S A N D R ECORDER
Garrison Art Center Opens
High School Exhibitions
Artwork by Kevin Carroll
Garrison Art Center is pleased
to announce the opening of two
must see exhibitions, The
School Invitational Theme
Exhibition, SITE, and the Men-
tor Program Exhibition.
SITE is a collaboration be-
tween Garrison Art Center and
neighboring schools, offering
a unique opportunity for teach-
ers to engage students in a com-
pelling and exciting art project,
while energizing their curricu-
lum. Each year the Art Center
offers an art-related theme for
teachers to use as an inspira-
tion for special projects with
their students. The thematic
subject gives teachers a means
to introduce comprehensive
study about art and academic
subjects that are often taught
separately. The 2009 SITE
theme “Art Squared, the Cub-
ist Legacy and other Mathemati-
cal Stuff” highlights mathemati-
cal sensibilities that a century
of modern artists have explored
through the use of visual refer-
ences to math-based systems,
thus offering both art and math
teachers an opportunity to turn
geometry and fractions into art.
Every year art teachers in five
surrounding counties are invited
to participate in the SITE pro-
gram and the response is a
wonderful collaboration and
array of ideas and skills. These
lively and ingenious displays
are a favorite because there is
so much diversity and quirky
Memory Loss is Focus of
Alzheimer’s Caregivers
Program
The Alzheimer’s Association,
Putnam Hospital Center and the
Putnam County Office for the
Aging Caregivers Task Force
have joined together to offer a
free program on Alzheimer’s
disease and memory loss for
caregivers, friends and family
of people with memory loss. It
will be held on Saturday, April
25, from 8:30am to 1:30pm, at
The William Koehler Senior
Center on Route 6 in Mahopac.
interpretation of the theme.
Everyone is encouraged to come
enjoy the art and support the
efforts of the students and their
teachers as well as the schools
and parents.
The Mentor Program is a
unique opportunity for students
to work closely with profes-
sional artists from the commu-
nity on a focused project of their
choice. The artists volunteer to
work with students in many
different disciplines, from
painting to industrial design.
They develop a specific work
plan over a span of three months
and the fruit of their efforts go
on display at the Art Center.
The resulting art work is very
thoughtful and rich in content
as each student and mentor
exchange is different.
These exhibitions are a must
see for the entire community
as the young and creative tal-
ents of young artists through-
out the region are highlighted
and celebrated. Please come and
see the shows and support the
efforts of the participants.
The High School SITE and
Mentor Exhibitions will open
on April 4 with a reception for
the students from 3–5pm. The
work will remain on view
through April 12, 2009.
For all Art Center informa-
tion
www.garrisonartcneter.org or
visit
call 424-3960.
The program will feature a
keynote presentation on
memory loss by behavioral
neurologist Alan Jacobs, MD;
discussion groups on mini-
mental exams and exploring
how it feels to have memory
loss; and support group ses-
sions. Brunch will be provided.
Registration for the free pro-
gram is required by Friday, April
17, calling the Alzheimer’s
Association at 845-278-0343.
W ednesday,April 1, 2009 Page 9
Haldane’s “Immersion” a Great Success
This past Friday, students
studying Spanish or French at
Haldane High School took an
overnight field trip to the
Taconic Outdoor Education
Center. This annual event,
called “Immersion,” brings stu-
dents together to experience
different cultures.
The opening presentation was
a special one. It was the pri-
vate screening of a new docu-
mentary entitled The Linguists.
The film is about the world trav-
els of two scientists as they
document dying languages. The
students were also fortunate
enough to have the opportunity
to speak with the co-director,
Seth Kramer. According to the and her experiences with the tation described how and why
film, there are 7,000 known
people there. She spoke about French Canadians migrated to
languages around the world and the living conditions and pov- Southwest Louisiana. The evo-
one language disappears every erty that are common in the lution of Acadian life and cul-
two weeks. This means that by Dominican Republic. The pre- ture was discussed. Haldane
the end of the century, half of senters gave the audience a students then learned a few
these languages will have been strong insight into life in the Cajun dance steps and the mu-
lost. Although originally sched- country from two different per- sic began. The most prominent
uled to be in Pakistan, Seth spectives. It was interesting Acadian instrument is the fiddle,
Kramer of Ironbound Films, that Ms. Cordero gave her pre- but there is accordion influence
which is based in Garrison, was sentation in English while Ms. as well. Students were selected
happy to be able to visit with Windels gave hers in Span- to keep time on the triangle and
students. This film and the ish. scratchboard, two percussion
Haldane Foreign Language Students of French were instruments.
Immersion Program are impor- greeted by a gallery of Afri- Later, the students experi-
tant to the students in helping can paintings and artifacts. enced more unique and extraor-
them understand the need for Sarah Cagianese, recent gradu- dinary music, this time Peru-
cultural diversity and the effects ate of Boston University in the vian “Chicha” performed by the
of losing these cultures and their field of International Relations amazing “El Super Grupo de
languages.
and French and African Stud- Nueva York,” which included
Ms. Griselle Cordero, a
ies, asked each student to several members of Haldane
graduate of Haldane and a na- choose a favorite piece of art. Spanish teacher Ms. Ortiz’ fam-
tive of the Dominican Repub-
She began her discussion on ily.
lic, presented a slideshow of the
surrealism, colonialism, and As is traditional, students
island, which included photos
negritude in French, and re- enjoyed wonderful authentic
of the beautiful beaches and life
cited a poem by Robert cuisine from around the world
on the streets, incorporating her
Desnos. The students listened prepared by Mr. Mike Gasparri
own thoughts about the scenes
carefully as she described her and his staff at T.O.E.C.
shown. She also shared photos
personal experiences in A very special thanks goes
of her family and gave a strong
Niamey, Niger, and her trav- out to the Haldane School Foun-
description of the country’s
els through Benin, Togo, and dation and the Haldane Board
sensations. She spoke about the
Accra, Ghana. Questions and of Education for providing the
culture and development of her
answers concluded this dy- funding for this event. It was
language. Ms. Jennifer Windels,
namic presentation. organized by Philip D’Amato,
an elementary school teacher
The first musical presen- Kathryn Robb, Eva Cagianese,
at Haldane, also presented a
tation at the event was by a and Giannina Ortiz, all language
slideshow about the Domini-
Cajun duo called “Cleoma’s teachers at Haldane Central
can Republic. She discussed her
Ghost.” A slideshow presen- School.
missionary work on the island
Page 10 T HE P UTNAM C OUNTY N EWS A ND R ECORDER
MAYOR (Cont’d from front pg.)
infrastructure that exists today
had not been built.
“The village office was just
one little room,” Phillips said.
“Everybody had the docu-
ments at their house. That’s
why a lot of our history, a lot
of our pictures, they’re gone,
because no one ever operated
out of here.”
“Through the ‘90s, I was
busy, and I loved every minute
of it,” Phillips said. “It was
construction. It was some-
thing that I was knowledge-
able about.”
Mayor’s Park, where Cold
Spring meets the Hudson, is
one of the legacies of the
Phillips era. And it is a legacy
in the truest sense: Phillips
helped build it with his own
hands.
“As a matter of fact, we
built the pavilion and they
put a plaque on it for me,
which burned me like you
wouldn’t believe,” Phillips
said. “That’s because I don’t
need none of that.”
Tony Phillips has spent most
of his life in Cold Spring. After
graduating from Haldane, he
spent three semesters at the
College of William and Mary
before realizing that college
“wasn’t the best thing” for
him. He had always wanted to
be a Marine, and encouraged
by local figure Albert Ireland,
after whom a portion of Route
301 is now named, he joined
the Corps at Parris Island in
August 1959. During his four
years of service, he spent time
The “hands-on Mayor” gives Village Hall some T.L.C.
on the west coast; in Okinawa,
Japan; and in Key West during
the Cuban missile crisis.
Returning to Cold Spring
in 1963, after having mar-
ried Debbie in 1961, Phillips
joined the carpenters union in
Peekskill and went into the
construction business. During
that time, he was involved in
many community organiza-
tions, ranging from the Knights
of Columbus to the Cold Spring
Fire Department and the Gar-
rison Fish and Game Club. He
brought Pop Warner football
to the village, and served as
a coach for 15 years.
Over the years, some have
criticized Phillips for his lead-
ership style--and his aversion
to public meetings. He would
rather solve problems over a
beer than try to talk about them
in a sterile public meeting.
“I approached things with
a different method,” he said,
noting that his political op-
ponents in recent years, who
have been pushing for “open
government,” have suggested
that Phillips always meets
behind closed doors.
“My philosophy was before
you made the public aware of
what’s going on, you had to
get a feel of what you were
doing with the individual or
the group beforehand,” he
said. “There was never any
deals made or anything. It
was always open to the public,
but, my philosophy was if I
wanted to talk to the county
executive I would go over to
Carmel to talk to him. … We
would go one on one. You can’t
do it any other way if you’re
going to accomplish things.”
Phillips recalled how, when
Governor Pataki was a state
senator, he brought state re-
sources to Cold Spring. “He
spent a lot of money in our vil-
lage, but you [accomplished]
this by having conversations
with him,” Phillips said. “You
met him up at the meeting
house and had a beer with
him. It was something that you
had to be socially involved in
before the community knew
what was going on, before
they got their say.”
But then, according to Phil-
lips, the “new regime came
in” and soon his calendar
was populated with meetings,
workshops, and panels. Pre-
viously, the village had one
workshop a month; today, there
is one every Tuesday night.
“Well, you look at the chairs!
There’s nobody here,” Phillips
said. “It’s fluff.”
Do these meetings accom-
plish anything?
“Not at all,” Phillips said.
“The comprehensive plan
meets and meets and meets.
God love them, they’re hard
workers, but they lose people
because it’s just too much
time, and people have other
parts of their life.”
For the mayor, family has
been the central “other part”
of his life.
When Phillips’s grand-
mother came to the States
Only a sling prevented Mayor Phillips from shaking hands
with former Governor George Pataki.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
from Italy, she discarded the
family’s Italian name. Phillips
was born on Church Street,
before moving to New Street,
where his son Greg currently
lives. His son Jeff lives in the
village as well, while oldest
son Tony lives in Chicago.
All five of his grandchildren
live in Cold Spring.
“I bring them to school ev-
ery day, from the baby who’s
in kindergarten to my oldest
grandson who’s in the eighth
grade,” Phillips said. “I am
pretty happy about things,
and I will make sure that this
village doesn’t change too
drastically because I plan on
keeping these guys here.”
Soon after Phillips became
mayor, which is technically a
part-time job, he began to see
the position as something he
could do indefinitely.
“Up until a couple weeks
ago, I never really thought that
I could do anything else,” he
said in an interview with the
PCN&R last Saturday. Phillips
credited the village employees
as the reason why he enjoyed
his job. “It was a challenge
every day, but it was a plea-
sure every day, because the
employees, they’re terrific.
You can’t ask for a better
group of people to work for.
If you look at the amount of
people that run this village-
-and it’s the employees, not
the mayor or the trustees--they
get a tremendous amount of
things done.” And he warned
his successor: “I am hoping
that the administration that is
coming in understands what
they have here and takes care
of them. … They don’t know
what to expect.”
“For 16 years, they saw my
ugly face every morning at
6:30 down at the highway
garage,” he kidded.
Last week, Phillips held
court on the Main Street side-
walk for one of the last times
as mayor. He believes such
sidewalk conversations are
essential to the job and life in
Cold Spring. He urged resi-
dents to remember their roots
and the simple pleasures of
living in a small village.
“We have hikers by the doz-
ens coming off the train to go
to Breakneck,” he said. “We
have people coming in utiliz-
ing our waterfront. A lot of the
residents feel that going down
to the waterfront, unless it’s
early in the morning, is just a
waste of time, because it’s so
packed. We have a beautiful
setting here, it’s one of the
most beautiful in the Hudson
Valley, and there are a lot of
people using it. My concern
is how do you regulate it?”
Mayor Phillips fondly re-
called many of Cold Spring’s
characters, the memories of
whom are fading away. Speak-
ing about residents of Cold
Spring, Phillips is able to say
exactly where everyone lives.
“We had a guy here, he
worked for Mrs. Patterson
over there, Monroe was his
name,” Phillips said. “He rode
A newcomer celebrates the 150th annviersary of Cold Spring
a goat down Main Street one as mayor, except that “I won’t if I don’t like what’s going
Sunday, went down to Gus’s have the mayor in front of my on, they’re going to hear about
Antique Bar, tied the goat name. But I will watch this it. That’s my philosophy and
outside to the tree, went inside village. I will make sure that I’m not going to change it.”
and had a couple of beers. In
those days, you could do stuff
like that.”
But, today, “people fail to
see the humor in it, you know.
We’re a little more sophisti-
cated here now. You tell sto-
ries with some of these new,
younger people, and they’re
kind of incredulous.”
Refusing to join the AARP
or belong to any seniors club,
Phillips expects to continue
keeping an eye on the village.
“You have to take care of
your neighbors here,” he said.
“Hopefully, I am never going
to have to have anybody watch
over me, but “I am looking
forward to having people come
up on a porch when I am sitting Mayor Phillips telling it the way it is.
there having a glass of wine
and just having a conversation.
And I’m hoping that’s going
to continue.”
Refusing to rule out a pos-
sible mayoral bid in two years,
Phillips stressed that he will
still be keeping his eye on
the village.
“What concerns me after
this election is that there’s
three new trustees and a new
mayor,” he said. “That’s scary
stuff because there’s a lot of
stuff going on in this village
that needs attention almost
immediately.”
Because of this, he said he Mayor Phillips serves burgers at the Senior Picnic.
will continue doing much of
what he did in his daily routine
The generations of the Phillips family welcome a new
grandchild.

Fifty Acres Burn at Castle Rock
Park police suspect a discarded cigarette caused the blaze
by Joe Lindsley
Around 4:30pm on Tues-
day, March 24, a brush fire
began spreading in the Castle
Rock Unique Area in Hud-
son Highlands State Park. As
the plumes of smoke spread
through the mountainside
forest and inched toward
the Osborn castle, motorists
pulled into the driveways of
the Garrison Institute and
the Highlands Country Club
to snap photos of the event.
Firefighters from vari-
ous companies drove SUVs
down Wing and Wing Road
and through the fields off of
Route 9D to the burning for-
est. As the winds picked up,
they raced to contain the fire
before nightfall. By the time
the fire was defeated around
noon on Wednesday, 50 acres
lay burnt. According to the
New York State Park Police,
a discarded cigarette caused
the fire.
By early evening, the smoke
was billowing over the Old
Fire department trustee Curt Heintz with Chris Simone are
maneuvering Garrison’s 8 Wheel ATV through a firebreak
to bring equipment and supplies to crews fighting the Brush
Fire near Osborn Castle.
Stone Road, a dirt track that
leads to the dramatic hilltop
perch of the Osborn Castle. As
water sprayed by firefighters
flowed down the road, the dirt
turned to a stream of mud.
In the dusk hours, firefight-
ers, armed with leafblowers,
waterpacks, and all-terrain
vehicles set up a perimeter
of 34 acres and, later, of 50
acres, to contain the confla-
gration. The bridle path of the
old Osborne estate, as well as
several ponds, were critical
in establishing a ring around
the fire. At 9pm, officials,
not wanting any firefighters
to get lost in the darkness,
suspended the fight for the
night.
Jamie Copeland, president
of the Garrison Fire Company,
noted that the expensive Argo
all-terrain vehicles were es-
sential to controlling the fire.
“The all-terrain vehicles
were the only vehicles that
could actually get to the fire,”
he said. “It was impossible to
get any of the larger vehicles
T HE P UTNAM C OUNTY N EWS A ND R ECORDER
Firefighters approach the fire from the fields off of Route 9D.
with heavier water-carrying could add to the confusion
capacities. This had to be done while trying to find and fight
with backpacks and smaller wildfires.
tools, rakes, shovels.” “The problem we always
The conditions were ripe for h a v e , p e o p l e b u r n l e a v e s
a fire. A hemlock blight had without a permit, there’s no
killed many trees--some still way for us to know if the
standing, some fallen. This smoke is a fire that’s active,
deadfall was perfect fodder that it’s not a planned fire,”
“The all-terrain Copeland said. “We’ve had
problems with residents who
vehicles were the don’t report their burns and
only vehicles that it’sTheconfusing.” open space in Putnam
could actually
County is particularly sus-
get to the fire,” ceptible to forest fires. The
he said. “It was lbeen and, Copeland said, “has
preserved but it’s not
impossible to managed, so a lot of deadfall
get any of the is never cleared.”
larger vehicles
with heavier
A number of agencies and
companies participated in the
effort to stop the blaze, includ-
water carrying ing the Park Police, the Park
Forest Rangers, DEC Forest
capacities.” Rangers, and volunteer fire
departments from Garrison,
for ignition, thanks to a lack Cold Spring, Continental Vil-
of rain, high winds, and, per- lage, North Highlands, and
haps, a discarded cigarette. Mahopac Falls. The Garrison
Copeland also warned citi- Volunteer Ambulance Corps
zens against burning leaves and the New York State Po-
without a permit. Even while lice aviation unit also joined
Castle Rock burned last week, the fight.
there were several controlled
burnings along Route 9D. If
the fire department is not
aware of such fires, they
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federal stimulus monies to
offset increased costs were
left unspoken as a possible
white knight.
A small audience was pres-
ent to hear this discussion
as well as presentation of
the proposed 2009-10 school
budget. Various pieces of the
budget, such as health insur-
ance, benefits, and sports
have been presented at earlier
workshop meetings, but this is
the first time a summary of the
entire budget was made. After
brief introductory remarks
by Superintendent Space, he
turned the floor over to As-
sistant Superintendents Paul
Lee and Dr. Barbara Fuchs.
The proposed budget of
$43,478,963 represents an
increase of 1.8 percent over
the previous budget. As might
be expected, the bulk of the
budget, 54 percent, is directed
toward instruction. Within
each budget area, contractual
obligations and inflation have
increased costs, while fuel
costs and teacher attrition
have served as somewhat of
a counterweight to minimize
the impact of cost increases.
Searching for other ways
to reduce costs, the board
discussed the school tax col-
lection, currently made by
t h e d i s t r i c t . Ti n a M a c k a y
suggested that if the town and
school district could come to
a “cooperative agreement”
on tax collection, then both
constituencies would see
cost savings. Superintendent
Tax Revenue Increases
TAX (Cont’d from front pg.)
to “reconsider their shopping
destinations.”
Bondi said unless more
commercial enterprises locate
within the county, “residents
will go back to their long-term
spending habits of traveling to
the Danbury Mall or shopping
along Route 9 in Dutchess
County or the malls in White
Plains or Jefferson Valley in
Westchester.”
Bondi called for regional
shopping: “We need facilities
Space concurred saying, “We
should bring this up the next
time we meet with the town.”
During the public comment
portion of the meeting, el-
ementary school teacher and
former school board mem-
ber Barbara Parmly asked
whether the district’s fund
balance contribution might
be reduced if state aid is
restored. Dr. Space said that
“there is flexibility, but we
need to await word from the
state.”
PTA co-president Janette
Ye t t e r c o m m e n t e d o n t h e
seeming lack of reductions
to sports programs. The super-
intendent responded that re-
ductions to sports programs,
comprising reduced numbers
of games and their attendant
costs, had been discussed at
the previous budget work-
shop and were included in
the budget.
PTA co-president Amanita
Duga-Carroll suggested to
the board that, in the event
that teacher cuts have to be
made, that it be accomplished
in a manner to provide “op-
timal staffing for as long as
possible.”
Additional discussion of
the proposed budget will be
held at the next several board
meetings. The budget vote
will be held on May 19 in
the high school from 6am
to 9pm. The next Board of
Education work session will
be held on April 2 at 7pm.
off the interstate highway
system so that our families
don’t have long distances to
travel and not have to spend
hours on the road.”
L a s t y e a r, P u t n a m c o l -
lected $51 million in sales
tax receipts--a dramatic $5.1
million more than was col-
lected in 2007.
The county has projected
a collection of $51.6 million
in sales tax receipts by the
end of 2009.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
GUFS (Cont’d from front pg.)
one percent.”
“ We a r e a n t i c i p a t i n g
$40,000” Huetter said,
“where in past years we have
seen two or more times that
amount.” State aid continues
but has been reduced by over
$100,000. Garrison taxpayers
provide 87 percent of school
district revenues. State aid
makes up 10 percent, with
the balance from interest,
miscellaneous revenue, and
debt service fund balance.
The two 900-pound go-
rillas in the room remain
the ongoing teacher contract
talks (see related article in
this issue) and the American
Recovery and Reinvestment
Act. While the district is
anticipating receipt of fed-
eral stimulus money, Super-
intendent Colucci said that
“We have no clear direction”
and don’t know “how much
money, when it will become
available, and how it may be
used.” Changes in state aid
projections await comple -
tion of the state budget and
projected assessment rolls are
New Indentification Needed
to Cross U.S. Border
Special to the PCN&R
Summer is right around
the corner and before we
know it, it will be here. Many
New Yorkers have already
begun making their summer
plans to travel outside the
United States. Assembly-
woman Sandy Galef, 90th
District, announced that start-
ing June 1, 2009, due to a
change in the federal law,
most United States citizens
will be required to present
a valid passport or other ap-
proved document to enter the
United States at all land and
sea border crossings between
the United States, Canada,
Mexico, Bermuda, and the
Caribbean.
“It takes at least two
weeks to get the new en-
hanced license or enhanced
non driver-photo ID to cross
the U.S. border. Therefore,
it is important to start the
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unknown at this time. “The
assessor’s best guess is that
the rate will stay flat,” Colucci
said. Other unknown factors
are equalization rates, which
will not be available until
summer; interest earnings;
and a final determination of
special education placements.
The budget presentation
ended with a summary of how
the 2009-10 budget would
impact the tax levy. Without
federal stimulus monies, the
board foresees a projected tax
rate increase of 1.52 percent.
If, as the members fervently
hope, stimulus monies be-
come available, the projected
tax rate increase would be
0.14 percent.
The next step in the budget
process is adoption of the
proposed budget by the board
on April 15. On May 15 the
budget will be made available
and a public hearing will be
held. The budget vote, along
with election of three board
members, will take place on
May 19.
application process now in
order to make sure the en-
hanced card arrives in time
to proceed with your travel
plans,” Galef said. Anyone
planning on traveling to these
destinations, either by land
or sea, will be required to
have a passport, enhanced
driver license (EDL), or an
enhanced non-driver photo ID
card (ENDID) as an accept-
able form of identification to
enter the United States. You
can obtain the new license
at any New York State De-
partment of Motor Vehicles
office. The fee for obtaining
the enhanced card is $30, in
addition to any other fees
which may be required for
your driver license or non-
driver photo identification
card transaction.For more
information, visit www.ny-
dmv.state.ny.us/edl-main.htm
or you can call NYS EDL
Helpline at 518-474-9981.
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Opening Day for Putnam Valley

Calling All Coaches: Contributions Key to Coverage
Put Valley needs full-time replacement in athletic department
This spring has some serious a quick note every Thursday
promise to it for the student night (Friday is deadline).
athletes at both Haldane and At the very least, send me a
Putnam Valley High Schools, detailed roster; name, grade,
and before it hits full throttle and position.
I’m going to take five minutes I can’t be everywhere in a
week, so I’ll be relying on
coaches’ input to advance
D i r e c t R ay s the movement. Haldane is the
favorite to repeat as Section
by Ray Gallagher 1 softball champions, and
the folks from Nelsonville
to Garrison and all points in
of your time to ask for the help between will want to know not
of local coaches. To make sure just how many batters Chucker
these hard-working athletes Chelsea Lisikatos struck out
are recognized for their ef- in her first no-hitter of the
forts, this PCN&R scribe is year. They’ll want to know
asking for full cooperation if she had her best stuff and
from area coaches, who can who supported the cause…
turn a very special season was it Laura Campbell set-
into a most memorable one ting the table or Jade Lyons?
with scrap book clippings to The Blue Devils are coming
last a lifetime. off a tough baseball season,
All it takes is five minutes but should they turn the cor-
in front of a computer, five ner, folks will want to know
minutes of recognition for who’s getting the job done.
the oft-neglected athletes Senior Dillon Chesnut may
of western Putnam County. drop five goals in a game
That’s all we ask, coaches. for the Put Valley lax team,
Tell a quick story about the but who were the long poles
week, recap the results, or setting down opposing dodg-
just spread the word about the ers with reckless abandon? Is
exploits of the athletes you this new PV goalie, Brendan
mentor. But it can’t be done McCrudden, the real deal? Is
without the assistance of the he in the same class as Corey
coaches, who can send any Ender or A.J. Babnik was?
and all program-related in- We won’t know that from a
formation to yourdirectrays@ blurb in the daily paper. Five
aol.com. If you don’t like minutes -- that’s all it takes.
email, have an assistant drop Now, if you haven’t already
guessed from the headline and
whatnot, the Putnam Valley
Central School District is
seeking a replacement for
second-year Athletic Director
Brian Hogaboom, an admi-
rable man who apparently
didn’t fit the bill, thus his
pending release before tenure
t h i s J u n e . T h a n k f u l l y, t h e
district has decided to adver-
tise for a full-time athletic
director to replace him. In a
recent exchange with Dr. Marc
Space, the PVCSD superinten-
dent admitted the district had
done so but stopped short of
guaranteeing that the position
would definitely be secured by
a full-time replacement; only
that the district had advertised
for one that would pay in the
$80-$85,000 range.
That’s good news, because,
like the rest of the Valley,
I await the outcome with
bated breath. I work hand-
in-hand with these athletic
directors on many levels in
my professional life, and I
can assure you that it is rare
indeed when the part-timers
work out. Sure, you can plug
in some geography teacher
with a varsity-letter back-
ground, and he might put up
a good fight for a couple of
years. In actuality, though,
the students in the classroom
are getting half a geography
teacher, while the coaches,
Baseball parade welcomes spring season
On Saturday, March lice escort for the an-
28, scores of Putnam nual parade to kick-off
Va l l e y A s s o c i a t i o n the baseball season.
players and their Children enjoyed food
coaches marched and games at the park
from Putnam Valley during the afternoon.
Elementary School to
Town Park with a po-
athletes, and student body
are getting half an A.D. It
might work at the modified
club level or middle school,
but not in competitive varsity
prep sports where parents see
the world through agenda-
driven eyes and coaches are
in it to win it.
With half an A.D., the coach-
es are often shortchanged on
the necessary guidance from
above, the modified program
goes the way of the dinosaur,
the overall P.E. program tends
to slip a notch, the field guys
don’t find out which ball fields
to prep until after lunch, and
the girls’ lacrosse team ends
up on a Briarcliff-bound bus
to play the boys.
I could be wrong, but I’ve
seen at a neighboring school
district (just south of the
PCN&R region) what recur-
ring transition has done to its
athletic department.
I’ll be the first to admit it
when I’m wrong if there’s
an algebra teacher out there
who can still teach Regents
courses effectively and steer
an athletic department in a
free and easy manner without
driving himself and those
around him crazy.
Please visit www.directrays.
com to view Section 1 sports
photo galleries.

Sailing Basics Class Includes

Hands-On Experience
Learn the basics of sailing
in a classroom situation and
then become a member of the
crew on the Woody Guthrie,
historic wooden replica of
a gaff-rigged Hudson River
Sloop, to get your hands-on
experience.
Class meets once a week
on Thursday evenings, begin-
ning April 2nd and finishing
on May 21st. Classes run
from 7-9pm. Cost is $50. A
textbook is furnished for you
to keep.
Classes will be held at
the Beacon Sloop Clu b , a
wooden, shingled building at
the river’s edge across from
th e B e aco n Tr ain S t a t i o n .
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reserve a space, contact Tom
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Letters to the Editor
(Cont’d from pg.2)
The Healing
Process
To the Editor:
After all the commotion lead-
ing up to the annual village
election, we all need to step back
and take a look at the village as
a whole. I see a village in a phase
of change, especially with the
makeup of a new village board
and its chief executive officer
(Seth Gallagher). I think that
we need to all sit down and just
flush out all of our aggressions
with a good glass of prune juice.
Too many people in this vil-
lage have nothing to do but
complain, yet they do not par-
ticipate in the local process. I
know that some individuals feel
that just complaining helps re-
lieve some deep stress in their
lives, but prune juice works just
the same.
Another issue is the Mara-
thon Battery property, which is
a hot spot for commotion in this
village, as well as possible de-
velopment. I cannot think of
why someone would build a
home down there, especially
when the past EPA report does
not support that type of build-
ing activity. Could you imag-
ine what might happen if we
allow for this ugly development
to occur? We would have total
chaos and possibly many people
up in arms over this.
Cold Spring cannot support
that type of development and I
feel as though we all need to
raise our voices in unison and
make our local officials aware
that this cannot happen.
Look at the way the side
streets are, specifically Kemble
Avenue and Rock Street. Right
now, Kemble is one way out
and Rock Street is one way in.
Rock Street cannot support
construction trucks if residents
are allowed to park their cars.
Also think about how this
potential development would
affect the residents of Forge
Gate Condominiums. If both
Kemble and Rock are denied
to Mr. Kearney, then the idea
of going through a private con-
dominium complex becomes
evident.
I am making an appeal to all
residents in the village to raise
your voices and show outrage
over the very idea of develop-
ment in an area that is not
deemed suitable. Only time will
tell whether he will get the
variances for the one house or
not.
Finally, we all need to work
together and help bring Cold
Spring back to vitality. This
means shopping in the local
stores, eating in the restaurants,
etc. It is sad to see on a sunny
day that there are not a lot of
people in the shops. I feel that
we all should support local
businesses and help each other
in these troubling economic
times.
The Quadricentenial celebra-
tion is coming up in three
months and this is the time for
all of us make Cold Spring a
respectable community in the
eyes of the state and county. I
wish the new village board all
the luck and success as they
prepare to get this community
on track for good things. People
need to get involved in the lo-
cal process and it does not have
to be at the top. Little things
lead to bigger things!
Charles E. Hustis III
Cold Spring
State’s Borrowing
from the EPF
Needs to Stop
To the Editor:
The New York State Envi-
ronmental Protection Fund
(EPF) was enacted during the
recession of the early 1990s, at
a time when medical waste was
washing up on our shorelines,
state and municipal parks were
being closed, and farmland was
being lost to poorly planned
development.
The EPF was to be a dedi-
cated source of funds, available
in good times and bad to ad-
dress myriad environmental
issues including open space
protection, solid waste, munici-
pal parks and historic preser-
vation. In the 15 years the EPF
has been in place, it has been a
resounding success, jump-start-
ing recycling projects, closing
landfills, protecting ground and
surface water, saving farmland
and creating new state and lo-
cal parks. But like the State’s
budget, the EPF is in deep
trouble.
Since it was enacted, the EPF
has been funded primarily by
the Real Estate Transfer Tax
(RETT), growing from $30
million in 1993 to a peak of $255
million in 2008. While appro-
priations into the EPF have
grown, the annual ritual of
“sweeping” unspent balances
from the Fund has undermined
its health and created the cur-
rent crisis.
Beginning in 2002, then-
Governor Pataki proposed “bor-
rowing” a portion of the unspent
EPF funds to help balance the
State budget. To ensure that the
EPF would stay solvent, the
Governor and Legislature in-
cluded language in the budget
allowing the Director of the
Budget to make transfers into
the EPF anytime there were
insufficient funds to meet
project commitments. Appar-
ently we’ve been duped.
Since 2002, nearly a half a
billion dollars have been
“swept” out of the EPF. In the
current fiscal year, $125 mil-
lion was drained from the Fund,
bringing its balance down to $3
million. In his 2009/10 budget,
Governor Paterson recommends
T HE P U T N A M C O U N T Y N E W S A N D R ECORDER
a $205 million EPF and yet
another $45 million “sweep,”
this time dispensing with even
the promise to repay the money
in the future.
Further, the Governor’s bud-
get recommends that only $80
million from the RETT go into
the EPF with most of the bal-
ance funded from the “Bigger,
Better Bottle Bill” which would
capture unclaimed bottle depos-
its. The EPF should not be left
to rely on a revenue stream that
is not yet in place and, we hope,
will diminish over time as more
consumers return bottles for
recycling.
The Environmental Protec-
tion Fund has been the corner-
stone of progressive, job-cre-
ating environmental projects in
New York State for 15 years. It
has provided for the protection
of thousands of acres of farm-
land, increased recycling and
protected over a million acres
of the State’s spectacular open
spaces.
The practice of borrowing
from the EPF to balance the
State budget has to stop. New
York’s credibility is on the line,
as is the credibility of many non-
profit organizations like the
Open Space Institute, Audubon
New York and land trusts from
western New York to Long Is-
land, who believed it when the
State said that it would make
good on its EPF commitments.
Joe Martens
President, Open Space
Institute
Al Caccese
Executive Director
Audubon New York
Doing an
Important Job
To the Editor:
In response to the letter titled
“Haldane Teachers need a Pay
Cut,” I sympathize with Mr.
Barbaro. It seems to me that he
is feeling victimized and doesn’t
know whom to blame. Perhaps
he should blame the teachers
that gave him childcare instead
of an education growing up.
Then he could have adapted
better to the economic environ-
ment and perhaps could improve
worker conditions by being part
of “better educated, better con-
nected, and better financed
management.”
He is absolutely right when
he says a teachers “pay depends
on ability to deliver.” Perhaps
“blue collar” people don’t need
unions either. After all, if they
fail, buildings collapse and
roads buckle. If teachers fail,
America becomes more igno-
rant, less competitive and less
productive in the world. If teach-
ers fail, the result is that indi-
viduals grow up with lesser
options to adapt to a changing
world.
I’m confused by his refer-
ences to “everyone else wear-
ing a necktie, a skirt, or busi-
ness casual” and “Garrison style
in slogan t-shirts.” I left a ca-
reer as a production artist for
commercial television, so that
(as Joseph puts it) I could “help
save the world.” In all my cor-
porate employment, I never
wore a tie until I became a
teacher. As a substitute teacher,
I now make a fraction of the
salary doing what I consider to
be a more important job.
Just to state a fact, teachers
are taxpayers, too. We are also
parents. I would be curious to
know if Mr. Barbaro has chil-
dren. Maybe I’m wrong but his
letter is so well written that he
must have gotten a decent edu-
cation. Why then does he seem
so bitter against educators?
Adam Osterfeld
Cold Spring
W ednesday,April 1, 2009 Page 13
Foreclosure Laws of Motion Tested at
Update PVES Engineers Week
To the Editor:
To our many friends in Cold
Spring who have expressed
continued interest in the “sell-
ing of our house” on Fair Street
and those I saw within the past
two weeks, this is where we
stand. On 3/16/09, I argued our
foreclosure case before a four-
judge panel at the Appellate
Court in Brooklyn. A decision
should be forthcoming within
the next few weeks. As we stated
before, we feel that we have all
the legal issues on our side.
After the oral argument, we
re-filed our Amended Com-
PVES student Matthew Lent from Ms. Baumgartner’s class
plaint with the Federal Court,
experiments with propulsion by making a balloon rocket
received new subpoenas, and
Third and fourth graders at Law of Motion, “For every
with a friend as a process server,
Putnam Valley Elementary action there is an equal and
have already served half of the
School learned about the world opposite reaction.” Third grad-
dozen defendants, including
of engineering on March 19 ers had the challenge of con-
Wells Fargo Bank and their
when IBM volunteers visited structing a tower out of straws
CEO, their mortgage broker,
the school and engaged the stu- and masking tape strong enough
title company, closing attorney,
dents in hands-on science and to hold a golf ball. Fourth grad-
their law firm and head attor-
engineering activities. The ers learned about propulsion,
ney, and the assigned referee
school visit was part of Engi- thrust and gravity by building
designated to “auction” our
neers Week 2009. a balloon rocket with attached
property. We got their attention,
Assisting the IBM volunteers weights and observing how far
as when the title company was
were seven girls from the it traveled up an extended length
served they were expecting us.
Putnam Valley Middle School of string. It was a fun day for
This is a very serious suit with
who are part of the IBM everyone.
64 pages, single with 327 para-
MentorPlace program and at- Aiming to make engineering
graphs, not including the 28
tended the IBM DESTINY a stronger, more diverse pro-
points of relief we are asking
(Developing Exciting Science fession, Engineers Week 2009
of the assigned Federal Judge.
and Technology Interests in has a special focus on expand-
Recently we printed out a
Youth) Camp last summer. ing diversity in the engineer-
copy of our credit report, con-
These eighth-grade girls have ing field and in the workplace.
taining information supplied by
been working with their IBM It includes outreach and edu-
WF and the title company, proof
mentors throughout the school cation efforts to encourage more
they foreclosed on a paid in full
year and one of their challenges women and other groups to
mortgage for which they sent
is to share their excitement consider engineering careers.
us a certificate and which they
about math and science with IBM is one of the lead corpo-
wrote would be filed, filed an
extra $380k mortgage not
younger students. rate sponsors of Engineers Week
The Engineers Week activi- 2009.
shown on the credit report, re-
ties focused on Newton’s Third
versed their legal position to
now claim a “consolidated
mortgage” that is being fore-
closed, which was never filed
as a mortgage or had tax paid.
These were just some of the facts
put to the Appellate Judges, and
a part of our Federal Suit. Ad-
ditionally, at the time of the
foreclosure on the paid mort-
gage, WF never even had the
original signed note and mort-
gage, essential for enforcement.
As a warning to all our friends
who have mortgages, make sure
in all transactions, especially
refinancing, that the lender has
the original signed note and
mortgage, because later, maybe
years later, any holder having
possession of the original signed
mortgage that secures property
may go after the property, re-
gardless of what may be stated
at a closing! Demand proof; you
have a legal right to it. Don’t
let yourself or friends end up
in the nightmare we have gone
through for over two years now.
Read our federal suit and what
has happened to others on
www.OutlawLenders.com.
Scott Webster
Cold Spring/Virginia
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MUSIC CLASS FOR KIDS
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Please inquire for long-term-billing advertisement rates
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CENTRAL AIR INSTALLA-
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homes, condensers, air handlers,
ductwork, ductless splits,
PC#005. Miami Heet. 914-734-
1302
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www.creat-a-scape.us. 845-
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EXPERIENCED TUTOR
available for elementary/middle
school students in ELA, math,
science, soc. studies. MA Child-
hood Ed. from NYU. NYS
teacher certified in Apr '09.
Hours flexible. 845-809-5033
PERFECTION PAINTING
simply the best home improve-
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estimates. Cold Spring 845-519-
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experienced, honest, detailed,
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LANDSCAPING - Do you
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larger companies are hesitant to
do? I am well-trained, experi-
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design. I specialize in small
jobs and do the work myself.
Whether its planting, expert
pruning, stump grinding, land-
scape, mini-back-hoe service or
masonry repairs,call Greg at
845.446.7465 for consultatioin
& personal service.
LANDSCAPING PLUS
land clearing, grass cutting,
mulching, excavating, drainage,
patios, decks and much more.
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Kent, Carmel call 845-225-6068
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your journey towards childbirth
with the ancient art of Kundalini
Yoga! 6 Week series open to
women at any stage of preg-
nancy! 5/3-6/14 from 12-2pm
The Yoga Co-op 2015 Rte 9,
Garrison $100. Register at the
studio or by emailing:
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HAVE YOU BEEN VICTIM-
IZED by government action?
You may have rights. Find out
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2025 Crompond Road Yorktown
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handling general legal matters,
including real estate, land use,
estates, zoning and litigation in
state and federal courts for over
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GARRISON SCHOOL
The highest paid teacher makes
$138,000. (Includes Benefits) for
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per hour
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Would they miss 5%? Call the
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For Rent
RENTALS
COLD SPRING MAIN ST
store for rent 1000 sq ft. Great
location 1 block RR $1600/mo.
Incl heat 845-528-1975
COLD SPRING NEWLY
renovated 3 bdrm house. New
bathroom, dining room, W/D,
$1500/mo + utils, Refs + Sec a
must. 845-265-2151or 845-702
1303.
$1500 2 BDRM COLD SPRING
Village. Newly renovated two-
story townhouse steps from train
and village. Eat in kitchen, 1.5
bathrooms, pool access, free wi-
fi, heat and cable. call 646-387-
4290
COMMERCIAL SPACE
avail at 3021 Rte 9, Cold Spring.
Warehouse 1,600 sq. ft. with
office 300 sq ft. $2,000 a month
and a store front 1,800 sq. ft.
which is great location very vis-
ible $2,500 a month. Utilities
not incld. Pls call 845-265-3434
OFFICE SPACE 11' x 13'
convenient location, close to all,
Garrison. $525.00 incl all utili-
ties except phone. call 914-720-
4835 ask for Ann
CARRIAGE HOUSE ON
Garrison Estate 2bdrm + office.
Large EIK , LR, shared heat bill.
$1250/mo. Sec + fee. Call Lim-
ited Editions Realty 845-265-
3111.
2 BEDROOM APT by train.
Heat & Hot Water included. 914-
475-9241. One mnth sec. $1300/
mnth.
GARRISON EXCEPTIONAL
1 BR. contemporary cottage on
25 acre wooded estate. Lovely
skylit KIT w/breakfast counter
open to Great Rm w/WBS. Glass
door to private deck. Laundry
Rm w/washer/dryer/storage
area. Natural wonderland for 1
or 2 people who value a quality
dwelling in an idyllic setting.
No smokers. Heat+electric incld!
Ref, Security, Fee. $1300/mo
Indian Brook Properties 845-
788-4191
COLD
Cottage.
SPRING RTE 9
1BR/EIK/W/D
Hookup. Parking/lrg yard.
$1200/mo + 1mo Sec. Utils not
incld. call 845-265-2737
LOOKING TO RENT A
parking space/garage on, or just
off Main Street starting on May
1st (for up to one year). Please
contact matt@646-417-4510
EFFICIENCY APARTMENT
Fully furnished for temp stays or
extra guests. In Cold Spring vil-
lage center, garden setting, w/
parking, patio, W/D internet, A/
C, cable. Walk to train & shops.
All-inclusive rates from $875/
mo; $360/wk; $230/wknd. Avail
July, Aug, Fall. 845-265-5295
or wellspringny@yahoo.com
GARRISON 1BR APT OFF
Rte 9, EIK, LR, w/fireplace,
LRG walk-in closet. Private
entrance, parking. Inclds Elec-
tric H/W. Hi-speed internet
cable. 5 min to Metro No. No
pets, smoking. W/D hookup.
Frig/stove. Avail 4/1/09. $1100/
mo 1 mo sec. 845-739-0351
HOUSE LOCATED AT FOOT
of Mt. Beacon priced to sell.
$259,900. Fully renovated Cen-
tral air, hrdwd flrs. www.JonCar
Realty.com 845-831-3331
COLD SPRING SPACIOUS
2BR apt. Hwd flrs throughout.
Walk to train and shopping. W/
D. Heat incld. Avail now.
$1400. Sec and Fee. JonCar
Realty 845-831-3331.
www.JonCarRealty.com
STUNNING 4 BDRM
Victorian house w/river views.
Walk to train and shopping
hrdwd flrs throughout. $2400/
mo. Sec + 1/2 fee. Avail now.
www.JonCarRealty.com 845-
831-3331
VILLAGE 1BR APT. HEAT
& H/W incld. Offstreet pkng.
No pets or smoking $800/mo.
Sec + Fee. Call Kathy Tomann/
Houlihan Lawrence. 914-204-
0415
Wanted
WANTED
HUD VALLEY AUCTIONEERS
Antique and Estate buyers com-
mission sales, auctions held
monthly, 432 Main St. Beacon
845-838-3049, Neil Vaughn. For
info visit www.
hudsonvalleyauctioneers.com
LOVING COUPLE WISH TO
adopt. Will provide a wonder-
ful life filled with love, devo-
tion & opportunities life has to
offer. Pls call 877-300-1281
Virginia.
Pets
PETS
LOST OR FOUND PET? Call
Dog Control Officer, 265-4732.
Call Sheriff's Dept., 225-4300
only in an emergency.
DOGGIE DAY CARE AND
RESTFUL SLEEPOVERS. I
welcome your furry friend as a
true guest in my home. They
have total access to my home
and my one acre fenced yard in
the woods. Bow Wow Haus,
John Funck. 845-424-6017
johnfunck@optonline.net
43 Cutler Lane, Garrison
RALPH IS A BIG, GOOFY
but very handsome, shepherd
mix. He's about a year and a half
old and is energetic. He is too
excitable around cats to have
one for a roommate. Some obe-
dience training and daily exer-
cise will help Ralph be a great
companion. He is neutered, cur-
rent with his vaccinations and
his adoption fee is $120. You
can meet Ralph at Putnam Hu-
mane Society, from 10-4 Mon -
sun. Old Rte 6, Carmel 845-
225-7777 or
www.puthumane.org
REAL ESTATE
REAL ESTATE NEEDS
Limited Editions Realty 21 Main
Street, Cold Spring. Call 845-
265-3111 or go to
limitededitionsrealty.com
2.5 ACRE COMMERCIAL
Residential building lot off Rte 9
in Cold Spring $125,000 or Best
Offer, 845-424-4363
COLD SPRING VILLAGE
Home. 3 BR, 1 + 1/2 BTH, FPL,
Hd Wd Flrs, Garden, Off St pkng
for 4 cars, + detached 2 story
garage w/500 sq ft office/artist
studio. Great location, walk to
train & shopping. $399,000.
By Appt only 845-265-2944
FREE
FREE
FREE STONE 845-424-4363
Masonry Quality and landscape
Stone for walls, fireplace, patios
and more! This stone is Free as
material for any suitable stone
project contracted to Garrison
Stone works. PC2037, WC
11439
LCL ARTIST
OSTONES
Jewels of Fire
One of a Kind Wood-Fired
Clay Necklaces
www.ostones.com
www.chrisostrowski.com
ForSALE
FOR Sale
FURNITURE FOR SALE
Antique Irish Farm table, tables,
jewelry cases on wheels, chairs,
glass and wood lighted cabinet,
round white wicker kitchen table,
picket fence shelving unit, other
wood shelving units, bookcases,
tall floor wooden spinners, 3
black metal shelving units, 2
corner etageres, misc pieces for
display. Unique pieces! Cash and
carry! Back In Ireland.Sale at 65
and 167 Main St. Cold Spring
Call 845-265-4570 Mon, Thur,
F,S,S. 12-5 or 845-265-3239
Tues and Wed 12-6
ANTIQUE SALE - FARM
tables, cupboards, blanket boxes,
dressers. Every Sunday 11 to 5
or by appointment any time.
Tompkins Corners, Peekskill
Hollow Rd. Putnam Valley.
Wholesale prices. call 845-225-
6068
STORE CLOSING SALE
Taca-Tiques leaving Cold
Spring April 30. Showcases,
china cabinets for sale. All merch
on sale (excluding sterling) 109
Main St. Cold Spring 845-265-
2655. www.taca-tiques.com
JEWELRY, HANDBAGS
exotic accessories, giftware, vel-
vet shawls, hand-painted silks.
Overstock from my store is now
available. Wholesale and Re-
tail. Side Effects/NY, 1011
Brown St., Peekskill. Call for
appt 914-736-1235 or email
sidefxny@aol.com
RED CANNA BULBS LATE
MOM'S 1960's Stock! $5.00
each Hummingbird's Favorite!
845-265-4525
Childcare
CHILDCARE
GARRISON MOTHER AVAIL
to watch your children M-F 9-3.
Must be flexible when school is
closed. Can pick up from nurs-
ery school and bring back to
your home. Call Jodi 424 3553