the putnam county news (july 15, 2009)

Part of a series on local eateries

by Michael Brendan Dougherty

Twenty-five years ago, Tom Rolston sat in the Cold Spring Depot having a drink. The bar-tender leaned over to him, and said “You’re in the restaurant business. Why don’t you buy this dump?” Rolston laughs, “I swear to you, she said that.

I said ‘if we can close in a week,’ and it was done. We opened a week later. And it was packed!”

Rolston came a long way to Cold Spring. Born in Iowa, he moved to New York City in 1969 to work for NBC as a unit manager and producer. He then helped immigrants build restaurants in New York, estab-lishing many of the Japanese, Thai, and Filipino restaurants

by Eric Gross

Putnam County residents are breathing a sigh of re-lief this week after learning the New York State Senate renewed a one percent sales tax extender for the next two years.

In April, members of the Putnam Legis lature cal led on Albany lawmakers to keep the status quo by raising the

county sales tax from three percent to four percent. Since the current legislation expires on November 30, a renewal was needed.

The Sta te Assembly ap-proved the extender after it was introduced by Assembly-woman Sandy Galef without controversy, but due to the morass in the Senate during the past month, local officials feared dramatic property tax

hikes of 39 percent next year if the bill was not approved.

Under the leadership of State Senator Vincent Leibell, one of the first bills approved when the Senate returned to work last week was the Putnam sales tax extender.

In an interview with the county execut ive Monday, Bondi called it “essential for our future that the extender be signed into law by Governor

Paterson. This is not allow-ing for additional revenue but merely gives the county what it has had in the past in order to pay its bills. The situation is critical because our sales tax revenues have plummeted.”

For the first five months of 2009, sales tax receipts totaled $20,784,698, a decline of more than $2.3 mill ion

Watch the Trains Go By As You Dine at the Cold Spring Depot

by Michael Mell

The Putnam Valley Town Board’s July 8 workshop be-gan with a public hearing on a local law to regulate the installation and operation of wood boilers. This was the second hearing held, and it reflected the modifications made at the previous hearing.

Of concern is a provision of the law that prohibits use of the boilers between May and September. Resident, and boiler owner, Bill Venezia asked the board “what hap-pens if fuel costs rise?” He reminded the board that this year cold weather lasted well into May. Mr. Venezia also pointed out that some busi-nesses might require summer use of their boilers. Town Attorney Bill Zutt replied that the proposed law contains a provision allowing the board to waive requirements on a case-by-case basis.

Trus tee Wendy Whetse l asked whether “this would open the door,” thereby vi-t ia t ing the law. The short answer, said Zutt, was “yes.” One resident commented that operation of a wood boiler is a “time- and effort-intensive process,” and didn’t antici-

pate “a rush to buy.” Assistant Supervisor Gene Yetter, act-ing in Bob Tendy’s absence, said that the town “is taking steps” to prevent abuse, and that l imits and conditions will be set to allow for vari-ances. The board discussed and made modifications to the proposed law to address the issues raised, and will hold a third public hearing on August 12.

Immediately following was a hearing on creation of a Timberline drainage district. Creation of the drainage dis-trict is required before the town can “dedicate” the road.

Residents of Timberline Estates are concerned that dedication occurs prior to the start of school in Sep-tember, so that school buses can travel on it . Bill Zutt told the board that the town engineer has signed off on the application. The drainage district will be supported by a fixed fee paid by residents, which the board may adjust as part of the yearly budget process . Trustee Pr isci l la Keresey urged the board to “move quickly,” given the time constrains. The board concurred and a vote has

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by Annie Chesnut

Garrison resident and former Governor George Pataki ap-peared at the Hudson Valley Hospital Center the morning of July 9 to dedicate the Pa-taki Center. The handsomely redesigned and refurbished building, constructed more than 250 years ago, will serve as a conference center for the hospital. Governor Pataki was able to secure $1 million in funding for the renovation of the complex through the Em-pire State Development Cor-poration before he left office.

The governor was joined by more than a hundred well-wishers, including hospital administrators, physicians, nurses, support staff, board members, local and regional politicians, media representa-tives, business leaders, Pataki family members, and friends.

There was an air of dignified elegance as the event began on a beautiful morning, with two bagpipers from the Cold Spring Fire Company’s Pipes & Drums—one of whom was Cold Spring’s mayor, Seth Gallagher—leading the pro-cession, followed by a solemn

color guard of New York State Troopers; Governor Pataki; his wife, Libby; daughter, Em-ily; the hospital’s CEO, John Federspiel; and the Hospital Foundation’s Chair, Edward MacDonald.

When it was the governor’s

by Michael Mell

The Cold Spring Village Board met on July 7, 2009, to hear public comment on a sewer rate increase. Water & Sewer Superintendent Greg Phillips summarized the is-sues driving the need for an increase in fees. Inflow and infiltration into the wastewa-ter treatment facility should remain within operating tol-erances. Last Wednesday’s heavy rainfall caused Thurs-day’s inflow to increase 1.8 times the normal flow.

Phillips distributed flow graphs for June 30 and July 1 that clearly illustrated the increase. “This is where the DEC wants us to identify in-filtration sources and correct them” said Mr. Phillips. He continued saying, “We will benefit from . . . addressing the massive inflows and will save money in the long run.” Over the next three years, Phillips estimates a cost of $30,000 per year for flow monitoring. Subsequent video inspection will cost $2,500 per day. At this time he was unable to speculate about the cost of any repairs.

The existing aeration system is over 30 years old and “well past its designed lifetime.” Re-placement of this system with more efficient equipment will save money and electricity. The draft report of the aeration study performed by contractor Malcolm Pirnie & Associates estimates a cost of $342,000 to $387,000 for a new system. The exact price would depend on the recommendation chosen

by Michael Mell

The July 7 , 2009, Cold Spring Village Board meeting ended on a tense note, as the issue of metered parking on Main Street was raised again.

Capping a discussion of the success of Community Day, resident and local busi-nessman Tom Rolston com-mented that, with over 5,000 in attendance, parking did not become the problem that had been anticipated. Mike Armstrong, who, along with Rolston, headed the parking committee for the celebra-tions, concurred, saying that space at the Marathon site was not needed at all. Rolston suggested the village should again consider inst i tut ing paid parking on Main Street, citing the revenue it would bring to the village coffers. Trustee Gordon Robertson agreed, saying that a “new board and new mayor” war-rant a review to gain a “fresh

by Michael Turton

Putnam County Legis la-tor Vinny Tamagna has a fa-vorite word to describe the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and New York State Bridge Authority (NYSBA), and he couldn’t utter the word “outrageous” often enough in strongly con-demning recent actions by the twin Authori t ies when he addressed the Philipstown Town Board at i ts July 9,

2009 meeting. Tamagna and his fe l low

Putnam County legislators are hopping mad over the “Mobility Tax” being imposed on county residents by the

MTA, and the large raises that the NYSBA has given to its senior employees.

The mobility tax will be levied against payrolls of all residents in the MTA com-muter region. Tamagna and other Putnam County legisla-tors have condemned the move as “taxation without equitable representation” because the counties of Putnam, Orange, Dutchess, and Rockland have only one shared vote on the sixteen-member MTA board.

He also questioned the le-gali ty of the mobili ty tax,

Testy Talks in TownTamagna Slams MTA Tax as Outrageous

Garrison Fire Finances Rankle

Regele

Village Board Squabbles Over Metered Parking

Gov. Pataki’s Million Dollar Legacy

Cold Spring Raises Sewer Rates

Hans Claessens

Hudson Valley Hospital Center CEO John Federspiel (left) speaks with Gov. George Pataki.

Cold Spring Water Review Continues

by Eric Gross

Putnam’s mid- summer clas-sic is one week away!

The county’s 38th annual 4-H Fair will open next Friday (July 24) and will continue throughout the weekend.

The fa i r, sponsored by Cornell Cooperative Exten-

sion, offers something for everyone, from visual arts, creative crafts, creative writ-ing, engineering and rocketry, entomology and food preserva-tion to fruits and vegetables, photography, textile handi-crafts, woodworking, and of course hundreds of animals of every size and description.

A highlight of this year’s fair will be the Country Liv-ing Auction that takes place on Saturday, July 25, at 4pm.

Fair organizers are s t i l l seeking items for the auction, which Cornell Cooperative Ex-tension Program Coordinator Pat Madigan said were “tax-deductible as long as they are

in clean and good condition. All proceeds from the auc-tion will help support Cornell Cooperative Extension Youth Development, Environmental, and Community Economic Vitality education programs.”

The fair wil l be held at the Putnam County Veterans Memorial Park in Kent.

From the Cold Spring Water Department:

As reported in last week's PCN&R, and in e-mailings via coldspringny.gov, the water department reported bouts of discoloration in the distribu-tion system in recent weeks. Questions have arisen with regard to the potability of the supply as it reaches consumer taps. "At this point, sampling has indicated that there are no bacteriological issues in the finished water supply," stated Superintendent Greg Phillips. "The free-chlorine residual has been found to be at a sufficient level to stave off microbial growth," Phil-lips added.

As for resolut ion of the discoloration, Phillips said that Water Department per-sonnel will be working this week to drain down each of the two finished water stor-age tanks located on Fishkill Road, at the treatment facil-i ty. "This will allow us to take one variable out of the equat ion," Phi l l ips s tated.

Northeast Aquastore, builders of the two storage tanks in 1997, will be on site to assess the integrity of the structures af ter 12 years of service . "Having the manufacturer's representative on hand will also help in future planning, should any issues be develop-ing," Phillips added.

Once the source of the sup-ply has been assessed and ruled out , the distr ibution system will be further ana-lyzed. It is possible that the Department will conduct an-

other hydrant flush to remove the remaining sediment, ac-cording to Phillips. He added that if this is the case, it will be publicized in the paper and online.

"We may also have to initi-ate a more formal study of the system," Phillips continued, "the problem may be indica-tive of issues not able to be handled in-house."

The Water Department can be reached at 265-7986, or via e-mail at vcswater@best-web. net

Let’s Go to the 4-H Fair!

(See Depot on 1)

dInIng Out In PhIlIPstOWn

Kate Paulmann, Nicole Monaco, and Samantha Cosentino place a 4-H Fair sign outside the new Ice Cream Café that has just opened at the Shop-Rite Plaza in Carmel.

(See Patak i on Page 11)

( S e e M TA o n P a g e 1 2 )

(See Parking on Page 12)

Wood Boi lers and Phosphates Occupy Putnam Val ley Board

(See Sewer on Page 12)

eriC Gross

Senate Approves Putnam Sales Tax Extender

Legislator Tony Hay talks about the MTA taxsee page 2

(See Sales Tax on Page 11)

by Michael Mell

This past May, longtime Putnam Valley resident Dawn Powell announced her inten-tion to challenge incumbent Town Supervisor Bob Tendy in next November’s election. No s t ranger to town hal l , she served as the personal assistant to former Supervi-sor Sam Davis, albeit under a cloud, because at the time she was also his domestic partner. Endorsed by both the PV Democratic Commit-tee and the Putnam County Democratic Committee, she is running on a platform for tax

relief and fiscal responsibility in government. The PCN&R sat down with her recently

to discuss her candidacy and i s sues in the communi ty.

Dawn Powell during a recent conversation with the PCN&R.

Will It Be Dawn in Putnam Valley?

MiCHael Mell

(See Powel l on Page 11)

(See Boi lers on Page 11)

annie CHesnut

Wednesday, July 15, 2009CXLIII No. 28 Philipstown & Putnam Valley

THE PUTNAM COUNTY NEWS AND RECORDER Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Meetings This Week

7:00 PM - Cold Spring ZBA7:30 PM - Philipstown Planning Board

No Meetings ScheduledPV TOWN HALL CLOSED 7:30 PM - Nelsonville Village Monthly

Meeting7:30 PM - Cold Spring Board Monthly Meeting

7:30 PM - Philipstown Board Wkly Workshop

THURSDAY 7/16 FRIDAY 7/17 MONDAY 7/20 TUESDAY 7/21 WEDNESDAY 7/22

Letters to the Editor

are on page 6.

MTA Tax Q&A with County Legis lator Tony Hayby Michael Brendan Dougherty

When retroactive payroll tax hikes were passed in Albany to support the MTA, state senator Vincent Leibell, Assemblyman Greg Ball, and other politicians vowed to push for a forensic audit of the agency. Two weeks ago, the Putnam County legis-lature boldly announced that they would refuse to pay the tax. Leading that charge was Tony Hay, a legislator from Southeast, who sat with the PCN&R to discuss the tax hike, and the county’s firm response.

PCN&R: How did the Leg-islature come to take such a strong stand against paying the MTA tax?Tony Hay: It started in the audit committee, Monday June 29. I said to myself, ‘Enough is enough!’ With most taxes, you get something for your money, but the MTA tax is one of the most unfair I’ve ever seen. What do you get from the MTA tax? Absolutely nothing. When you use the service you pay the user fee, a ticket price. But what really frosted me is that they were making this retroac-

tive. How can you make this tax retroactive when we were never made aware the tax was even due? That’s government at its best: getting in the pocket of every taxpayer.

PCN&R: Putting aside the retroactive aspect, aren’t many taxes like this? What else would cause the Putnam legislature to reject it so thoroughly?Hay: Usually with most taxes you can find some who sup-port it, and some who do not. I’ve not found one person or one business that supports this one. Yet four out of the five senators in the Hudson Val-ley supported the bill. I try to listen to my constituents when I take a vote.

PCN&R: What happens next?Hay: It’s not due to be paid until some time in October. In the end we’re going to have to cave in and pay the price. They’re going to hit us with penalties and interest. But we thought we’d have time to get other counties on our side, and maybe someone would say ‘This isn’t a good idea.’ We have to show, this is a devas-tating blow to many business, and charitable organization that have payrolls. They have to pay 3 cents on every thousand dollars and they receive noth-ing for it.

PCN&R: Was this tax a sudden blow to the county coffers, as well?

Hay: Our bill is $127,500 retroactively to March, that’s what our share is this year. That’s pro-rated for the year.The schools, not for profits, charities, they all have payrolls. Businesses are struggling to survive, and many of them do not use the MTA service. Look at it this way. I own a car. I buy the car, I pay sales tax on the car, I register my vehicle, I insure my vehicle, and I put gas in my vehicle. Does anyone from the MTA help me?

PCN&R: Some legislators have called for an audit of the MTA. What do you make of it?Hay: The MTA is literally getting millions upon mil-lions from Putnam County.

They charge me, you, and the businesses that you use. Part of that money goes to repair brides to Manhattan, which are part of the MTA system. What they have to learn at the MTA is how to cut their costs. They charge us $900,000 a year for maintenance. What do they do with that? They plow the snow. Allow us to do the maintenance; we can keep the $900,000. I think we could provide a better job, for less money. Even saving 10 percent would be significant.

PCN&R: You keep emphasiz-ing that the tax falls dispro-portionately on people who don’t use the MTA’s services. Hay: This tax is for the hon-est people, the ones who are

registered properly and pay their taxes on April 15. There are many people, especially the guys who pick up workers on Main Street, who don’t pay taxes. The workers come up from Westchester and get off in the Village of Brewster. What about those guys? I’d guess 90 percent of Putnam County don’t use the rails and should not be charged with that tax. But we got 1/4 of a vote in the MTA region. We have basically no representation when it comes to this. Even if we had one vote, New York City is 8 million people and Putnam County is 100,000. You know we don’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of getting anywhere. We are at the pleasure of that board regardless. And we will basi-

cally never have a say. PCN&R: Would anyone seri-ously propose letting the county take over some of the MTA’s services, like the maintenance service you cited before? Hay: They’ll laugh at it, like they are laughing now. I wish it was back in colonial times because more people would pay attention to us. Now the government hands you a bill and the honest people pay it, and the dishonest people don’t. Someone had to stand up and say enough is enough and we did it. But hey, always find a way to tax the honest people. If they want to bankrupt our business, they are doing an excellent job of it.

Mayor Seth Gallagher dropped by the PCN&R office on deadline day and brought with him a copy of an old book entitled “Historical Reminiscenses of Cold Spring, Nel-sonville, and Vicinity” by Olive Adams. It was written in the 1950s and offers a charming history of our area with essays and poems. Its contents offered some fodder for this week’s editorial page.

Birthdays this week include Michael W. Carson, Mary Jane Nagel, Susan Bataglia, Stella, Kelly Gerelli, Anthony Virgadamo, Sheila Fricher, Helen Nicholls, Swati Gandhi, Matthew Steltz, Ryan Koval, Fred Clarke, Dr. Joan Lovett, Alexis Irene Rapacioli, Jim Thomas, Michelle Grasso, Tom Faherty, Jaden Ricapito, Sydney Cottrell, An Kops, Ashesh Modi, Lauren Conacchio, Michael Caterino, Sarah Gauthier, Cameron Clarke, and Kevin Van Tassel.

Cold Spr ing Mayor S e t h G a l l a g h e r congratulates former G o v e r n o r G e o r g e Pataki during the July 9 dedication of the Pataki Center at the Hudson Valley Hospital Center.

Hans Claessens


Obituaries

Birth Announcements

ST. MARY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE HIGHLANDS

1 Chestnut Street, Cold Spring

Fr. Shane Scott-Hamblen, Rector, 265-

2539 Mr. Ron Greene, Senior

Warden, 265-3624 www.stmaryscoldspring.

dioceseny.org Sun. Masses: 8am (spoken); 1 0 : 3 0 a m ( s u n g ) ; S u n d a y school in Parish Hall dur-ing 10:30 massThurs. Fri. & Sun.: AA in parish hall , 8pm

FRANCISCAN FRIARS OF THE ATONEMENT

Route 9, Garrison 424-3671

graymoorcenter@ atonementfriars.org

Sunday Eucharist - 11am, Pilgrim Hall. Daily Mass - Mon. - Sat . 11:30am. Mondays - Holy Hour, 8pm. Centering Prayer - 8pm. Monthly Prayer Meeting 2nd Sunday of every month at 2pm. Recovery Inc. every Wednesday , 7:30pm.Renewal Farmers’ Market: Every Friday, 10-3, during growing season.

ST. JOSEPH’S CHAPEL A mission Chapel of Our Lady of Loretto Church

Upper Station Rd., Garrison, 265-3718

Sunday Mass: 10:15am

CHUANG YEN MONASTERY

2020 Rte 301, Carmel 845-228-4283/4288

www.baus.org [email protected]

Sunday programs:9-10am - Chanting and Medi-tation10-11am - Dharma Talk 11am-12pm - Noon Book Discussion GroupVegetarian lunch, Saturdays & Sundays, 12-1pm

OUR LADY OF LORETTO CATHOLIC

CHURCH Fair Street, Cold Spring

(845) 265-3718 www.ourladyoflorettocs.com

Fr. Brian McSweeney, Pastor

Masses: Sat. 5:30pm, Sun. 7 : 3 0 a m , 9 , & 11 : 4 5 a m . , Weekdays: 8:15am, St. Jo-seph’s - Sun., 10:15am. Holy D a y s : 8 : 1 5 a m & 7 : 3 0 p m

ST. PHILIP’S CHURCH IN THE HIGHLANDS

1101 Route 9D, Garrison stphilips.highlands.com

Rev. Francis H. Geer, Rec. 424-3571 - e-mail:

[email protected] schedule:8am - Holy Communion10am - Main Service; child-care available for 10am ser-vice

GRACE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

337 Peekskill Hollow Road, Putnam Valley

Pastor Tony Mecca 845-526-3788

Sunday Service & Sunday School : 10 am.Prayer Serv ice w/ Com-munion : Tues 7 pm. “Tues-days w/ Tony” - Discussion group, 9am.

ST. LUKE’S LUTHERAN CHURCH

65 Oscawana Lake Rd., Putnam Valley

www.stlukesputnamvalley.org

528-8858, [email protected] Sunday Worship - Service: 9am, Coffee hour: 10:15am, Family Communion Service including Sunday School : 10:30amThu. - Prayer Service, 8pm

TEMPLE BETH-EL 118 GRAND AVE., POUGHKEEPSIE

845-454-0570 www.templebethelpok.nyShalom Tots - First Sat. of each month - 11:15am

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF

PHILIPSTOWN Academy & Cherry

Streets Cold Spring - 265-3220

Rev. Leslie Mott, Pastor www.presbychurchcoldspring.org

[email protected] Service: 10:00amChancel Choir Rehearsa l : Wednesdays 7pmOffice Hours: Tue, Wed & Thu, 8-12F o o d P a n t r y : S a t u r d a y s 9-10am

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 Margaret (Peggy) Laemmel

South Highland in Garrison worship service at 9:30am. Cold Spr ing worsh ip se r-v i ce a t 11am. Sat . Sep t . 12 - Bake Sale, Foodtown, 9:30am-noon

COLD SPRING BAPTIST CHURCH (American Baptist

Churches, USA) Paul Laurelli

(Interim Pastor) 245 Main St. , Cold

Spring 265-2022

Sunday Services, 10:30amWednesdays : Prayer- Fel-lowship time, 7pm

TEMPLE ISRAEL 140 Lake Drive Lake Peekskill

Rabbi Jeff Cymet 845-528-2305

Shabbat Services : Fridays 8pm; Saturdays 9:15am.Sun. July 19 - Discussion & nosh: “Wandering Jews”Sun. July 19 - Jewish Film Fest: The Frisco Kid , 4pm, free

PHILIPSTOWN REFORM SYNAGOGUE

P.O. Box 94 Cold Spring, NY 10516

Unless otherwise indicated, all services

take place at St. Mary’s Parish House, Cold

Spring.S a t . A u g . 1 5 - S h a b -b a t M o r n i n g S e r v i c -e s : d i s c u s s i o n / 9 : 3 0 a m , se rv ices /10 :30am, l ed by Rabbi Marcus BursteinFri. Sept. 18, Rosh Hashanah

PHILIPSTOWN WORSHIP GROUP

Quaker Meeting (845) 424-3525

Meeting for Worship – 2nd & 4th Sundays of each month, 10am, at 848 Old Albany Pos t Road (Whyat t S tone Cottage), Garrison. Call for directions. Children of al l ages welcome.

REFORM TEMPLE OF PUTNAM VALLEY 362 Church Road

Putnam Valley Rabbi Allen Darnov

(845) 528-4774 www.rtpv.org

The Doansburg Chamber Ensemble will present their trio of piano, flute, and cello on Saturday, August 1, at 8pm at St. Mary’s in the Highlands Episcopal Church at the in-tersection of Routes 9D and 301 in Cold Spring, and on Sunday, August 2, at 4pm at Trinity Lutheran Church at 2103 Route 6, just west of Brewster.

The Ensemble’s imagina-tive programming will bring together selections that in-clude Ignaz Pleyel’s Grand Trio Op. 29, Fantasia Op. 256 by Carl Czerny, Three Water Colors by Philippe Gaubert, and Friedrich Kuhlau’s Trio Op. 119.

These performances will feature pianist Vassa Shevel, flutist Christine Smith, and cellist Matthew Goeke. The artistry and talent of these musicians have been heard during their appearances at Carnegie Hall, the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Lin-coln Center, and other major performance venues.

Ms. Shevel was the winner of the St. Petersburg’s Cap-pella Competition at the age

of 11. She has studied at the Rimsky-Korsakov Conserva-tory of Music in St. Petersburg and at the New England Con-servatory, and she received her Masters degree from the Juilliard School of Music. Ms. Smith is a 1981 graduate of the Juilliard School of Music, Pre-College Division, and she holds a Masters Degree in Education. Mr. Goeke holds degrees from the Manhattan School of Music. He performs regularly with notable groups throughout the New York area, and his performances can be heard on a number of labels.

Tickets for the concert are available at the door at $9 for general admission and $8 for seniors and students. For further concert information, or to order advance tickets, please call (845) 228-4167 or visit http://home.comcast.net/~doansburg.

This program is made pos-sible, in part , with public funds f rom the New York State Counci l on the Arts Decentralization Program. In Putnam County, this program is administered by the Putnam Arts Council.

D o a n s b u r g C h a m b e r Performs Two Concerts

A benefit concert for the Abruzzi Earthquake Victims was held at the historic Para-mount Center for the Arts on Monday evening, June 22, 2009.

The concert was presented under the auspices of the Amer i can Accord ion i s t s ’ Associa t ion . The musica l extravaganza starred Mary Mancini, Mario Tacca, Floyd Vivino, Steve Ritrovato and the City Rhythm Orchestra. Su rp r i s ing the aud ience , Peekskil l’s own Bagpiper, Joe Brady, Jr. made a well received cameo appearance.

Mancini & Tacca prepared a video presentation, “Abru-zzi , Before and After the

Earthquake, 2009,” illustrat-ing the devastat ion of the earthquake, and moving the audience to tears.

The performers and orga-nizers of this Benefit show donated their time and efforts to the success of this cause and are grateful for the gen-erosity of so many.

A reception at the Elks Club following the show allowed members of the audience and performing artists to share their vision to continue to aid the victims.

The Abruzzi Earthquake Fund is ongoing; for more information log on to www.gioiaproductions.com

Abruzzi Earthquake Benefit Show is a Great Success

MOTHER LURANA ADULT SOCIAL DAY

CARE CENTER Route 9, Garrison, 1/8 mi. N. of 403 Junction

Born at Hudson Valley Hos-pital on May 30, 2009, to Ruth and Joe Caragine, of Garrison. Maternal grandparents are Nancy and Rocco Calandra

of Cortlandt Manor. Paternal grandparents are Karel and Joe Caragine of Cort landt Manor.

Born on June 9, 2009, at Hudson Valley Hospital, to Jennifer and Thomas Ma-roul is , of Lake Peekski l l . Maternal grandparents are

Chris and Iolanda Scharvella of Yorktown Heights. Pater-nal grandparents are Tom and Rose Maroulis of Soldotna, Alaska.

Jessica Ruth Caragine

Sierra Grace Maroulis

Keep Putnam Beaut i fu l is awarding Beautification Award plaques to commer-cial properties which have especia l ly a t t rac t ive road frontages.

Recommended by several residents for this award, Ellen Lever has done a great job with landscaping in front of

the Lever Building, Route 6, Mahopac.

Pictured are right-to-left: Town of Carmel Supervisor Ken Schmitt; Walt Thompson, Keep Putnam Beautiful; Ellen Lever, award recipient; Put-nam County Legislator Tony Fusco; and George Monaco, GM Landscaping.

Curb Appeal Equals Positive Community Results

Thomas Ruffin Warfield,, age 77, of New York, NY and Garrison, died on July 12, 2009, at his residence in Manhattan. Son of the late Calvin N. And Helen Craig (Ruffin) Warfield, he was born on August 16, 1931, in Richmond, VA.

Mr. Warfield was an invest-ment manager, owning and operating his own investment firm, Warfield Assocates, Inc. in New York, NY. He was a member of the Knickerbocker Club, South Highlands Coun-try Club, and a veteran of the Coast Guard.

Survivors include one son Mark Thomas , (Suzanne

Leigh) Warfield of Brook-lyn, NY; one brother, Cal-vin N. (Shirley) Warfield, Jr., of Smithfield, VA, and one sister, Helen Barner, of Santa Rosa, CA. Two grand-children, Jackson James and Dean Thomas Warfield also survive. One sister, Alice Lorraine Lanes pre-deceased him in 2002.

Graveside services wi l l take place at the Cold Spring Cemetery on July 16, 2009, at 11am. The Rev. Frank Geer will officiate. Arrangements are under the direction of the Clinton Funeral Home, Cold Spring.

Thomas Ruffin Warfield

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ONGOING:

Cold Spring Farmers’ Market, Saturdays through Thanks-g i v i n g , 8 : 3 0 a m - 1 : 3 0 p m , at The Nest , Chestnut St . Putnam Valley Farmers’ Mar-kets: Fridays, 3-7pm, Tomp-kins Cnrs Methodist Church, outdoors, 729 Peekskill Hol-low Rd. June 19-Oct. 9 ALSO Wednesdays, 3-7pm at Putnam Valley Grange, Adams Cnrs, 128 Mill St. Indoor/Outdoor, through Dec. 16.845-528-0066 Historic Walking Tours of Cold Spring conducted by volun-teers from Putnam County Historical Society, 2pm, free, meet at foot of Main St. ; through Labor Day weekend.

THIS WEEK:

Thu. July 16 - Bingo at Our Lady of Loretto Parish Hall, Cold Spring. Doors open 6pm, first game begins at 7:15pm.

Fri. July 17 - CS Chamber Cruise aboard River Rose, boarding from CS Boat Club at 6:30pm, sail at 7. $85 p/p, www.coldspringchamber.com

Fri/Sat July 17/18 - Putnam Kennel Club All-Breed Dog Show, 8:30am-4pm, Stormville Airport. Incl. obedience trial. PutnamKennelClub.org

Fri. July 17 - Local Bands Rock Concert at Arts on the Lake. 6-10pm, 640 Rt. 52, Kent. Scheduled to appear: Ascen-dancy; Collision of Colour; My Mind is a Symphony; & Kid Jerusalem. Admission: $5. www.artsonthelake.org.

Fri. July 17 - Blood drive in memory of Erin Dunne, 2-7:30pm, Continental Village Clubhouse, 49 Highland Drive, Garrison

Sat. July 18 - Free concert by NY Army National Guard’s 42nd Infantry Band, Boscobel, 2-3:30pm; pack a picnic

Sat. July 18 - Balloon Party for Kids, All Sport Fishkill Out-door Park, 4-8pm, free. Giant puppet show, bounce castle, swimming, live music, hot air balloon launch at 6pm.

Sun. July 19 - CS Chamber of Commerce Sunset Series: Tiki Daddy/Uncle Wade, Hawaiian-inspired Music/Americana, 5:30pm, Cold Spring Band-stand, free.

Sun. July 19 - Walkabout at Tilly Foster Farm. Guided historical tours, 1pm. Reservations rec, space ltd. 845-279-4474, www.tillyfosterfarm.org.

Sun. July 19: Public canoe pro-gram at Constitution Marsh, 830-11am. Previous paddling experience preferred, but not required. $25/adults; $20/se-niors, students, and Audubon members; $15 for kids ages 7-15. Res. req’d, call 265-2601 x15, or email [email protected]

Mon. July 20 - Talk by Chris Mooney on “Unscientific Amer-ica,” 5:30pm, Hastings Center, Garrison. Free, RSVP to Tina at 424-4040. www.thehasting-scenter.org

Tue. July 21 - Kruckers Picnic Grove Summer Picnic. Lunch, Dinner, Music, Dancing, Games, Bingo.”Philipstown Seniors,” members $38, non-members $43. Eileen 265-5098.


Fri/Sun July 24/26 - 38th An-nual Putnam County 4-H Fair. Putnam County Veterans Memo-rial Park, 201 Gypsy Trail Road, Carmel. Free admin. & parking. For info visit www.cornell.edu/putnam, 845-278-6738.

COMING UP:

Sat. July 25 - Constitution Is-land Garden Day, 10am-3pm. House and Revolutionary War tours, boat rides, presentation by Glynwood Ctr. Shuttle runs from south end of Metro-North CS parking lot. 845-446-8676, www.constitutionisland.org.

Sat. July 25 - HV Renegades baseball game & welcome home event honoring returning combat veterans at Dutchess Stadium. 5pm; tickets for registered VAH-VHCS veterans are free. RSVP to OEF/OIF office at 845-831-2000, ext. 5016 before 6/26.

Sat. July 25 - Country Music Night, 6-9pm. Leonard Wag-ner Town Park, Putnam Val-ley, 156 Oscawana Lake Rd., Bring chairs, blanket. Food for sale by Hanlon’s Steakhouse. Music free.

Sat. July 25 - Free rabies clinic spons. by Health Dept. 10am-12 noon, Hubbard Lodge, 2920 Route 9, Cold Spring. Bring proof of residency & prior vac. www.putnamcountyny.com

Sat. July 25 - Bird Watching Trail Walk led by Lew King-sley for PH Audubon on new Watergrass Trail. Meet 8am nr Watergrass deRham sign, Rt. 9, 3 miles s. of 301. Carpooling suggested for parking reasons.

Sun. July 26 - CS Chamber of Commerce Sunset Series: Natalie Amendola/Kathleen Pemble: jazz fusion/alt-indie-acoustic, 5:30pm, Cold Spring bandstand, free.

Sun. July 26: Putnam CAP’s 5th Annual Motorcycle Run for H.O.P.E. 71mile Sheriff Dept escorted ride. Regisration 9:30 - 11 at Route 312, Shopping Center, Brewster (Kohl’s). BBQ Luncheon at Sycamore Park on Long Pond Road, Mahopac. www.putnamcap.org

Tue. July 28: Public canoe pro-gram at Constitution Marsh, 4:30-7:30pm. Previous paddling experience preferred, but not required. $25/adults; $20/Se-niors, students, and Audubon members; $15/ kids ages 7-15. Res. req’d: 265-2601 x15, or email [email protected]


Sat. Aug. 1 - Haldane Class of 1979’s 30th Reunion. Dutchess Manor. Graduates from other years invited as well. More de-tails tba. Robin, [email protected] or 845-284-2255.

Sat. Aug. 1 - Lake Peekskill Family Day, day-long party at North Beach. Music, games, food, tug of war, more.

Sat. Aug. 1 - Dance fundraiser for Beacon Sloop w/ Big Joe Fitz & his Blues Band, 7pm West Coast Swing dance les-son, dance from 8-11:30pm. St. Rocco’s, 26 S. Chestnut St., Beacon, $20. www.beacon-sloopclub.org, 845-532-5615.

Sun. Aug. 2 - CS Chamber of Commerce Sunset Series: Andy Stack/Dar Williams: pop/folk/pop, 5:30pm, Cold Spring Bandstand, free.

Sun. Aug. 2 - Doansburg Cham-ber Ensemble, 8pm, St. Mary’s-in-the-Highlands Church. $9/adults, $8/seniors & students

Thu. Aug. 6 - Bingo at Our Lady of Loretto Parish Hall, Cold Spring. Doors open 6pm, first game begins at 7:15pm.

Fri. Aug. 7 - Philipstown Com-munity Blood Drive at New North Highlands Firehouse, Fishkill Road, 2:30-8pm. 120 pints needed. Walk-ins welcome or for appointment: [email protected]

Sat. Aug. 8 - Cold Spring Fire Company Clambake, 10am-5pm at Mayors Park, tickets $50p/p, call 265-9241.

Sat. Aug. 8 - River to River Poetry Festival, 11am-11pm, Howland Ctr, 477 Main St . , Beacon. HowlandCulturalCen-ter.org

Sun. Aug. 9 - CS Chamber of Commerce Sunset Series: Vic-tor Jones Trio: jazz, 5:30pm, Cold Spring Bandstand, free

Sun. Aug. 9 - Beacon Sloop Club Corn Festival, Riverfront Park, 12 noon-5pm. Music, chil-dren’s activities, free sails on Woody Guthrie, fresh corn. www.BeaconSloopClub.org, 845-542-0721

Thu. Aug. 13 - CS Chamber of Commerce Board of Direc-tors meeting. 6pm, Butterfield Library.

Sat. Aug. 15 - Tag & Craft Sale, Garrison Volunteer Fire Dept., Rt.9. Vendors Wanted: call 424-4406, ext. 5. Further details tba.

Sat/Sun Aug. 15/16 - Daniel Nimham Intertribal Pow Wow, details tba, www.VisitPutnam.org, 800-470-4854.

Sun. Aug. 16 - Concert: Andy LaVerne, piano and John Aber-crombie, guitar, jazz standards and original compositions. 4pm, free. Chapel of Our Lady Res-toration, 45 Market St., CS, park at Metro-North station.

Sun. Aug. 23 - CS Chamber of Commerce Sunset Series: Slippery Chicken/Buddy Traina Band: Rockabilly/Rock & Blues, 5:30pm, Cold Spring Bandstand, free, bring blanket & picnic.

Sat. Aug. 29 - Putnam Chorale, 2nd annual Summer Sing & Open House, Mozart’s Requiem w/ orchestra, 7:30pm, First United Methodist Church, Brewster, free.

Sun. Aug. 30 - CS Chamber of Commerce Sunset Series: Jona-than Kruk/Annie & the Natural Wonder Band Storyteller/dances about animals, 5:30pm, Cold Spring Bandstand, free.

Sun. Aug. 30 - Tour de Putnam Cycling Festival, 153-5-75/100 mile routes. www.VisitPutnam.org, 800-470-4854.

Sun. Sept. 6 - CS Chamber of Commerce Sunset Series, M Shanghai String Band: Amer-icana, 5:30pm, Cold Spring Bandstand, free.

Thu. Sept. 10 - HH Trust Take-a-Hike! Musical Tot Trek II w/ Stacy Labriola. Ltd. space, reg. req’d. 10am, 1 hr., easy/family-friendly. www.hhlt.org, 424-3358

Sat. Sept. 12 - Summer Sunset & Fireworks Cruise on the Hud-son, in celebration of the 400th Anniversary Hudson sail, cruise on the River Rose. Dinner buf-fet, open bar, music, dancing, silent & live auctions, Peekskill Celebration Fireworks Display. 8-11pm, $100 per person, benefit for PARC. 845-278- PARC, ext. 287 or www.PutnamARC.org.

Sat. Sept. 12 - Bake sale. spon-sored by South Highland UM Church, 9:30am-noon, in front of Foodtown

Sun. Sept 13 - Sunset Series: Readings at Chapel of Our Lady Restoration. Novelist Valerie Martin. 4pm, wine & cheese reception follows. Free, park at Metro-North station.

Sun. Sept. 13 - HH Land Trust Take-a-Hike! Night Sky Out-ing w/ astronomer Frank Suits. Bring blanket & binoculars. 8pm, Garrison Golf Club parking lot. 2 hrs, easy/family friendly. www.hhlt.org, 424-3358

Sat. Sept. 19 - HH Land Trust Take-a-Hike! What Henry saw & more w/ historian Ray Phillips. Part of the Hudson River Valley Ramble.10am, Ft. Montgomery Visitors’ Center, 2 hrs., Moder-ate. www.hhlt.org, 424-3358

The Putnam County News & Recorder is happy to announce your event. A complete list-ing of Coming Events are on our website at www.pcnr.com. To send your listing: PCN&R, PO Box 185, Cold Spring, NY 10516; fax 265-2144; e-mail, [email protected].


JULIA L. BUTTERFIELD MEMORIAL LIBRARY

Rtes. 301 & 9D (845) 265-3040

www.butterfieldlibrary.orgMon & Wed: 10am-8pmT, T, F and Sat: 10am-5pmSun. 12-3pmThu. July 16 - Mad Science, 10:45am, reg. req’dMon. July 20 - Mad Science, 10:45am, reg. req’dONGOING PROGRAMSIntro to Guitar: 5 Weds beg. July 15, 4:15pmBouncing Babies ( in fan ts thru 24 mos.), Tue, Wed, & Thu, 10am

PUTNAM VALLEY LIBRARY

30 Oscawana Lake Rd., (845) 528-3242

www.putnamvalleylibrary.orgHours: Sun. 1-5; Mon. 10-6; Tue/Wed 10-8; Thu/Fri 11-5; Sat - 10-5Book discussion group 3rd Tue. of each month, 7:30pm

PUTNAM ARTS COUNCIL

Tilly Foster Farm 100 Route 312

Brewster (845) 278-0230

www.putnamartscouncil.comArt Classes for all ages. Express Yourself , summer arts programAug. 2/23 - 17th Annual Art

VAN BRUNT GALLERY 137 Main St.. Beacon

(845) 838-2995 www.vanbruntgallery.com

Thu/Mon 11am-6p Through July 27: Quad 2

Exhibit, 7 Artists;

DESMOND-FISH LIBRARY

Route 9D & 403, Garrison, (845) 424-3020 http://dfl.highlands.com

Hours: M/ W/F: 10am-5pmTue & Thu 2-9pm; Sat 10am-4pm, Closed Sun-days until September 13

PUTNAM COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY & FOUNDRY SCHOOL

MUSEUM 63 Chestnut St., Cold

Spring (845) 265-4010

www.pchs-fsm.orgMuseum hours : Wed-Sun, 11am-5pmOffice hours: Tues/Fri 10-5Through mid-August - Ex-hibit: “George Pope Morris: Defining American Culture” Sat. July 18 - 5pm; Annual Lawn Pa r ty, mid - summer cocktai ls a t “Camp Eliza-beth” home of Elizabeth & Joe Regele. Auction. $50p/p, $60 at door

CONSTITUTION ISLAND

West Point, NY (845) 446-8676

www.constitutionisland.orgPublic tours through Sep-tember, Wed & Thu at 1 and 2pm, leaving fm South Dock at West Pt. Res. req’d.Sat. July 25 - Garden Day, 10am-3pm, house & Revolu-tionary War tours; depart fm CS Metro-North parking lot

MANITOGA/THE RUSSEL WRIGHT DESIGN CENTER Route 9D, Garrison

(845) 424-3812 russelwrightcenter.org

Tours on selected weekdays; every weekend at 11am and 1:30pm, res. a must. Grounds open for hiking all year.Sat. July 25 - Cocktail Walk, 5-7pm, member event; res. req’d.

GARRISON ART CENTER

Garrison’s Landing (845) 424-3960

garrisonartcenter.org [email protected] Gallery Hours: Tue/Sun

12-5pmT h ro u g h S e p t 8 - G A C -sponsored CURRENTwith-out at Boscobel Sculpture on Display at GAC and on Boscobel’s Grounds

PARAMOUNT CENTER 1008 Brown Street,

Peekskill (914) 739-2333

[email protected]. July 16 - Film: Every Little Step, 8pmThu. July 23 - Big Bad Voo-doo Daddy: 100 Years o f Cab Calloway, 8pmFILM: Summer Hours, July 17, 18, 19 & 22 at 8pmSun. July 19 - Free screen-ing of Rocky, 3pm

CHAPEL OF OUR LADY RESTORATION

45 Market St., Cold Spring

845-265-5537 www.chapelofourlady.comSun . Aug . 16 - Conce r t : Andy LaVerne , p iano and John Abercrombie, guitar, jazz standards and original compositions. 4pm, free.Sun. Sept. 13 - Sunset Read-ing Series: Valerie Martin, novelist , 4pm, free

PHILIPSTOWN DEPOT THEATRE

Depot Square, Garrison’s Landing

philipstowndepottheatre.org (845) 424-3900

Thu. July 23: Youth Players present Annie , 7pmFri . July 24: Annie , 4pm and 7pmSat . July 25 : Annie , 4pm and 7pmSun. July 26 : Annie , 2pmThu. July 30: Teen Players present A Chorus Line , 7pmFri. July 30 - A Chorus Line, 7:30pmSat. Aug. 1 - A Chorus Line, 7:30pm

STONECROP GARDENS 81 Stonecrop Lane

Cold Spring (845) 265-2000

www.stonecrop.org Mon–Fri, plus 1st &

3rd Sat., 10am – 5pm; also open Fri. until

dusk through Oct 2; $5/ members - no charge

S u n . J u l y 1 9 - G a r d e n C o n s e r v a n c y O p e n D a y, 10am–5pm, $5 /no cha rge for Stonecrop members or wi th Garden Conservancy admission ticket.

BOSCOBEL Route 9D, Garrison

(845) 265-3638 www.boscobel.org

Opendaily except Tues., 9:30am-5pm,last tour

4:15 $16/adults, $12/seniors, $7/children, 6-14, under

6/free Grounds only $8

Sat . Ju ly 18 - Free con -cert by NY Army National Guard’s 42nd Infantry Band, 2-330pm; pack a picnicSun. July 19 - Westchester County Day. Free admission for all county residents.

HUDSON VALLEY SHAKESPEARE

FESTIVAL 155 Main Street

Cold Spring Peformances at Boscobel

(845) 265-7858 Box Ofc: (845) 265-9575 www.hvshakespeare.org

The Complete Works of Wil-liam Shakespeare (Abridged)Much Ado About NothingPericles

TILLY FOSTER FARM MUSEUM

100 Route 312, Brewster(845) 279-4474

www.tillyfosterfarm.orgSun. July 19 - Walkabout historic tour, 1pm

Putnam County is home to a growing number of Beauti-ful Trash Cans. Thus far, 34 original works of art can be seen at banks, delis, restau-rants, liquor stores, and other high-traffic areas.

These unique cans are spon-sored by local businesses and donated free to wherever they are placed. Interestingly, the investment of a sponsorship is less than the cost of most other advertising media.

Once a theme is chosen by a sponsor, sketches are solicited. The artist(s) are

then notified…a 55 gallon s tee l drum is del ivered…painted…picked up…and a check is sent to the artist.

Artists who like to paint in acrylics are encouraged to contact Keep Putnam Beau-tiful (walt . [email protected]). Pictures of some of these cans can be seen at: www.putnamcoun-tyny.com/kpb.

Currently, there are two sponsorships of cans await-ing sketches. One theme is of 1950s autos. The second theme is of Sybil Ludington.

Artists Sought to Beautify Putnam’s Trash Cans

The West Point Concer t Band will perform a concert featuring the dance music of Claude Debussy, Leroy Anderson, Dimitri Shostakov-ich, George Gershwin, Igor Stravinsky, and others. The concert is free and open to the public at the Trophy Point Amphitheater on Sunday, July 26 at 7:30pm.

The band wil l c lose the concert with the Berceuse and Finale from Igor Stravin-sky’s Firebird, Sergeant First Class Shawn Herndon will perform Claude Debussy’s

Premiere Rhapsodie for solo clarinet and band. Also on the concert will be Leonard Bernstein’s Symphonic Dance Music from West Side Story, the popular musical based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

Sergeant First Class Mary Kay Messenger will perform music from My Fair Lady and He Loves and She Loves, written in 1927 by George Gershwin for the musical , Funny Face.

Please allow extra travel time for the 100% vehicle and photo I.D. inspection at Stony Lonesome and Thayer gates. Due to changing security re-quirements at West Point, call the Academy Band’s hotline at 845-938-2617, or check www.westpoint.edu/special before leaving for the concert.

For information and updates call the Academy Band’s 24-hour hotline at (845) 938-2617; or visit www.westpoint.edu/band.

Dances o f Enchantment at Music Under the Stars

T h e C o l d S p r i n g A r e a Chamber of Commerce an-nounces that Tiki Daddy and Uncle Wade will perform at the Summer Sunset Music Series on Sunday, July 19, at 5:30pm at the riverfront park in Cold Spring.

Tiki Daddy, featuring Art Labriola on steel guitar, John Harms on guitar, uke, and vocals, and Al Hemberger on bass, starts the evening off with its unique sound that has been described as “you’re on vacation.” This group of Philipstown residents plays a distinctly Hawaiian sound that is influenced by the early adopters of slide guitar into jazz, country, and blues mu-sic. The band draws inspi-ration from the fusion and innovation of the music of the 1920s with great con-temporary groups like The Moonlighters and The Sweet Hollywaiians.

Uncle Wade takes the stage next with some of Tiki Dad-dy’s members doing double-duty. This Americana band is composed of Jerry Krenach on guitar, percussion, and vocals, Art Labriola on dobro, pedal steel, and accordion, Andy Revkin playing fiddle, guitar, mandolin, and also vocals, Peter Rundquist on banjo, guitar, harmonica, and vocals, and Al Hemberger on “spiritual guru” bass and vocals. The group describes themselves as “five guys de-voted to roots, blues, rivers, and trains,” with sets that range from junkyard blues to sea songs, twang to celtic to traditional BBQ.

For the full Summer Sunset Music Series schedule or to learn more about the Cold Spring Area Chamber of Com-merce, visit coldspringcham-ber.com or call 265-3200.

Sounds of the 20s & 30s with Tiki Daddy and Uncle Wade

Everyone can be a happy camper–at least for an after-noon–at the Putnam County Historical Society’s (PCHS) 2009 lawn party on Saturday, July 18, from 5 to 7pm. The annual get-together for PCHS members, friends, and anyone who wants a chance to see one of our area’s most beautiful properties is being held this year at “Camp Elizabeth,” the scenic and historic home of Elizabeth and Joe Regele on the banks of the Hudson River in Garrison.

Camp Elizabeth features a grand Victorian style manse, built in 1880, on property owned by Henry Garrison, whose holdings included the present-day Garrison Landing and Garrison School. Camp Elizabeth passed through sev-eral hands–it was known as “Rockhurst” in the early 20th Century–unti l the Regeles

acquired it in 1997. Grand porches overlook a sweeping lawn just above the river, the perfect setting for a summer afternoon of food and fun–and maybe a drink or two, too!

Delectable edibles are being provided by caterers Elise & Lachelle. Several very spe-cial gifts will be auctioned, including a 17-inch strand of cultured pearls donated by Jaymark Jewelers, an extraor-dinary and unusual folded book sculpture by Argentine artist Ramon Lascano, and a stunning painting by Rick Thurston.

Camp Elizabeth is located at 1039 Route 9D in Garrison. Tickets are $50 per person in advance, $60 at the door. Tickets and information are available from the Putnam County Historical Society, 63 Chestnut Street, Cold Spring, 265-4010, pchs-fsm.org.

Historical Society Will Host Lawn Party on July 18

Outstanding senior artists will be recognized for the best works in the 17th annual “Art after Seventy-Five” exhibit of the Putnam Arts Coun-cil, with a public reception Sunday afternoon, August 23, 2009. The juried exhibit opens Sunday, August 2, at the Council’s headquarters in Tilly Foster Farm, Rte. 312, Brewster.

Gallery hours for the free exhibit will be Tuesday to Friday, 10-3pm, and Sundays, 1-4pm. Artists will be able to offer their work for sale. Details and information about exhibiting art work are avail-able at putnamartscouncil.com or 845-278-0230.

“The popular exhibit of-

fers a first gallery sett ing oppor tuni ty to many f ine ar ts pract i t ioners , as well as offering newer work from master artists throughout the region,” said Joyce Picone, executive director of Putnam Arts Council.

Art is t and ar ts educator Anthony Haruch, of Somers, is juror of the exhibit. An adjunct professor at SUNY, New Paltz, he works in sil-ver and silk screening. He has turned his world travels into two books for children and has developed education plans for the art departments of schools in Putnam and surrounding counties.

Outstanding Older Artists Recognized with Awards

In this year of the Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricen-tennial, the Desmond-Fish Library will celebrate the history of two great water-ways of New York State and the explorers and inventors that made progress possible. This event marks 100 years since the festivities of the 1909 Hudson-Fulton Celebration, when New York staged its own coming-out party as it climbed in economic growth, expanded in population diversity, and made a statement as an art and cultural capital.

Along with the Naval and Military Parades during the 1909 Hudson-Fulton Celebra-tion, there were the History Parade and the Carnival Pa-rade, with floats designed to de-

pict New York State’s history. These floats were recorded on postcards of that time.

On display in the program room at the Desmond-Fish Li-brary in Garrison is an exhibi-tion of the 72 postcard images of the floats and the official poster for the celebration. For more information, please call 424-3020.

The exhibition is presented by the Taconic Postcard Club in coordination with the Croton Free Library, Croton Friends of History, Yorktown Museum, and the Peekskill Museum, and was made possible by a gener-ous contribution from the New York State Hudson-Fulton-Champlain Quadricentennial Commission.

Library Disp lays Ant ique Postcards o f Tr icentennia l

Tiki Daddy band members, from left: John Harms, Art Labriola, and Al Hemberger


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West Point Fireworks

To the Editor:The fireworks associated

with Cold Spring Community Day on July 4th made an excellent backdrop for the USMA concert on Trophy Point on July 4th. I posted several videos on YouTube (see links at right) that your readers may enjoy and which show these fireworks. The USMA fireworks finale actu-ally focuses on your finale for the first two minutes and they were great.

Mike Nilsen, Sr.,Brooklyn

( fa ther of a member of USMA Class of 2011.)

Dutch and Puritans in the Hudson Valley

To the Editor:I feel compelled to respond

to your editorial, “Capturing the Spirit of the Nation at Mekeel’s Corners.” While the description of the service was moving, the rest of the piece missed a great oppor-tunity to explore the unique heritage of the Hudson Valley and its broad impact on the character and success of the United States. The Puritans certainly had an impact on our national character and contributed strongly to our sense of American “excep-tionalism.” However to as-cribe our religious freedoms and toleration of individual pursuits to the Puritans beg-gars belief and defies historic fact. The Puritans came to New England to found a re-ligious theocracy, not a reli-gious democracy. They were supremely intolerant of any faith other than their own. Punishments meted out to Baptists, Quakers, among oth-ers not believing as they did ranged from beatings with a knotted whip, having ears cut off, put in irons, or hanged. The Puritans followed that by witch hunts which need no description.

However there was a colony which was based on religious toleration that was ingrained in their national character be-cause it reflected the practices of their home country. That was the colony the Dutch founded here in the Hudson Valley with its most impor-tant city, New Amsterdam. Holland was unique in 17th century Europe as a place of religious toleration. It was also unique in being a fluid society where status could be “earned” through success in business, irrespective your bloodline or ancestry. Fi-

nally being the preeminent world trading power during the 17th century Holland was the most tolerant society in Europe of people from other countries and cultures partly because it was more familiar with them and profited from its commerce with them. In fact many of many of the freedoms and characteristics that we take as “American” look distinctly Dutch when looked at through the prism of 17th century Europe and its North American colonies.

Of course the British took over the Dutch colony and our foundat ion myths are seen through the eyes of the British bred victors. But how much more interesting, not to mention fair and balanced, an editorial it would have been to acknowledge the Puritan’s role in our foundation mythol-ogy but use that as a starting point to explore our unique Dutch heritage here in the Hudson Valley and its impact on the American experience.

John SchienemanCold Spring

USMA West Point 4th of July Concert & Fireworks Finale

http://tinyurl.com/okc8uw

This video covers the fireworks finale at West Point following the 4th of July concert put on by the United States Military Academy Band for the entertainment of new cadets, family, and friends. What you actually see here is both the fireworks finale across the river at Cold Spring for the first two minutes, then at Trophy Point by USMA for the remainder. New Cadets are seen during the last 5 minutes as they return to the barracks.

USMA West Point 4th of July Concert & Fireworks 1812 Overture part 2

http://tinyurl.com/osz5jx

On July 4th 2009, the United States Military Academy Band performed Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture at Tro-phy Point on the West Point grounds, entertaining the Plebes and many others. The music is over 10 minutes long, so is separated into two video clips. This is the second. Accompanying most of the music and serving as a unique backdrop are fireworks across the river are associated with Cold Spring Community Day.

• In "Putnam Valley Pols Seek Sustainable Careers" (July 1), the PCN&R stated, “When the town's Ethics Board censured [ fo rmer supe rv i so r Sam Dav i s ] , he sued the board and his o w n t o w n e m p l o y e e s . ” This was inaccurate . Su-pervisor Davis and Dawn Powell’s attorney filed an Article 78 against the Town Board, Town Attorney, Town Clerk, and Ethics Board. Also, the Ethics Board did not censure Mr. Davis. The Ethics Board concluded that the hiring of Powell by Davis was unethical and the Town

Board then adopted the Eth-ics Board decision passing a subsequent resolution that censured Mr. Davis.

• In last week’s edition, the men pictured in Cath-er ine Garnsey’s “Putnam County Litter Patrol” story were mis-identified. Their names are, left to right: Chris Zelyez, “Job Coach” Nick Piper is , Doug Branste in , Kenneth Swar, and Jonathan Abbey.

Hans Claessens

Hans Claessens

CorreCtions and ClarifiCations

The unusual summer of 2009 cont inues th is week with record breaking chilly temperatures.

The mercury was record-ed at 47 degrees in Carmel Tuesday morning shattering the record for July 14 of 50 degrees set back in 1989.

“The weather has been re-ally strange this summer,” said meteorologist Dr. Mel Golds te in a t the Wes te rn Connecticut State University Earth and Space Meteorology Center in Danbury, which is the closest official weather station to Putnam County.

Goldstein said so far this year the Putnam region has experienced only 149 cooling degree days with the normal for the date 257. Goldstein explained cooling degree days measure the amount of air

conditioning demands.The weather was the topic of

conversation at a coffee shop in Carmel. Sarah described the unusually cool weather as “nuts. I hate it. Summer should be summer—warm and humid—so the kids can go swimming everyday. My family has used our pool only twice so far and here we are in mid-July.”

Paul sees things differently: “I love it. Cool nights mean energy saving without the A.C. grinding away. Besides, it’s refreshing to work in a cool environment.”

Of course, if the mercury were hitting 90, people would be complaining as well. In-stead of worrying about the weather, why not take advan-tage of the coolness to enjoy your summer days.

Has Old Man Winter Stumbled into Summer?

Nestled 'neath the verdant hills'Mid nature's choicest setting, Inviting ease and indolenceAnd worldly cares forgetting.

The rising sun greets cheerfullyThe mountains and the rills, While the eagle soars his mighty wayAcross the sun bathed hills.

The fragrance of the golden rodAnd the gleam of the briar rose.With the ceaseless rush of the ebbing tide, Suggest most sweet repose.

The fragrant breeze sighs softly o'erField and jeweled meadow,While the butterflies play hide and seek Within each its flitting shadow.

The drowsy hum of insect lifeAnd the whippoorwill's refrain,With the sleepy song of the KatydidSinging summer's parting strain.

For the daisy nods her pretty headIn the light of the parting moon,And the buttercup bends drowsily To the glow of the harvest moon.

There's the beauty of the rose leaf,And the light of sunlit waters;But there's nothing half so fair to meAs Putnam's lovely daughters.

Written for the Cold Spring Recorder by C.M. Miller, 1898

HanS ClaeSSenS

HanS ClaeSSenS

A Cold Spring Idyll

Candidate for Putnam Val-ley Highway Superintendent Wants to Lead Town down the Right Road

M a r k P a w e r a h a s a n -nounced that he will be seek-ing election to the office of Putnam Valley Highway Su-perintendent this November.

Pawera, a resident of Put-nam Valley for thir ty f ive years, thinks it is t ime for professional management to restore accountabi l i ty and eff iciency to the Highway Department.

Given the current economic downturn, Pawera feels the

t a x p a y e r s d e s e r v e b e t t e r than be ing asked to fund an ever increasing budget just to maintain the status quo. He believes that under his leadership the town has the resources and talented personnel to get road repair and main tenance back on track. ‘The Highway Depart-ment appropriations budget has increased by 64% since 2001 without any comparable increase in the qual i ty of services delivered. This is no longer acceptable.’

Like most people, Pawera is also concerned with the ove ruse o f road sa l t and other de-icers, which pose a threat to our wells, lakes and streams, as well as lead-ing to the premature rust and corrosion of our vehicles . Pawera’s research has lead him to alternative materials, available now, that are recog-nized by the Environmental Protection Agency as more env i ronmenta l ly f r i end ly. ‘These treated salts and de-icers are already being used by o ther h ighway depar t -

ments in the region, because they are more cost effective and less corrosive’.

Pawera has a degree in Civil Technology and over 25 years experience in con-struction. As a member of the International Union of Opera t ing Engineers , Lo-cal 137, his background in road construction and mainte-nance (both hands-on and su-pervisory capacities), make him a strong candidate for

the position. His experience in t ruck/heavy equipment r e p a i r a n d m a i n t e n a n c e , combined with experience in municipal snow removal operations complement his qualifications. Pawera cur-rently serves on the Putnam Valley Board of Assessment Review. For questions, or to show your support, you can contact Pawera by e-mail at [email protected]

The epic 1977 film A Bridge Too Far tells the story of an attempt by the Allied army to seize a key bridge deep in the heart of the occupied

Nether lands dur ing World War II. While audacious, the attempt failed. A British of-ficer unwittingly coined the name of the movie when he commented on the ultimate failure of the operation.

And so, in something of a reversal of roles, we find t he fo r ce s i n A lbany a t -tempting to take one more bridge—perhaps a bridge too far—from the people of New York State. You’d think they had a l ready taken enough from us: sales tax, income tax, property tax, business tax, auto registration fees, and countless other hidden fees and taxes that drain the people of New York. And yet the politicians in Albany are insatiable; they plot and plan to come up with devi-ous new ways to reach into our pockets once again, and

extract a few more dollars. Our dollars, that we earned.

The latest scheme is the most brazen and bul ly ing tax of a l l . The people o f Putnam County are now being ordered to pay a “Mobility Tax,” to subsidize the public t ransportat ion system that serves—wait for it— the city of New York!

Whether you ride the trains, busses or subways or not , you’ re on the hook . Tha t sensation in your pocket is the governor reaching in , once again, for a few more dollars of your hard-earned money. And why is he do-

ing this? Because the MTA executives recently granted themselves some pretty hefty pay ra ises (18-24%), and, wel l , tha t money’s got to come from somewhere.

But now our courageous county politicians have to-gether raised their hands and said, “No! No more.” The county legis lature agreed, in a near-unanimous vote, to refuse to pay this latest tax, and sent Governor Paterson a resolution detailing their reasons.

Perhaps it shouldn’t shock us , but the response f rom Albany was swift and jack-boot brutal: “We’ll shut down the MTA rail l ines and bus se rv ice in Putnam. We’ l l just take the money from your other receipts.”

There was a lot of abuse by the British in the 18th century before the colonists finally had enough. It didn’t seem like a big deal—a tax on tea—but it was the last straw, the bridge too far. And the colonists stood up, and with one voice said, “No!”

Let us , as proud, hard-working residents of Putnam County stand as one with our gutsy county legislators, and say, “No. The mobility tax was the bridge too far, governor, and it is here we take our stand.”

We the people say, “No!”

Clint Sherwood is a long-time resident of Lake Peek-skill , and for ten years has been a technology wri ter a n d e d i t o r. H e b l o g s a t c l i n t s h e r w o o d . b l o g s p o t .com.


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“A man is not free

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Praising the Putnam Legislature’s Tax Revolt, in the Spirit of ’76

CLINTSHERWOOD

Pawera Wants to Lead Town Down the Right RoadMTA Builds ‘A Bridge Too Far’

ElisE Matich

Mark Pawera

CANDIDATE

ANNOUNCEMENT

Name: Mark Pawera

Position Seeking:Highway Superintendent,

Putnam Valley

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Slambovian Circus Plays at Dockside to a Thousand

Gandalf Murphy and Slambovian Circus of Dreams, the favorite band of many Cold Spring residents , entertained a large crowd at the

r iverfront last Sunday evening, thanks to the Cold Spring Area Chamber of Commerce’s Summer Sunset Music Series.


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As summer continues out-door activities will be in full force and the Putnam County Department of Health would like to remind Putnam County residents to be aware of the potential for rabies exposure. Rabies continues to be a seri-ous public health problem in New York State. Rabies is a deadly disease caused by a virus that attacks the nervous system. Rabies virus is in the saliva and nervous tissue of a sick animal. Rabies is most often seen in wildlife such as raccoons, bats, skunks, and foxes. You can get rabies if a rabid animal bites you or its saliva or nervous tissue gets into an open cut or your eyes, nose, or mouth.

The Health Department is stressing the importance of capturing any bat found in your home or calling a pri-vate Nuisance Control Agent to capture the bat so that it can be brought to the Health Department and sent out to be tested for rabies. If the bat does not test positive for rabies, treatment is not nec-essary. Rabies post-exposure treatment involves a series of vaccinations over a 28-day period. Only about 4%

of bats submitted for testing are posit ive for the rabies virus. The only way to avoid unnecessary treatment is to capture the bat. Visit www.putnamcountyny.com to view a video providing step by step instructions on how to capture a bat.

Cats, dogs, ferrets, and livestock can also get rabies if they are not vaccinated. Vac-cination is the best protection for your pets against possible Rabies exposure. Make sure any pets over 3 months of age are appropriately vac-cinated. Any individual who has had contact with a bat or any other wild or feral animal should immediately call the Putnam County Health De-partment. Report all animal bites or contacts with wild animals or stray dogs and cats to the Health Depart-ment. The Health Department also tests any possibly rabid animals after an incident in-volving contact with a human or pet. For more information on rabies, please visit www.putnamcountyny.com or call the Putnam County Health Department at 278-6130 to report an animal bite.

Rabies Awareness Tips from Health Department

On Sunday, Ju ly 19 a t 7:30pm the West Point Band’s Jazz Knights will present a concert with special guest saxophonist Antonio Hart at Trophy Point Amphitheatre. The concert is free and open to the public.

Active on the New York jazz scene since the early 1990’s, Antonio Hart has made seven recordings as a leader, the lat-est on the Chiaroscuro label entitled All We Need. He has performed or recorded with jazz masters Dizzy Gillespie, Jimmy Heath, Dave Holland, Nancy Wilson, McCoy Tyner, and many others, appearing as a guest on over eighty record-ings. Hart earned a Bachelor of Music from Berklee Col-lege in Boston, where he met trumpeter Roy Hargrove, who invited Hart to perform in his quintet . While touring the world with Hargrove, Hart earned a master’s degree from the Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College, in Queens, New York, where he is now a professor in the jazz studies division.

The program will feature music written and arranged by Hart, such as the original compositions “Down and Up” and “Like My Own,” Members

of the Jazz Knights will also contribute arrangements to the program and be featured as soloists.

Please allow extra travel t ime for the 100 percen t vehicle and photo I.D. in-spection at Stony Lonesome and Thayer gates . Due to changing security require-ments at West Point, call the Academy Band’s hotline at 845-938-2617, or check www.westpoint.edu/special before leaving for the concert.

For concert information, cancellations and updates, call the Academy Band’s 24-hour hotline at (845) 938-2617; or visit www.westpoint.edu/band

Jazz Knights Perform With Guest Saxophonist Hart

The Flat Iron Gallery of Peekskill will have a solo exhibi t of new expressive oil landscape paintings and portraits by Croton artist Jes-sica Miller for the month of September. Miller’s show will run from Sept. 4-Sept. 27, 2009. This will be the first solo show of Miller’s works at the Flat Iron, although she has exhibited her paintings in the gallery for several years in group exhibitions.

An artist’s reception will be held Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009, from 2-5pm. To coordinate with this season’s Quadricen-tennial Hudson Celebration all over New York and the downtown artist district of Peekskill, Miller will have several Hudson oils on dis-play, including scenes of the Hudson at Senasqua Park and Croton Point. Local scenes l ike “Muscoot Farm” wil l

also be included, as well as portraits.

Miller is a master at com-position and an inventive use of color. She is well-known for us ing sharp planes of contrasting and muted colors that fascinate the viewer.

Miller studied fine art at the University of Michigan, SUNY Purchase, the School of Visual Arts, the Art Students’ League, and the Westchester Arts Workshop. She studied portrai ture with Hananiah Harari, Leonid Gervits, Leon-ard Dufresne, and Andrew Lattimore. She has had many solo and group exhibitions in Westchester in the las t five years, as well as a sum-mer exhibition at the Edward Hopper House Arts Center in Nyack, NY, this past year.

The Flat Iron Gallery is open Thursday though Sun-day f rom 12-6pm and by appointment. It also houses three other exhibi t rooms displaying contemporary fine art, pottery, glass, and hand-crafted jewelry by over 100 area artists. For more infor-mation, call director, Wendie Garber 914-734-1894 or look up www.flatiron.qpg.com.

Jessica Miller Landscapes Shown at Flat Iron Gallery

Alexis Thornton, one of Putnam Valley High School’s Languages Other Than Eng-lish (LOTE) teachers, is one of a select number of teachers in the US to be chosen by the cultural services of the French embassy to study for three weeks in France this summer. The topic of study is geared towards primary and secondary educators on how to effectively use the cinema and theater in the French curriculum. Mrs. Thornton lef t for Grenoble, France, on July 4.

After her program ends, she plans to spend ten days

t rave l ing in the sou th of France, visiting the family she lived with when she studied abroad in college as well as a young woman who stayed with Thornton’s family in Putnam Valley as an exchange student in the early 1990s.

Upon returning to the US, Mrs. Thornton will have to present at a regional or na-tional meeting regarding her experience, as well as submit a pedagogical project to the French Embassy.

Thornton’s mother, Pam Adamovich, RN, shared the news. “We are so proud of her,” she said.

Summer Study in Francefor PVHS French Teacher

Alexis Thornton, left, is shown with some of her students at the PVHS Foreign Language Club’s International Dinner.

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Assemblywoman Sandy Galef hosts Beth Herr, from the Westchester County De-partment of Parks, Recreation, and Conservation, and George Morrison, both of Westches-ter County’s Citizens’ Task Force on White-Tailed Deer and Forest Regeneration on her cable te levis ion show “Dear Sandy.”

The task force, which began in 2006, is made up of en-vironmentalists and wildlife experts and was charged with the task of addressing deer over-population in Westches-ter County. After two years of extensively studying the issue, the task force released their f inal report last No-vember.

Assemblywoman Galef dis-cusses the final report, includ-ing the task force’s suggestion to open some public forests to bow and arrow hunters on a trial basis as a way to

control the deer population.“The wh i t e - t a i l ed dee r

population continues to grow every year in our community, which unfortunately can be a threat to both our environment and our safety,” Galef said. “We need to f ind ways to control this over-population, but whether that means hunt-ing or other options remains to be seen.”

Tune in to cable television on the following days and times to learn more.

Dear Sandy airs on July 17, 24, 31, and August 7, as follows:

Oss in ing and Peeksk i l l :Channel 15 - Fridays at 9pm

Wappingers Falls: Channel 21- Fridays at 8pm

Yorktown: Channel 74 - Fridays at 7:30pm

Carmel , Kent , Mahopac and Putnam Valley: Channel 8 - Fridays at 7:30pm.

Deer Population Management Discussed on ‘Dear Sandy’

Sheriff Donald B. Smith reports the arrest of a Gar-rison couple on marijuana and fireworks charges.

On July 3, 2009, members of the Putnam County Sher-iffs Department Narcot ics Enforcement Uni t (NEU) executed a search warrant at the Morris Road, Garrison home of Edward J. Maier, 48, and Christ ina T. Mor-rison, 46.

The officers discovered a quantity of marijuana with an estimated street value of $1 ,000 as wel l as numer-ous small bags of marijuana packaged for sale. The of-f i ce r s fu r the r d i scove red twenty-one (21) cartons of fireworks valued at approxi-mately $7,000.

Ms. Morrison was charged wi th Cr imina l Possess ion

of Marijuana in the Fourth Degree, a misdemeanor. Mr. Maier was charged with Un-lawful Possession of Mari-j u a n a , a v i o l a t i o n . B o t h suspects were additionally cha rged wi th Un lawfu l ly Dealing with Fireworks and with Endangering the Welfare of a Chi ld , misdemeanors (the latter charge resulting from the fact that the couple kept the illegal items in the res idence where their mi-nor children are living). The couple were released pending a July 22, 2009, appearance in the Town of Philipstown Justice Court to answer the charges.

If found guilty of the mis-demeanor charges, the de-fendant could face up to a year in jail and a fine of up to $1,000 for each charge.

Continental Village Couple Face Drug, Fireworks Charges

Sheriff Donald B. Smith reports the arrest of a City of Beacon man who fled from a deputy sheriff who attempted to initiate a traffic stop of the man’s vehicle.

On July 2, 2009, at 3am, while patroll ing Route 9D in the Town of Philipstown, Deputy Sheriff Robert De-tlefs received an alert from his license plate reader to a vehicle in traffic bearing a suspended registration.

When the deputy attempted to initiate a traffic stop in the vicinity of Breakneck Tunnel, the driver, later identif ied as Walter J. Shuster III, 116 Main Street, Beacon, failed to comply with the deputy and cont inued northbound on Route 9D.

The Putnam County Sheriffs Department Communications Division notified Dutchess County authorities, and of-ficers from seven separate

law enforcement agencies responded.

In the vicinity of Route 9D and Middlebush Road in the Town of Wappinger, a deputy from Dutchess County S.O. utilized spike strips to disable Mr. Shuster’s vehicle. Mr. Shuster was taken into custody and charged with numerous traffic violations and misde-meanors in several Dutchess County jurisdictions.

Deputy Detlefs charged the man with Operating a Motor Vehicle While Registration is Suspended, a misdemean-or, and with several traffic violations. The defendant is scheduled to appear in the Town of Philipstown Justice Court to answer the charges on July 15, 2009.

If found guilty of the misde-meanor charge, the defendant could face up to a year in jail and a fine of up to $1,000.

Beacon Man Faces Multiple Charges After 9D Pursuit

The New York State De-partment of Environmental Conservation’s Stony Kill Farm Environmental Edu-cat ion Center wil l offer a three-day Summer Institute for Hudson Valley teachers from Wednesday, August 12, through Friday, August 14. The institute, called “Teach-ing About Your Watershed,” will give teachers practical too l s fo r do ing hands -on e n v i r o n m e n t a l e d u c a t i o n with their students, both in and out of the classroom. Teachers may get in-service credit hours through the Mid-Hudson Teacher’s Center.

The Summer Institute will meet a t Stony Kil l ’s geo-thermally-cooled Learning Center from 9:30am-3:30pm each day. There is a fee of $50 per participant for mate-rials, snacks and beverages.

Among the activities par-ticipants will engage in at th i s in te rd i sc ip l ina ry In -st i tute are “Mapping your School Grounds,” to reveal sub-wate r sheds and the i r re la t ionsh ip to the la rger Hudson watershed; making and keeping a watershed jour-nal to record si te-specific observat ions of their own watersheds; aquatic sampling for macroinvertebrates and water testing; and exploring a Hudson River estuary by canoe. To register for “Teach-ing About Your Watershed” o r fo r more in fo rmat ion , please call Richard Parisio at 845-831-8780, ext. 302.

Stony Kill Farm Environ-mental Education Center is located on State Route 9D, about two miles north of the Beacon-Newburgh Br idge (I-84).

DEC Offers Workshop on Watershed Education


A short reprieve in the rain on Friday, June 19, allowed students, staff, and friends of the Haldane School to cel-ebrate the culmination of three years of dedicated volunteer efforts toward the school’s new and improved playground.

The crowd was full of appre-ciative children hard at work enjoying the results, along with administrators and local dignitaries such as Senator Vincent Leibell, whose office secured a $10,000 grant for the installation of the much- anticipated and beautifully sculptural shade sail. Cold Spring Mayor Seth Gallagh-er, Philipstown Councilman Richard Shea, and County Legislators Vinny Tamagna and Richard Othmer were also present at the ribbon cutting. Refreshments were provided

by the PTA as Mrs. Contini’s elementary school band en-tertained the crowd.

“This is an exciting day for all of the Haldane Commu-nity,” said Principal Maggie Davis. “We all worked together and, with the support of Sena-tor Leibell, the Haldane School Foundation, and the PTA, we overcame many obstacles to provide our children with a safe and fun place to play. Thank you to all!”

Efforts to t ransform the playground began in 2006, when a number of parents saw the need to replace the aging and unsafe equipment and make something more invit-ing out of a play surface that doubles as a parking lot. The climbing equipment was off limits to the younger grades after one kindergartner broke

his arm falling off the mon-key bars.

And so, in 2006, then-PTA president Debbi Milner turned to two of those parents, local architect Pam Gunther, and interior designer Mary Lou Sussmeier, and asked them to form a playground committee. The two surveyed the play area and presented architectural renderings to the administra-tion and school board.

In the following year, the money to purchase the equip-ment came from several fund-raising events. The Haldane School Foundat ion ra ised $16,000 in one event that took place at Cat Rock in Garrison. This allowed for the purchase and installation of the Dou-ble Challenger course. Other events included a Dine Out at local restaurants coordinated by Jennifer Marinan, a Celeb-rity Bartender night featuring Principal Davis and Legislator Tamagna as guest bartenders, coordinated by Danny Bern-stein and Michelle Holobar, and a Barnes & Nobles read-ing night headed by Camille Linson. The Haldane PTA donated a total of $10,000. Elise LaRocco also wrote the grant application that brought in a grant from Lowes.

“Transforming the blacktop into a fun play surface took many volunteers, too many to list,” said Mary Lou Suss-meier. “Verizon and John Shuk were responsible for painting the map of the United States.”

This year, under the new co-chairmanship of Lisa Scicluna and Sussmeier the committee secured the state grant through Senator Leibell’s office to pur-chase the shade sail, which will provide children with some respite from the hot afternoon sun. Trees were also planted, thanks to many individual donors , inc luding Flagler Landscaping, who donated a portion of the installation and one of the ornamental trees.

Community Celebrates Complet ion of New and Improved Haldane Playground

The Hudson Valley Summer S t r ings Fes t iva l , o ffe r ing classes in composition and song writing, improvisation, and music theory through per formances , ensembles , private lessons, and work-shops, will be held on August 3-7 at the Chapel of Our Lady Restoration in Cold Spring from 9am to 2pm each day. Jazz, global, traditional, and non- t rad i t iona l reper to i re will be used to emphasize individuality of sound, music theory, and ear training. All levels and ages for viol in and viola players are wel-come. Cellists, bassists, and guitarists should be at least intermediate level players. There is a fee, and schol-a rsh ips and d iscounts for siblings are available.

This first-time festival is offered to s t r ing p layers

throughout the Hudson Val-ley. Participants will record and receive CDs of the music they’ve composed, arranged, or studied as an end-session act ivi ty. Gwen Laster and Pam Read will teach music classes. Recreation and re-laxation time are included, as well as yoga instruction with Kasia Bilinski. Ms. Laster states that, “Each session will be a celebration of music, movement and humor.”

Vi o l i n i s t P a m R e a d , a native of Cold Spring, has performed with the Albany Symphony, Hudson Valley Philharmonic, and the Open Hea r t Quar t e t , composed of musicians living in Cold Spring. She has performed and taught as a Suzuki in-s t ruc tor and has managed children’s summer programs for 25 years.

Gwen Laster earned her Master’s Degree f rom the U n i v e r s i t y o f M i c h i g a n School of Music . She has released two CDs and per-formed and toured ex ten-s i v e l y, m o s t r e c e n t l y, a t President Obama’s Inaugural Neighborhood Ball.

She developed her teaching concept as Director of Jazz Strings at the Harlem School of the Arts and through pri-vate and group instruction .She will publish her f irst instructional book, Music for the Creative String Player, in September, and will also release her third solo CD, in 2009.

The Chapel is located at 45 Market Street, Cold Spring, For informat ion ca l l 265-2878l or email [email protected]

Young String Players to Learn Composition and Theory at Summer Music Festival

The Grea te r Newburgh Symphony Orches t r a , i n collaboration with the City of Newburgh, presents Sum-mer Pops At Downing, a fun event for the whole family, on Saturday, July 25, 2009, at 4pm. Concerts have been held in Downing Park since its completion in 1897, and Music Director Woomyung Choe keeps up that tradition with a free annual concert of patriotic songs, rousing marches, light classical piec-es, and favorite arias. This year, he shares the baton with Marcus Parris, Music Direc-tor and Principal Conductor of the “Opera Company of the Highlands.”

Since coming to Newburgh, among the works Marcus Parris has conducted with commanding presence are Madama Butterf ly and La Boheme . Protégé of highly es teemed conductor /com-poser Harold Farberman, Mr. Parris has made appearances that include the Nashville

Symphony, and the Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional de Pan-ama. He served as Assistant Conductor of the American Symphony Orches t ra and shared the podium with Kurt Masur in a concert with the Manhattan School of Mu-sic Symphony Orchestra in conjunction with a series of master classes. October, 2009 will see the U.S. premiere of Cui’s Feast in the Time of Plague and Korsakov’s Mozart and Salieri with the Little Opera Theater of New York, under Maestro Parris’s baton.

The renowned “Kiddie Conductors,” the super stars of Summer Pops at Downing, are the children in the audi-ence. Every chi ld present is invited to take a turn at conducting the orchestra in a lively march following a brief lesson by Woomyung Choe. Added to the mix are wonderfully talented vocal and instrumental soloists.

Bring lawn chairs or blan-kets and enjoy lighthearted music in the idyllic park set-ting. Buy a raffle ticket to win one of the many baskets brimming with goodies. In case of rain, the concert will take place at Aquinas Hall, Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh. Cal l 845-913-7157 or go to www.new-burghsymphony.org for more information.

Summer Pops in the Park with Newburgh Symphony

The libraries of the Mid-Hudson Library System are excited to announce the addi-tion of the Mango Languages online language-learning sys-tem to the websi tes of al l local l ibrar ies in Putnam, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, and Ulster counties. Mango is free of charge to all library patrons, and is a fun, fast and convenient solution for learning to speak a foreign language!

Mango’s online language learning system focuses on

teaching actual conversation skills for a wide variety of lan-guages. Each lesson combines real-life situations and audio from native speakers with an easy-to-follow interface and simple, clear instructions.

Because i t ’s complete ly web based, library patrons can learn anywhere they have an internet connection — at the library, a coffee shop, or even at home in bed. It’s so effec-tive and easy to use, you’ll be speaking a new language after just one lesson! Mango

Languages currently offers 12 language courses — Bra-zilian Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, French, German, Italian, Greek, Russian, Man-darin Chinese, ESL for Polish speakers, ESL for Spanish speakers, and ESL for Bra-zilian Portuguese speakers.

To access Mango grab your library card and visit your local library’s website: mid-hudson.org/libraries and look for the “Mango Languages” button or “HOMEACCESS.”

Learn a Language at Your Local Library

Teens ages 12-18 can get creative this summer at the Flip-It! Video/Movie Maker Workshop at Howland Public Library in Beacon on Friday, August 7, from 3-5pm. Learn how to create your own vid-eos using the new Flip Mino camcorder, edit and enhance them with Windows Movie Maker, and upload them to YouTube.

Students do not have to have any prior video-making expe-rience. The library will supply any materials needed, but if you own your own Flip, you may bring it with you. This pro-gram is free, but because it is limited to 10 participants, you must register by contacting Ginny Figlia, Youth Services Librarian, at 831-1134, ex. 103 or [email protected].

This workshop is made pos-sible by a NYS Library Grant provided to the Mid-Hudson Library System. The grant allows for a stipend to pay a teen who is experienced in using the Flip and/or Windows Movie Maker. If you are be-tween the ages of 14-18 and interested in a paid position to help teach this workshop, please contact Ginny.

Teens: Edit and Shoot a Flip-It! Movie

Caitlin McConville of Cold Spring, a rising sophomore at Gettysburg College, has been placed the Deans’ Honor List for outstanding academic achievement in the Spring of 2009.

Students with a quality point average of 3.60 or higher (on a 4.0 scale) for a semester’s work are placed on the Deans’ Honor List.

With a student body of ap-

proximately 2,600, Gettysburg College is a highly selective four-year residential college of liberal arts and sciences located on a 200-acre campus adjacent to the Gettysburg National Military Park. The college was founded in 1832.

F o r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n , please contact Teri Myers 717-337-6800 or [email protected]

McConville Named to Deans’ List at Gettysburg College

Julia Famularo

turn to speak, he eloquently praised the staff and admin-istrators of the hospital for their dedication and quality of care, reminding everyone that buildings are just bricks and mortar but it is the people who work there that make institutions great. Pataki re-called that his and his fam-ily’s financial support of the hospital had begun long before the funds that made the Pataki Center possible; he noted that he was, in fact, born in that hospital, and his entire family had been in and out of it ever since. “The transformation the hospital has undergone over the past several years has been essential to improving access to quality health care in the region. I am honored to lend my name to this extraordinary building,” he concluded.

Among the 100 or more as-sembled notables were West-chester Legislator George Oros, Putnam Legislator Vinny Tamagna, Town of Cortlandt Supervisor Linda Puglisi, five former mayors of Peekskill (in-cluding Gov. Pataki himself), and local board members from several surrounding communi-ties. Architect Joseph Pallante and painter Andrew Lattimore, who created a phased portrait of Governor Pataki to hang in the Pataki Center, were also on hand.

“The opening of the Pataki Center and Dempsey House represents yet another phase of the overall $100 million construction project for Hud-son Valley Hospital Center,” Federspiel said. “Next year we will open a brand new 84-bed pat ient tower, the corners tone of this ent i re renovation project.”

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DEPOT (Cont’d from front pg.) SALES TAX (Cont’d from front pg.)

PCN&R: What prompted you to run for town supervisor?Dawn Powell: I’m very in-terested in government and I really believe people can af-fect significant change locally if they get involved. Mostly they don’t, but when they do it’s very impressive. There’s a Fieldstone development pro-posed up near Bryant Pond and the public came and spoke out eloquently about the things they felt should be included in the environmental review. I think this is where people can have the most impact.

P C N & R : W h a t a r e y o u r thoughts about zoning?DP: I think the zoning should have been done the way it was proposed. The comprehensive plan made certain changes in the planning of the town and everyone was on board and the whole process was public . . . The zoning code that they came up with was not in conformity with the plan. The problem we’ve gotten into is piecemeal changes, and I think it’s very unclear now what this board intends . . . I don’t think we should play around with the zoning code because an ap-plication comes in. The draft zoning code should be passed the way it was put out there.

PCN&R: In your announce-ment you say that political fa-voritism and special interests are costing too much money and forcing people out of their homes. Elaborate.DP: I think that people are be-ing forced out of their homes because the taxes are too high. The current administration has publicly supported new development in the town de-spite the costs to residents. More houses increase our taxes and that stance is not representative of the people who live in this town. The comprehensive plan commit-tee has been dismissed and the zoning code that accompanied

it has been sitting on the shelf. There has been essentially no implementation of the com-prehensive plan. Perhaps the delay has been for the pur-pose of ensuring that proj-ects move forward without the constraints of an updated code and the comprehensive plan.

PCN&R: Your position paper calls for new solutions and greater efficiency in govern-ment. Explain.DP: When I f i rs t came to town hall, they handed me a stamp and told me to change the date every day and stamp the mail. I said no . . . that I wanted an electric date and time stamp. I spoke with the clerks in the court office and the first said that it had always been done this way. The sec-ond, however, said they had reams of papers to stamp every day and they should have a time/date stamp. Little things like that. The files should be digitized so that everything we have . . . can be accessible to anybody and everybody. In this day and age [Town Attorney] Bill Zutt does everything with paper, delivering items to each department and mailbox . . . it’s very frustrating. It reflects a general lack of coordination.

PCN&R: Although there is agreement that steps should be taken to preserve Peek-skill Hollow Road, there still remains significant disagree-ment. What are your thoughts?DP: I don’t thing there’s that much agreement . . . and there are two sides. I think the historical designation is the preferable one, but I have to look at it. Regardless of the designation, I think the highway department has a lot of leeway with what they call maintenance and drainage. PCN&R: What about Oregon Corners?DP: I think the way [the Tendy administration] handled it was

flawed. When the engineer for the county-sponsored plan study came, the first thing he said was that some conve-niences will have to be sac-rificed. Convenience is what it is all about. If people can’t park there, they are going to go somewhere else. The county came up with their plan . . . came to Putnam Valley and said this is what we are going to do. The DOT is telling us we have to do this and the federal highway administration is telling us that we have to do that. People have said, both then and now, that if they’re telling us what to do, then give the money back.

PCN&R: Why should residents of Putnam Valley vote for you instead of Bob Tendy?DP: I think that the commu-nity needs to move forward. We have put in all this work on the comprehensive plan and now we need to enact it. I think we need an open space plan. I think we need a more effective and efficient government. We need not to be saying, “well 5 percent is not much of a tax increase” because, at this point, for lots of people, it is a lot of a tax increase. People need someone representing them and there’s a lot that can be done with ef-ficiency at our level and the county and state level.

PCN&R: Will you be effective?DP: Well, I think the local com-munity was ready for imple-mentation of the comprehen-sive plan and that’s why they supported it. The zoning code was put out there and the only opposition was the engineer for the HYH project in Roaring Brook. The public wants to do these things . . . So, I don’t think there will be resistance. PCN&R: What makes you think you will be able to jump the hurdles of bureaucracy?DP: One of the things Bob

[Tendy] has done is make it difficult for people to speak out. At some meetings he has yelled at people, and it makes people uncomfortable. If you listen to people and involve people then i t becomes a community effort to make changes. . . . People are tired of doing things the way they have been done for 30 years.

PCN&R: Do you think the legacy of your relationship to Sam Davis and the events surrounding your hiring and censure by the ethics board afterward will have an impact on your electability?DP: I think it’s possible it will have an impact. I hope people can look at Judge Lippman’s ruling and his position now and understand that noth-ing illegal or unethical was done and that there was a lot of political drama involved with it. . . . Sam never did anything wrong. He checked with the state . . . and he was looking for someone and t ime was running out. So after ten days in office, without finding anyone, he put me in the position. I have to say the newspapers started before we made a decision, before we did anything. Tendy made a complaint to the ethics board, which he made public, and it was politically moti-vated . . . and it was blown way out of proportion. The ethics board ruling was a bit convoluted . . . and when the town board decided to change the law, Sam and I took it to court and filed an Article 78 against it. Judge Lippman declined to rule on the law and there has been no new opportunity to chal-lenge it. He did rule that the appointment was not unethical or illegal . . . I hope that people will be able to look beyond it. They may not be able to. I don’t think I have Bob’s “razzle dazzle,” but I’ll be able to do a competent job.

POWELL (Cont’d from front pg.)

over the f irs t f ive months of 2008.

I n 2 0 0 7 d u e t o f i s c a l cha l lenges fac ing county g o v e r n m e n t , E x e c u t i v e Bondi and the legis la ture au thor ized the ra i s ing of the county sales tax.

L e g i s l a t u r e C h a i r m a n To n y H a y c a l l e d t h e i n -crease “fair because i t af-fects everyone whether or not an individual is a prop-erty owner.”

Leg i s l a t o r Vincen t Ta -magna agreed say ing the “added one percent did not have an impact on the man on the street yet it has raised substantial dollars to offset spiral ing property taxes.”

been scheduled for the July 15 meeting.

In other matters the board quickly approved conditional acceptance of public dedica-tion of the Kisslinger Parcel on Lake Oscawana and moved to a discussion of a possible ban on fertilizers containing phosphates. Such a ban has been passed in Westchester County, and Supervisor Tendy has been pushing the county legislature to pass a similar ordinance. Concern among board members centered on how such a ban could be en-forced. Ms. Whetsel asked how the ban could be monitored. “The town can control fertil-izer use on its property,” she said, “but how do you force stores not to sell” products containing phosphates.

BOILERS (Cont’d from front pg.)


that still dot the city. He moved to Cold Spring in 1982.

From his perch in the center of Main Street, Rolston has watched Cold Spring turn from a quiet village, where many of the storefronts were boarded up to the bustling destination it is today. At the Depot, he added to the bustle. “Jim Vickery painted my sign, and offered to get a band together, and the Depot Down Home Dixieland Jam and Jelly Jazz Band was born.” Some locals didn’t ap-preciate the new noise, but gradually Rolston won the town over. Jim Vickery passed away last year, and Rolston helped to form a music scholarship in his name.

The Depot played a role in getting Cold Spring on the map. As the musicians came in to play, journalists looking for small town charm soon fol-lowed. The New York Times, the Hartford Courant, and the AP soon followed. “We were in 1,200 papers nationwide, and we got responses from hundreds of people saying they wanted to come to Cold Spring.”

At first, Rolston says, the new life at the Depot came with problems. “Some people wanted a restaurant, but not a successful one that actu-ally drew people.” It took ten years for the smaller protests to subside. In that time, Rolston has been embraced by his fel-low residents, “The crowd has become more local. We are sustained in the wintertime by our locals and we play to that … “This is my home, this

is my village. I don’t think I have an enemy here. “

From his perch at the sec-ond oldest restaurant in Cold Spring, Rolston has seen tastes change. “Fifteen years ago, we didn’t understand vegetarian-ism. Now we cater to it.”

What is the secret to his success? The staff and the consistency. The restaurant manager, Joannie Gonzales, has been with the Depot since Rolston bought it. “Most of the cooks have been with me 15 years, and many of the wait staff have been with me for eight years ... We’re a family.”

There is a close feeling be-tween the staffers and cus-tomers. Waiters often greet customers by name. They have drink orders ready as patrons sit down. “When people order a steak sandwich, they want the same steak sandwich they had last time, and the same service. We give them that,” Ralston says proudly.

The restaurateur can be justly proud of his accom-plishments, just as he has given Cold Spring a little music and some good food, Cold Spring has given success and happi-ness to him. “It’s very rare for someone to own a restaurant for 25 years. Even rarer for it to grow every year. But we do it,” Ralston says smiling. The Iowa native sums up his accomplishment as the deci-sion to put down roots and grow. “I’m Tom Rolston from Cold Spring.”

Powell Stresses Competence Over ‘Razzle-Dazzle’She introduced an electric time and date stamp to town hall

which he said was passed in May, but requires retroactive payment by the counties dat-ing back to March.

The NYSBA also incurred Tamagna’s wrath as he an-grily pointed out that while residents have been losing jobs or having wages seri-ously cut back, the NYSBA recently gave raises of 14.5% to 28% to its management.

Tamagna distributed copies of two resolutions passed two nights earlier by the Putnam County Legislature, calling for the County’s withdrawal from the Metropolitan Com-muter Transportation District and calling upon New York’s governor, attorney general, and comptroller to review the operations of both authorities.

The resolution points out that Hudson Valley residents and businesses already pay five taxes or fees to the MTA: a portion of sales tax, the pet roleum business tax , a mortgage recording tax, a phone bill surcharge, and a charge to counties for MTA station maintenance.

Tamagna said that it is un-likely that the state legisla-ture would approve Putnam County’s withdrawal from the MTA commuter region but urged Philipstown and other municipalities to attempt the same strategy. “It’s just outra-geous the way the MTA spends money,” he concluded.

“Outrageous” could also be the most appropriate term to describe what has become the never-ending monthly

discussion of the Garrison Volunteer Fire Company’s (GVFC) financial situation. Garrison resident Joe Regele was back again. As he has on a regular basis for almost three years, Regele questioned the GVFC’s financial report-ing, this time focusing on its most recent audited financial statement submitted to the Town on June 30, 2009, the deadline as required by state law. Regele’s major concern was that his interpretation of financial statement showed the GVFC had $288,000 in surplus cash at the end of 2008, an amount he considered excessive. Deputy Supervisor Richard Shea, who chaired the meeting, indicated that the balance of undesignated funds at year-end was closer to $24,000, with any other surplus funds having been earmarked for future equip-ment purchase.

Garrison resident Russell Dushin also joined in the fray. Dushin claimed that he had been misled in the past when he was told that GVFC had no other sources of revenue beyond the Town’s funding. According to Regele, the 2008 f inancial s ta tement shows GVFC as receiving $128,000 in other revenues. Dushin also questioned the fire com-pany’s replacement schedule for vehicles, claiming that the “period of probable useful-ness” for fire trucks is twenty years, while GVFC budgets for vehicle replacement af-ter f if teen years. At t imes

the exchanges between Shea, Regele, and Dushin became quite heated. When a frus-trated Regele expressed the view that “we’re not getting anywhere” with the ent ire GVFC discussion, Shea dis-agreed, stating, “That’s your opinion, I feel I am (getting somewhere). Shea reminded Regele a number of times that the town has been in ongoing discussions with GVFC and that considerable progress has been made towards more t ransparent re la t ions wi th GVFC.

“Unlike you, this is not my only focus,” Shea said to Regele. “You make my nego-tiations with the fire company more difficult.” Continuing, Shea commented that, “It’s not as if the (Town) board is not acting on this. There are ongoing discussions about reserve funds, length of the contract (with the fire com-pany), and equipment pur-chases. I respect you for this, but you have to have a little faith in what we’re doing,” Shea concluded.

After more routine busi-ness, residents from both Old Albany Post Road and Hustis Road addressed board to ex-press their concerns regarding drainage, erosion problems, and property damage caused by recent heavy rainfalls.

Speaking on behalf of the Town Board, Richard Shea read a resolut ion prais ing Tom Monroe who recently retired as the Town’s Code Enforcement Off icer af ter twenty years of service.

pe r spec t ive . ” The mayor seemed dis incl ined to re -open the issue, citing con-cerns about inconvenience to village residents versus the amount of income to be garnered. “The Comprehen-sive Plan Special Board has lots of data,” said Special Board co-chair Armstrong, “that demonstrate that me-tered parking could provide a steady and predictable income stream for capital projects.”

Mayor Gallagher did not seem swayed and Trus tee Robertson suggested that the board should not move for-ward if “the board and the mayor are not going to have an open mind.” The mayor disputed the implication, say-ing,” I always have an open mind . . . but I’m leaning against it.” With the rest of the board remaining silent, the bickering continued with the following exchange.Robertson: I t t akes a fresh look with no negativity.Gallagher: I’m only one vote here, so if you really want it you should promote it.GR: That ’s not what I ’m saying.SG: That’s what I’m saying.GR: So, you’re saying you’re not coming in with a fresh perspective.SG: I’ll have a fresh perspec-tive, but you’re going to have to convince me. I’m open to hearing an argument for it.

At this point Mike Arm-strong interjected, reminding

the board that “arguments were clearly stated in the last presentation in great detail,” along with the PowerPoint presentation. Mayor Galla-gher cautiously offered that, “if we were to further in-vestigate” installing parking meters, that hours of opera-tion and expected revenues would need to be investigated. Armstrong answered, saying that the report “has a complete and deta i led breakdown.” Trustee Robertson asked Mr. Armstrong whether he would consent to making another presentat ion to the board. “I’d be glad to do it again,” he replied hesitantly, “but it is on the village website.”

Mayor Gallagher asked what kind of revenue “can you make on weekends?”Armst rong said that, based upon their previous research, the vil-lage could expect $110,000 to $120,000 a year. Tom Rolston offered that Nyack uses me-tered parking as a “principal source” of revenue. “Over ten years,” added Armstrong, “this could be worth over $1 million. The most valuable aspect [to me] is the potential funding for capital projects that will benefit the quality of life in Cold Spring.” With the full board now seeming amenable to revisi t ing the issue, Tom Rolston suggested another meeting be held in August “and that will give us time to get our stuff together.” The board agreed, although a specific date was not set.

L e g a L N o t i c e s

LEGAL NOTICEL O C A L L AW # 1 5 O F

2009

L O C A L L AW / A M E N D ARTICLE II OF CHAPTER 3 1 / C O D E O F P U T N A M C O U N T Y / E N T I T L E D “LEASES”

A Local Law to Amend Article II of Chapter 31 of the Code of Putnam County Entitled “Leases”

B e i t e n a c t e d b y t h e L e g i s l a t u r e o f P u t n a m County as follows”

Section 1. Article II of the Code of Putnam County entitled “Leases” is hereby amended to read as follows:

Article IILeases

§ 31-2 Purpose.

local law substantially and any action tonight would be invalid. The local law will be on next month’s agenda.

A L O C A L L AW T O AMEND ARTICLE III OF CHAPTER 31 OF THE CODE O F P U T N A M C O U N T Y ENTITLED “VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC”

B e i t e n a c t e d b y t h e Legislature of the County of Putnam as follows:

Section 1.A n e w S e c t i o n 3 1 - 3 6

enti t led “Duty to Comply with Traffic Control Signs a n d S i g n a l s ” i s h e r e b y added to the Code of Putnam County to read as follows:

Sect ion 31-36 - Traff ic Control Signs and Signals

N o p e r s o n s h a l l f a i l , neglect or refuse to comply w i t h a n y i n s t r u c t i o n , d i r e c t i o n o r r e g u l a t i o n d isplayed upon any pos t , standard, sign or marking on any drive or other device installed or placed for the regulation of moving traffic on county property.

Any and all traffic devices so placed under this law must comply with New York State Vehicle and Traff ic Laws and the rules and regulations of the State of New York with regard to the placement of said traffic devices.

Section 2.The existing Section 31-

36 is hereby renumbered to Section 31-37.





Section 5.This local law shall take

effect immediately.

LEGAL NOTICENOTICE OF FORMATION

OF LIMITED LIABILITY C O M PA N Y. N A M E : 9 MOUNTAIN DRIVE, LLC. Ar t i c l es o f Organ iza t ion were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/06/09. Office location: Putnam County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against i t may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to the LLC, 9 Mounta in Drive , Carmel , New York 10512. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.


OF LIMITED LIABILITY C O M PA N Y. N A M E : M . BUCCI, LLC. Art ic les of O rg a n i z a t i o n w e r e f i l e d with the Secretary of State o f New York (SSNY) on 12/10/08. Office location: Putnam County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against i t may be served. SSNY sha l l ma i l a copy of process to the LLC, c/o Michael Bucci , 114 Vista On The Lake, Carmel, New York 10512. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

LEGAL NOTICENotice of the formation

of Greentek Clean Energy, LLC. Ar t s . o f Org . f i l ed with the Secy. of State on 4/9/2009. Office location: P u t n a m C o u n t y S S N Y designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: 527 Eas t Mounta in Rd. , Cold Spring, NY 10516. Purpose: any law ful activity.

LEGAL NOTICEBURGERKIDS, LLC, a

domestic Limited Liability Company (LLC) filed with the Sec of State of NY on 5/27/09. NY Office location: Putnam County. SSNY is des ignated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY sha l l mai l a copy of any p rocess aga ins t the LLC served upon him/her to The LLC, 22 Peppergrass Ln., Garrison, NY 10524 General purposes


OF LIMITED LIABILITY C O M P A N Y . N A M E : R E M I N G T O N C U N E O INTERNATIONAL, LLC. Ar t i c l es o f Organ iza t ion were filed with the Secretary o f S t a t e o f N e w Yo r k (SSNY) on 03/31/09. Office locat ion: Putnam County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to the LLC, 74 South Street, Patterson, New York 12563. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

LEGAL NOTICEB L U E S K Y B R I D G E ,

LLC, a domest ic Limited Liabil i ty Company (LLC) filed with the Sec of State of NY on 2/3/09. NY Office locat ion: Putnam County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against t he LLC may be se rved . SSNY sha l l ma i l a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to The LLC, 368 Bullet Hole Rd., Patterson, NY 12563 General purposes.

LEGAL NOTICEG o - G o O p s , L L C , a

domestic Limited Liability C o m p a n y ( L L C ) f i l e d articles of organization with the Sec. of State of NY on 4/6/09. NY Office location: Putnam County. SSNY is des ignated as agent upon whole process against the LLC may be served. SSNY sha l l ma i l p rocess to 30 Bank St. Cold Spring, NY 10516 Purpose: any lawful activity.

LEGAL NOTICENotice of Format ion of

Top Rope Promotions, LLC, Ar t . o f Org . f i l ed Sec ’y of State (SSNY) 5/12/09. Off i c e l oca t i on : Pu tnam County. SSNY designated a s a g e n t o f L L C u p o n whom process aga ins t i t may be served. SSNY shall ma i l copy o f p roce s s t o c/o Lloyd Zeiderman, 170 Avery Lane, Garrison, NY 10524. Purpose: any lawful activities.


OF LIMITED LIABILITY C O M P A N Y . N A M E : 2 0 4 M Y RT L E AV E N U E HOLDING, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State o f New York (SSNY) on 05/18/09. Office location: Putnam County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against i t may be served. SSNY sha l l ma i l a copy of process to the LLC, 9 Muscoot West , Mahopac, New York 10541. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

LEGAL NOTICENotice of Format ion of

228 North Quaker Hill Road, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/28/09. Office location: Putnam County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process t o : C o r p o r a t i o n S e r v i c e C o m p a n y , 8 0 S t a t e S t . , A l b a n y, N Y 1 2 2 0 7 , registered agent upon whom p r o c e s s m a y b e s e r v e d . Purpose: any lawful activity.

LEGAL NOTICEMASTER MART & GAS

LLC, a domest ic Limited Liabil i ty Company (LLC) filed with the Sec of State of NY on 5/8/08. NY Office locat ion: Putnam County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against t he LLC may be se rved . SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to The LLC, 1565 Rt. 22, Brewster, NY 10509 General purposes L a t e s t d a t e t o d i s s o l v e 5/7/2038

LEGAL NOTICEPAUL’S SEALCOATING

LLC, a domest ic Limited Liabil i ty Company (LLC) filed with the Sec of State of NY on 3/23/09. NY Office locat ion: Putnam County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against t he LLC may be se rved . SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to The LLC, 57 Mohegan Pl., New Rochelle, NY 10804 General purposes

LEGAL NOTICECOUNTY OF PUTNAMNOTICE FOR REQUEST

FOR PROPOSALN O T I C E I S H E R E B Y

G I V E N , t h a t s e a l e d proposal, will be received by the Director of Purchasing of Putnam County for the following commodities and/or service:

R F P # 0 6 - 0 9 - AUCTIONEER SERVICES

Deta i led spec i f ica t ions may be secured at the office of the Director of Purchasing, County of Putnam Off ice Faci l i t ies , 110 Old Route 6, Building No. 3, Carmel, New York 10512 between the hours of 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM, Monday through F r i d a y. T h e C o u n t y o f Putnam officially distributes bidding documents from the Purchasing Department or through the Hudson Valley M u n i c i p a l P u r c h a s i n g G r o u p ' s R e g i o n a l B i d Notification System. Copies o f b i d d i n g d o c u m e n t s ob ta ined f rom any o the r source are not considered off ic ia l copies . SEALED PROPOSALS must be filed in the above off ice on or before 1: 00 PM, Tuesday, AUGUST 4, 2009.

Dated: Carmel, New York June 26, 2009

Alessandro Mazzotta, Purchasing Director

Putnam County Purchasing Department

This local law shall take effect immediately.

B Y R O L L C A L L VOTE: SIX AYES. TWO NAYS – LEGISLATORS BIRMINGHAM & FUSCO. LEGISLATOR TAMAGNA WAS ABSENT.

Item #5f – Approval/Local Law/Amend Article III of Chapter 31 of the code of P u t n a m C o u n t y / E n t i t l e d “ Ve h i c l e s a n d Tr a f f i c ” w a s n e x t . O n b e h a l f o f the members of the Rules Committee, Legislator Hay moved the following:

Chairman Hay stated that this issue was introduced by the County Executive’s former Chief of Staff because t h e C o u n t y h a d n o l a w regarding the enforcement of t raff ic laws on county owned property. Anyone who comes on County property must obey the traffic signage and they should expect the same treatment if they fail to obey the signs as they would on the open road. This will allow Vehicle & Traffic laws to be enforced on County property.

Legislator Oliverio stated tha t h i s concern was the e n f o r c e m e n t . H e w a n t s to see the s igns obeyed . However as long as he has been here there has been no enforcement. He has seen so many vehicles speed past the County Office Building’s f r o n t e n t r a n c e w i t h o u t s topping at the stop sign. If there will be enforcement, he will support it.

C h a i r m a n H a y s t a t e d t h a t w h e n i t c o m e s t o enforcement, it is like the old saying “where are the cops when you need them”.

Legislator Oliverio stated t h a t t h i s i s s u e h a s b e e n brought up in the past and nothing came of it . It was his opinion that was because there had been no local law in place.

Leg i s l a to r Fusco made a m o t i o n t o t a b l e t h i s resolu t ion . There was no second.

He then made a motion to amend with the following wording: to add the word “moving” in Sec t ion 31-3 6 b e t w e e n t h e w o r d s “ r e g u l a t i o n o f ” a n d “traffic”. He also added a new paragraph in Sect ion 31-36 to read:

“ A n y a n d a l l t r a f f i c dev i ce s so p l aced unde r this law must comply with New York State Vehicle and Traffic Laws and the rules and regulations of the State of New York with regard to the placement of said traffic devices.”

Chairman Hay stated that as the motioner he would accept the amendments.

U p o n f u r t h e r r e v i e w Leg i s l a t ive Counse l Van Ross determined that these amendments changed the

From time to time there is a surplus of County property which is not required for public use by the County. Pursuant to County Law, t h e C o u n t y L e g i s l a t u r e has the genera l ca re and con t ro l o f t he co rpo ra t e real and personal property o f the County. Upon the d e t e r m i n a t i o n b y t h e County Legislature that real property is not required for public use by the County, the property may be leased f o r s u c h p e r i o d o f t i m e and upon such other terms and condit ions as may be prescr ibed by the County i n t he s ame manne r and wi th the same r ights and privileges as if the property was owned by an individual. The County Executive is in the best position to ascertain the amount of surplus space available at any one time, to negotiate and enter into l e a s e s f o r s u c h s u r p l u s space.

§ 31-3 Notification. A t l e a s t a n n u a l l y, a n d

by March 15 of each year, t h e C o u n t y E x e c u t i v e shall report to the County L e g i s l a t u r e a n y C o u n t y r e a l p r o p e r t y w h i c h i s n o t p r e s e n t l y r e q u i r e d f o r u s e b y a C o u n t y d e p a r t m e n t o r a g e n c y ( s u r p l u s r e a l p r o p e r t y ) a n d s h a l l p e r i o d i c a l l y thereafter advise the County Legislature of any changes to this report as such shall occur.

§ 31-4 Authorization. A. T h e C o u n t y

Execut ive i s hereby, and shall be solely, authorized to negotiate all leases. Once a lease is negotiated, and a t l e a s t s i x t y ( 6 0 ) d a y s prior to the commencement d a t e o f t h e p r o p o s e d l e a s e t e r m , t h e C o u n t y Executive shall submit to the County Legislature, for consideration and approval, a f i n a l v e r s i o n o f t h e proposed lease agreement. T h e C o u n t y L e g i s l a t u r e sha l l cons ider and e i ther approve or disapprove the proposed lease agreement within sixty (60) days of its receipt of same. The terms and conditions of the lease shall not be further modified thereafter. Upon the approval of the County Legislature, the County Executive shall be authorized to enter into a l ea se fo r such su rp lus real property. No lease for County-owned property may be entered into without the a p p r o v a l o f t h e P u t n a m Coun ty Leg i s l a tu re by a majority of the Legislature.

B. A lease renewal shall follow the same procedure out l ined in Subsect ion A hereto.

§ 31-5 Occupancy.No surplus real property of

the County may be occupied or otherwise utilized by any individual or enti ty, prior to such t ime tha t a lease is approved by the Putnam C o u n t y L e g i s l a t u r e a n d e x e c u t e d b y a l l p a r t i e s i n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h t h e provisions of this Article.

Section 2.

LEGAL NOTICEP u b l i c N o t i c e :

The Village of Cold Spring His to r ic Dis t r i c t Rev iew Board wi l l ho ld a publ ic hear ing for Mr. and Mrs . S a n d l u n d , 7 H i g h S t . Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 8:00 pm at the Village Hall, 85 Main St. Cold Spring to review the proposed changes and addition to the existing b u i l d i n g . A l l i n t e r e s t e d par t ies are encouraged to attend and be heardDated: July 8, 2009

Al Zgolinski, Chairman Village of Cold Spring

Historic District Review Board

LEGAL NOTICETHE PUTNAM VALLEY

D R A F T C O D E Z O N I N G COMMITTEE WILL MEET ON 7/21/09, TUESDAY AT 6 : 3 0 AT T H E P U T N A M VALLEY TOWN HALL.

LEGAL NOTICES e a l e d b i d s f o r t h e

following projects will be r e ce ived i n an enve lope annotated with project name a n d n u m b e r u n t i l 1 0 : 3 0 a .m. on Augus t 13 , 2009 a t the Off ice of Contrac t Management, NYS Dept. of Transportation 1ST FLOOR SUITE 1CM, 50 WOLF RD, ALBANY, NY 12232 and will then be publicly read. A certified or cashier's check payable to the NYS Dept. of Transportation for the sum specified in the proposal or a bid bond, FORM CONR 391, representing "25% of the bid total" as specified in the cont rac t p roposa l , must accompany each bid. Plans and proposals can be obtained from the Plan Sales Unit, at the above address; and the Regional Off ices noted below. The r ight is reserved to reject all bids.

A T T E N T I O N C O N T R A C T O R S ,

LEGAL NOTICEN o t i c e o f F o r m a t i o n

o f a L i m i t e d L i a b i l i t y C o m p a n y ( L L C ) : N a m e : S M A L L B U S I N E S S WEBSITES, LLC, Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/25/09. Off i c e l oca t i on : Pu tnam County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against i t may be se rved . SSNY sha l l mai l copy of process to 94 Seven Oaks Lane, Brewster, NY 10509. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

LEGAL NOTICECOUNTYOF PUTNAMNOTICE FOR BIDSN O T I C E I S H E R E B Y

GIVEN, that sealed bids will be received by the Director of Purchas ing of Putnam County for the fo l lowing commodities and/or service:

1) RFB-35-09 PUTNAM C O U N T Y S E N I O R CENTER AT DREW LAKE SITEWORK AND SEPTIC SYSTEM

Deta i led spec i f ica t ions m a y b e s e c u r e d a t t h e off ice of the Di rec tor o f P u r c h a s i n g , C o u n t y o f Putnam Off ice Faci l i t ies , 110 Old Route 6, Building No. 3, Carmel, New York 10512 between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M., Monday through Friday. You may also visit our web site at

w w w. p u t n a m c o u n t y n y.com. Sealed bids must be filed in the above office on or before

1:00 P.M., WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2009.dated: Carmel, New YorkJuly 9, 2009

Alessandro Mazzotta, Director

Putnam County Purchasing Department

LEGAL NOTICEPUBLIC HEARING

NOTICEN O T I C E I S H E R E B Y

G I V E N t h a t a P u b l i c Hearing will be held by the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Town of Philipstown on July 27, 2009, a t 7:30 p.m. at Phil ipstown Town Hall, 238 Main Street, Cold Spring, New York, to hear the following Appeals:

K E R S T I N R O S T /ROLAND PIDALA: Appeal # 7 2 1 f o r a n E x t e n s i o n . A p p l i c a n t r e q u e s t s a n e x t e n s i o n o f t i m e t o c o m p l e t e c o n s t r u c t i o n o f a s i n g l e f a m i l y n o n -c o n f o r m i n g r e s i d e n t i a l s t ruc tu re pe r Reso lu t ion d a t e d J u n e 2 1 , 2 0 0 4 , pursuant to Section 175-18 of the Zoning Ordinance, (Located 26 Hudson River Lane, Garrison) in an R-80 District. TM #89.7-1-9

A t s a i d H e a r i n g s a l l persons will have the right to be heard . Appl ica t ion materials may be seen in the office of the Zoning Board of Appeals at the Town Hall.Date: July 13, 2009

Zoning Board of Appeals

C o n t r a c t o r s s h o u l d b e advised of new legislation f o r L o b b y i n g o n A l l P r o c u r e m e n t C o n t r a c t s effective January 1, 2006. D e t a i l s o f g u i d e l i n e s , r e g u l a t i o n s a n d f o r m s a r e p r o v i d e d o n t h e Department's Web Site. For more information, Contact Person(s) Jodi Riano, Bill Howe NYSDOT Contrac t Managemen t Bureau , 50 Wolf Road, 1st Floor Suite 1 CM, Albany NY 12232 Emai l : j r i ano@dot . s t a t e .ny.us , whowe@dot . s ta te .n y . u s ( 5 1 8 ) 4 5 7 - 3 5 8 3 Suzanne Charles NYSDOT O ff i c e o f L e g a l A f f a i r s Email scharles@dot. state.ny.us (518) 457-3583. Reg. 08, Joan Dupont, Regional Director, 4 Burnett Blvd., Poughkeepsie, NY 12603

D261217, PIN 8810.94, F. A . P r o j . L 2 4 0 - 8 8 1 0 -943, Columbia, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam & Ulster Cos., Replacement of Rustic Guiderail with Galvanized G u i d e r a i l a t Va r i o u s Locations,

Bid Deposit $1,500,000.00, Plans $49, plus $8 Postage. Goals: DBE 0%

Federally Aided Contracts identify a DBE Goal, and 1 0 0 % N Y S t a t e F u n d e d Contracts identify both MBE and WBE Goals. Contracts with 0% Goals are generally single operation contracts, where sub-contracting is not expected, and smaller size contracts -- both of which may present direct bidding o p p o r t u n i t i e s f o r S m a l l Business Firms, including, but not limited to, DBE or MBE and WBE.

LEGAL NOTICETOWN of PHILIPSTOWN

T h e To w n B o a r d w i l l c o n d u c t a S t o r m w a t e r M a n a g e m e n t Wo r k s h o p a t 7 :30 p .m. a t the Town Hall, 238 Main Street, Cold Spring, New York on July 22, 2009.


by the village. Not included in this figure are engineering fees that Mr. Phillips estimates at 12-15% of the overall budget. “We could be looking at up to $46,000,” he said.

Pump station control re-placements at West Street and Kemble Avenue will cost nearly $20,000 and OSHA/PESH-mandated safety gear and train-ing will cost between $5,000 and $10,000. The department will seek grants to help defray all of these costs, but Phillips was not optimistic, saying “we are going to have to invest a good deal of money that we do not have.”

Public comments expressed more concern about revenues raised by the proposed increase being used appropriately than about the actual dollar amount of the increase. Resident Wally Schaefer presented statistics that show an increase of 94% over the past eleven years. The mayor explained that, be-cause sewer rates tend to lag, this seemingly large increase may not even keep pace with inflation. “We are playing catch-up,” said Greg Phillips, and “new state mandates have increased costs” which were not anticipated in the recent budget.

An example of this is solid waste disposal. Previously re-moved every 3-4 months, the state now mandates removal every 6-8 weeks. Mr. Schaefer asked why the $43,000 raised last year has not been used for sewer repairs. Phillips replied that “the money was spent on the study, engineering, and general preparation” for the anticipated work. Mayor Gal-lagher added that, “monies

raised from sewer fees are only used for sewer-related expenses.” The mayor added that the Pirnie report suggests that repair costs “would pay back in five years.”

Specia l Board Co-chai r Mike Armstrong suggested that establishing a five-year plan that accounts for inflation would reduce the frequency and amount of increases. “This way the people will know what to expect and be able to antici-pate,” he said, “and it won’t be such a big deal.” The mayor agreed, saying, “this is our ultimate goal.”

Armstrong wondered how Cold Spring compares to other communities. “It would be good to have a reference point,” he said. Trustee Robertson said that comparisons would be a “moving target,” as ge-ography, systems, and equip-ment, and other factors vary. Whatever the results of such comparisons might be, “we still have expenses to be met,” said Phillips. Trustee Falloon put it succinctly, saying, “We have to pay for this whether we like it or not.” The board passed the resolution for the increase unanimously, with Trustee Lynn Miller absent.

In other matters, Mayor Gal-lagher read a letter from State Assemblywoman Sandy Galef describing a committee she has created to study shared services between communities. Gordon Robertson described a recent meeting between Cold Spring, Nelsonville, and Philipstown in very favorable terms, not-ing, “everything was on the table.” Gallagher said that the village already shares highway services with Philipstown.

by Michael Mell

The Putnam Valley Central School District held its annual reorganizational meeting on July 9. Former trustees Tina Mackay and Guy Cohen were sworn in and just as quickly nominated and elected as President and Vice President. Mackay’s first duty was to swear in Superintendent Dr. Marc Space and then proceed to a long list of resolutions. mostly reinstating individu-als and agencies working with the district and confirming upcoming district activities.

The board then began its first business meeting of the 2009-10 school year. A repre-sentative of Accume Partners presented a risk assessment update and investment and debt internal audit. He com-plimented the board, saying that they do not have any high-risk ratings for any of the areas addressed. With regard to issues of compli-ance, a l l areas have been rated “appropriate and sat-isfactory,” the highest level assigned. Mackay voiced her opinion that more regular as-sessments be made over the course of the school year to better monitor risk.

In other matters the board rev iewed por t ions of the Policy Series 3000, which address district policy for a number of areas.

The next meeting of the board will be held on August 20 at 7pm in the high school cafeteria.

Putnam Valley School Board Reorganizes

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Philipstown 11-12 All-Stars Run Comes to an End

With their first win under their belts against Fishkill on July 5th, the 2009 Phil-ipstown 11- and12-year-old

stars continued on their quest to reach the finals for Dis-trict 17 Little League. Solid pitching by Cameron Young and a blast by Kenny Doxey over the right center field fence gave Phi l ipstown a 6-4 victory at home.

After a 4- minute delay due to thunder and rain, game two

JOEMARCHESE

Danny Owens makes contact with the ball.

at Red Hook was played on July 7th. Jay Marchese took the mound with 10 strikeouts and no walks and helped lead the way to a 7-3 victory over Red Hook. Kenny Doxey closed the game to get the final 3 outs. The bats came alive in the 4th inning. Af-ter a walk by Kenny Doxey, Jonathan Maldonado hit a monster homerun followed by a base hit from Danny Ow-ens. Back-to-back-to-back doubles by David Rotando, Ryan McCollum and Matt Balducci were followed by a single by Jay Marchese. Conor McCullough hit a solid sacrifice fly to center to score

a run. Noah Campbell made nice contact a long with a solid defensive effort by John Hughes.

Philipstown had a rough day on Ju ly 11th agains t Wappingers American, last year’s District 17 Champions. Nick Allen pitched a strong game with Kenny Doxey in relief, but Philipstown was only able to scratch out two hits, a triple by Kenny Doxey and a single by Nick Allen. Defensively, Ryan McCollum made an outstanding over-the-shoulder catch in center field that robbed Wapping-ers American of a homerun. Unfortunately, this was the

team's first loss, with a final score of 9-0.

Game 4 was home against the City of Poughkeepsie on July 13th. Ryan Shubert and Matt Balducci gave valiant efforts on the mound. David Rotando, Danny Owens, Matt Balducci, and Ryan Shubert provided the offence for Phil-ips town. The Phi l ips town 11-12 year olds were unable to overcome the strong pitch-ing by Poughkeepsie and lost 10-0. They worked hard and should be proud of getting to the Final 6 of District 17 Little League under manager John Rotando and coach Lau-rie Marchese.

Above: All-Star team is announced before standing proudly for the National Anthem; Right: Nick Allen pitches for Philipstown; Below: Jay Marchese warms up before the game with a smile

10-11 All-Stars Participate in Castellano-Smith TournamentThe Philipstown 10-11 All

Stars played in the 15th An-nual Castellano-Smith Me-morial Tournament from July 11-14 in Wappingers Falls. They finished the first two days of games 1-2, with a loss to Wappingers American in their first game Saturday. In the first game of Sunday’s double-header Philipstown came from behind with 4 runs in the bottom of the 6th inning

for an exciting win over Beek-man, but dropped the second game agains t Wappingers National. On Monday, the All-Stars lost against Hyde Park. Philipstown played on Tuesday af ter press t ime. Check out our website for the final results. The Philipstown All-Stars begin the District 17 Tournament on Saturday, July 18th, 1pm at Hyde Park.

Brian Haines up at bat for Philipstown

Standing left to right: Coach Matt Beachak, Trevor Van Brunt, Danny Owens, Tucker Beachak, Nick Chiera, Coach Jeff Rizzi, Justin Ferdico, Eric Rizzi, Steven Markey, Coach Frank Chiera. Kneeling left to right: John Parr, Dillon Dalition, Devon Chindano, David Rotando, Brian Haines, Matt Balducci, Stephen Junjulas.

The All-Stars celebrate in a come-from-behind win against Beekman

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Don’t be fooled by the skirts they wear in the fall. Section 1 field hockey players are getting after one another pretty good this summer; in record numbers, in fact.

Putnam Valley resident and coach Sharon Sarsen has done as much or more for Section 1 field hockey as anyone I know. Besides the fact that she owns more field hockey sectional championships and Empire State Games gold medals than anyone in Sec-tion 1 history, she just does so much more to promote the game in the Hudson Valley region.

This past week, she kicked off the eighth season of the Hudson Valley Summer Field Hockey League, which takes place on Monday and Thurs-day evenings at Putnam Val-ley High where 18 teams aim to improve for the upcoming fall varsity season.

“It’s great for team build-ing,” said Sarsen, who has won nine sectional titles at Lakeland. “It gets the younger players involved and helps coaches see what they have for the upcoming season. It gives you a head start on the fall season. Because there are no Empires this year, field hockey has really had a void

and this fills it, in part. Kids that real ly love the game and can play at a high level will miss out on the Empire experience, but we hope this fills part of the void.”

Putnam Valley High School officials have helped, too, giving Sarsen carte blanche with their turf facility and providing a sort of home-field edge for the Putnam Valley squad that dropped to 1-2 on the season after a 5-2 loss to Ossining Monday. Senior-to-be Amanda DeCh-ent and Brianna Case each scored once for the Tigers in the loss.

DeChent had two goals and an assist for the Tigers in a 4-2 win over Sleepy Hol-low. Maria Rao and Lauren Landau each added a goal for the winners. Senior Hannah Tavella has clearly elevated her level of play at midfield, looking like an All-Section player, but the Tigers looked to be in a rebuilding mode.

“Putnam Val ley was hi t hard by graduation,” Sarsen said of the defending Section 1 Class B champions. “But they have excellent athletes here and they’ll be in the thick of things when these younger kids adjust. Mahopac (3-0) has looked good, too, like they have some kids that really want to play again. Some of the premier teams like Bronxville who reached the Class C Final 4 look good, and Mamaroneck and Rye are obviously good. We’ve got a

bunch of hockey heads over at Lakeland (3-0) who have really improved, too.”

So, too, has the state of Section 1 field hockey, and Sarsen, the director of the H u d s o n Va l l e y S u m m e r League since its inception, has plenty to do with that.

“No matter who has been around here in Putnam Valley High, from Bill Conroy to Linda Winchell, to Pete Kuc-mza and Brian Hogaboom, and the new guy I haven’t even met, they have all sup-ported this program,” Sars said. “They made time for us here, from the business office on up, I’ve been welcomed with open arms. Bill Conroy and I had a vision for this league many years ago now, and it’s bigger than ever in terms of high school teams.”

SPEAKING OF THE NEW GUY

I’ve yet had the pleasure to meet Putnam Valley’s fifth AD in the past five years. Al l I hope is that former Whitesboro (Section III) AD Mark Lybol t can provide the stability necessary for a strong athletic department at Putnam Valley, like my boy Bill Conroy did and like the gracious Pete Kuczma did. With this many ADs having

Putnam Valley’s Sarsen Filling the Void

passed through the Valley, though, in this short a period of time, we’re bound to give Walter Panas a run for the dubious distinction of most athletic directors in a decade. We see where that’s going, and believe me you want no part of that.

AHEAD OF THE CURVE

Six-year-old Cold Spring girl takes 3rd in AAU track nationals

Some kids know at an early age what they want to do when they get older, but six-year-olds aren’t supposed to be this focused. Olivia McDermott is one of those six-year olds that believes she already knows what the future holds for her. The Cold Spring resident is ready to commit to track and field at a time when most other girls her age are picking daises.

The Haldane School Dis-trict student will enter 2nd grade in September with some things to tell her new class-mates, including the fact that for the past e ight months she has been running track competitively with the West-chester Striders, a local youth team located in Peekskill.

Young Olivia has trained hard over the past few months and done some things most other first-graders don’t even think about: Like qualify-ing for the AAU Primary National Championships in Orlando, Florida at Disney's Wide World of Sports.

Putnam Valley’s Hannah Tavella puts shot on goal in Monday’s Hudson Valley Summer Field Hockey League action.

McDermott recent ly a t -tended the championship and placed third in the 7-U 800 meter race with a time 3 min-utes, 11 seconds. She has also qualified in the 800-meters for the AAU National Junior Olympics to be held in Des Moines, Iowa in early Au-gust where she’ll represent the AAU NY/New England Region. You go, girl

I N R E C E N T WPBA ACTION:

The PV/C 10-U team split a pair of WPBA games this past week, losing to LaGrange, 10-8, prior to spinning a 7-1 win over Cortlandt.

In the loss to LaGrange, RHP Mike Haeusgen pitched four frames, allowing three earned runs. Zack Girvalo was 2-for-3 with a triple and two RBI. Charlie Pagani was 2-for-2 with two walks and two RBI. Cole Patterson went 1-for-2 with a stolen base.

In the win over Cortlandt, chucker Charlie Pagani went the route, firing a five-hitter. Nick Singer went 1-for-2 and Joey Spinola went 1-for-2 with a triple. Brian Haines was 1-for-2 with two out-standing defensive plays at second base.

A t t n . S u m m e r L e a g u e Coaches: Please send your schedules, results and recaps to [email protected] so we can get your teams’ exploi t s publ ished in the PCN&R.

Olivia McDermott of Cold Spring sports 3rd-place medal for 7-U 800-meter race at AAU National track event in Florida.

With a goal towards sup-por t ing the f i rs t seasonal floating pool in the Hudson River in nearly a century, River Pool at Beacon, Inc. has set July 25, 2009 for its sixth annual Newburgh-to-Beacon benefit swim. Two hundred and twenty-five swimmers are expected to make the one-mile river crossing from the Newburgh water f ront to the Beacon Harbor. All swimmers have been asked to raise at least $100 each in sponsorship support toward the operation of the floating pool at Beacon. Swimmers will be escorted by a fleet of volunteer kayakers with support from the US Coast Guard Auxiliary and other officials.

Aside from being a fund-raiser, the swim is also a memorable a th le t ic event and community gathering. “Progress towards making the Hudson a swimmable river is part of the vision of the Hudson Fulton Champlain Quadricentennial Celebra-tion,” said Cindy Cowden, president of River Pool at Beacon, Inc. “The Newburgh-to-Beacon swim celebrates that progress as an official quadricentennial event.”

As a result of five previ-ous cross-river swims, along with sponsorship from New York State Department of

Envi ronmenta l Conserva-tion, the Durst Organization, the Abrons Foundation, the Hudson River Foundation, and numerous ind iv idua l donors, the construction of the prototype floating pool is complete. The pool was installed in the Hudson River at Beacon for testing in the summers of 2006 and 2007. In July 2008, the pool was formally opened to the public for its first full season and is open for another full sea-son this year. The design of the partially submerged pool i s environmental ly sensi -tive and floats up and down with the tides creating a safe area for children to wade and swim in the river, protected from boaters, currents, and entanglement in river veg-etation. With a permeable f loor and s ides that work as a below-water fence, the twenty-foot-diameter, thirty-inch deep pool allows river water to flow through it. The entire structure is supported by floating fiberglass seats in rainbow colors.

The f loa t ing pool was originally proposed by folk music legend and River Pool co-founder Pete Seeger as a modern version of the floating pools used in New York City a century ago, which he’d read about. Funds raised from this year’s swim will support its

River Pool At Beacon Plans Sixth A n n u a l H u d s o n R i v e r S w i m

Group Trail Walk Through USMAJoin the Volkssport Club of

West Point for fitness, fun, and friendship, on Saturday, July 18. Walkers can register for the 5 km or 11 km trails through the grounds of the U. S. Military Academy. Reg-istration is at 9:15am at the West Point Visitor’s Center with the group walk starting at 9:30. The trail rating is 2

due to hills and not suitable for wheelchairs. The walk qual if ies for AVA special programs: libraries, artistic heritage, authors and literary landmarks, cemetery stroll, firehouses, historic churches, museums, riverwalk Ameri-ca, U.S. presidents, and vet-eran memorials. The walk is free; AVA credit is $3.

operation. As well as offering families and young children a way to enjoy the Hudson River, the small pool may also serve as a prototype for a pool large and deep enough for adult swimming. River Pool at Beacon, Inc. is currently evaluating design criteria for a large pool that address public safety issues, environmental concerns, and engineering challenges pre-sented by the river.

River Pool at Beacon, Inc. is a not-for-profit organiza-tion with the goal of providing safe access for swimming in the Hudson River, by provid-ing a floating swimming pool that is free to the public. Its goals also include educating the public about the unique aspects of the Hudson Riv-er Estuary and encouraging community stewardship of the r iver while promoting swimming as a fun, healthful activity in a natural environ-ment . The prototype pool design is by Meta Brunzema Architect P.C., a New York City-based firm with exten-sive experience in the design and development of innova-tive swimming facilities.

Addit ional information about the July 25th swim, or how to volunteer as a kay-aker, plus photographs of the pool can all be found at www.riverpool.org.

All participants are invited to a pre-walk breakfast with club members at 8am at Park Res tau ran t , Main S t ree t , Highland Falls. Club mem-bers who attended the recent AVA convention in Dallas will report on walking western trails and convention news. For more information call 845-446-4709.

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MELLON ELECTRICResidential - Commercial. Newhomes & additions. Serviceupgrades & generators. No jobtoo small. PC#4409 845-446-2579 Bob

PC COMPUTER HELP NOW!Windows slow? computercrash? We can help! virus re-moval, performance tuning,upgrades, Wi-Fi, backups, lostpictures, lost music, iPod/iPhone/Blackberry sync. Callus for all your computer needs,we service individuals and busi-nesses. MS Cert. MAC to. Inbiz for 20+ years . 1(845) 284-2390

KIMMEL BUILDERS ALLphases of construction. Largeand small projects. many satis-fied customers. view ourwebsite, kimmelbuilders.com845-656-4956 lic PC941

EXPERT GROUNDS MAINTWeekly/Biweekly, cleanups,organic fertilization programs.Landscape designs/installa-tions, Tree care by Carl Rankel,certified arborist. Lic/Insured.www.create-a-scape.us 845-424-2323

H O U S E C L E A N I N Gthorough, honest, reliable, natu-ral products provided. Exc refs845-518-3616

ADULT CAREGIVERavailable. Exp, drive to allappts. Dispense meds. Com-panion. Call Ray 845-265-3769

TUTORING GRADES 1-4Masters Degree/certified forChildhood Ed 1-6. All sub-jects. Contact Adam 917-862-4224 or 845-809-5211

HOUSEKEEPING AVAIL-ABLE by European woman, tenyears experience long term lo-cal refs: Contact Zuzana at cell914-469-1594.

TUTORSummer academic review,including: Writing, Math, SATprep. and Spanish. All ages.Seventeen years teaching.Frank Ortega 845-265-4236

RUBBISH JUNK REMOVALCleanups, dumpsteers in stock,Free Estimates. Call L & LRecycling Services 845-849-5009

FORMER ENGLISHTEACHER at The DwightSchool (IB program) in NewYork and Lake forest Academy(AP program) in Illinois to of-fer tutoring or review in read-ing and writing for studentsfrom 6th through 12th grade.Primary aim will be to inspirea love for literature. Call Sarafor more information 224-656-3004

PC COMPUTER TROUBLERepair/Instruction/Upgradeneeded? We can help, reason-able rates 845-265-3089

H O U S E C L E A N I N GThorough, honest, reliable,natural products provided. ExcRefs 845-518-3616

FOR SALE

METS TICKETSTreat yourself to premium seatsbehind home plate! Access toSterling Club. Limited dates, 2tkts/game. 845-265-2711 or914-450-4188

LCL ARTISTOSTONES

Jewels of FireOne of a Kind Wood-Fired

Clay Necklaceswww.ostones.com

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RENTALSCOLD SPRING MAIN STstore for rent 1000 sq ft. Greatlocation 1 block RR $1600/mo.Incl heat 845-528-1975

COMMERCIAL SPACEavail at 3021 Rte 9, Cold Spring.Warehouse 1,600 sq. ft. withoffice 300 sq ft. $2,000 a monthand a store front 1,800 sq. ft.which is great location very vis-ible $2,500 a month. Utilitiesnot incld. Pls call 845-265-3434

OFFICE SPACE 11' x 13'convenient location, close toall, Garrison. $525.00 incl allutilities except phone. call 914-720-4835 ask for Ann

COLD SPRING 2BDRM APT1 bath, EIK, lvng rm, lrg yard,walk to train/shops. W/D , pkng& water incld. $1450/mo.Newly painted. One mo sec,845-661-6632

GARRISON 3BDRM 2BATHhouse renovated 1860 farmhouse, beamed ceilings,skylites, sub zero. Unique in-holding in Fahnstock State Parkamid 3500 acres of forest,lakes, water falls, meadows.Garrison school, lawn care,lake & beach permits incld.$2400/mo 845-265-2519

MISCBIJOU GALLERIES LTDCheck out our display ofchina, glassware, jewelry,and books! 50 Main StreetCold Spring Daily 11-5Bijougalleries.com

TENNIS TENNIS TENNIS!!NTRP 5.0 singles player withclay court in Cold Spring. someweek days & all weekends, lateJune to early Sept. Bill at 917-680-1465 or 845-265-2175

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EVENTSHORSEMEN TRAIL FARMPotluck & solarfest 2009 Re-cap starts 7pm Aug 5 FarmTour 845-265-2665 [email protected]

FREEFREE TO GOOD HOMEElectric Stove (we're remodel-ing) 845-265-2443

TAG SALERINALDI FLEA MARKETSEvery Sunday 900 Route 44Poughkeepsie 8am-4pm. Freeparking and admission some-thing for everyone... VisitRinaldifleamarkets.com Ven-dors wanted. Great Food.

3 FAMILY TAG SALEKemble Ave, Cold Spring 9am-4pm Sat July 18th

GREAT VACATION WEEKFive Star Resort. Vacation inthe Berkshires, Hancock, Mass.One bedroom unit - sleeps four,includes living room, bedroom,fireplace, kitche3n, bath, bal-cony and two TVs. Indoor/out-door swimming pools,children's pool and playground,pet friendly. Easy access toTanglewood, WilliamstownTheatre, Norman RockwellMuseum and Berkshire theaterFestival. Unit avail Sat Aug29, 2009 for one week $590.Call 845-264-4525

GARRISON'S LANDING2 offices, can be combined. 1room 290 sq ft w/private bath$750. 1 room 230 sq ft w/riverviews $625. Heat + parkingincluded. Walk to train. 845-424-3937

COLD SPRING VILLAGElarge 2 bdrm w/closets locatedat 211 Main Street, offers 1bath, EIK, living room, laun-dry, heat/hot water, off Streetparking included. Pets allowed,ask for Mitch on Mobile 914-263-4689 or office 212-447-6206. You can also contact Patat Limited Editions 845-265-3111, listed on MLS. rent is$1500/mo.

GARRISON COUNTRYCottage, 2 bdrm house w/ca-thedral ceilings, lovely woodedsetting, 5 mins to train. Naturelovers delight $1500. No smok-ers. W/D Sec/Refs 845-424-4110

LARGE 2BDRM NEW HOMEin desirable area of Garrison.Garrison schools. Must see.$2000/mo + Utilities. Call 845-265-3091

COLD SPRING/BEACON 9DMins, DIA, I84, RR, 70 NYC,Hudson Views, Boats, 3bdrm,den, 2 bth, $1600 914-584-7137 or 914-960-0069

1 BDRM APT EIK, WALKto train. Utilities incld, no pets,no smoking. $1200/mo. Call1-845-809-5312. Leave msg.LOST & FOUND

FOUND RING JULY 4THon the ground at the Band Standin Cold Spring. It is an expen-sive ring and someone could befrantically looking for it. Any-one wanting to claim it callLisa at 845-424-6003

LOST DOG CALLED RILEYLast seen July 10, 2009, inCold Spring village. His coat isreddish tan. No collar or tags.Reward offered !!!! Please callwith any sightings, 845-598-1143 He is skittish.

HELP WANTED

THE PUTNAM COUNTYHistorical Society needs vol-unteer docents. Young adultswill gain museum work experi-ence. Older adults will learnlocal history and share passionwith the local community.Museum open Wed-Sun, 11-5.Please call 845-265-4010

GARRISON PROFESSIONALCommercial office rental at TheStone House. Excellent loca-tion. Rte 9 at Putnam/Westchester border. $475/mo.Includes heat, electric, park-ing. Refs, Sec. Indian BrookProperties 845-788-4191

LEGAL NOTICECOUNTY OF PUTNAM

NOTICE FOR BIDN O T I C E I S H E R E B Y

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*Exper i ence r equ i r e s 5P r o j e c t s I n s p e c t e d /Approved by the Pu tnamC o u n t y D e p a r t m e n t o fH e a l t h . R F B 1 3 0 5 9 0r e q u i r e s m a n u f a c t u r e r ’ sc e r t i f i c a t i o n o ra t t e n d a n c e o f t h e B o r dN a M o n a i n - s e r v i c es e m i n a r , i n a d d i t i o n t ot h e a b o v e - m e n t i o n e d 5P r o j e c t s I n s p e c t e d /Approved by the PCDOH.

dated: Carmel, New YorkJuly 13, 2009

CHILDCARERESPONSIBLE 21 YR OLDwith transportation available tonanny/babysit all days of theweek until late September. Refsavail. Call 845-489-2390

PETSDOGGIE DAY CARE &RESTFULL SLEEPOVERS. Iwelcome your furry friend as atrue guest in my home. Theyhave total access to my homeand my one acre fenced yard inthe woods. Bow Wow [email protected] 845-424-6017 John Funck 43 Cut-ler Lane, Garrison

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