The
PUTNAM C OUNTY NEWS
CXLIII
No. 32
A New York State Park Police launch participates in the special detail on the Hudson River last Saturday.
Patrolling the Hudson
by Eric Gross
Marine operations are criti-
cally important to the resi-
dents of Putnam County.
On a regular basis, members
of the Sheriff’s Department
patrol the Hudson River off
the Garrison and Cold Spring
shoreline, as well as Lake
Oscawana in Putnam Valley,
while Carmel Police patrol
the waters of Lake Mahopac.
New Cold Spring
Firehouse Proposed
by Michael Mell
While many are taking their
summer vacations, the mayor
and trustees of Cold Spring
met on August 4 to discuss
a number of ongoing village
issues. Trustee Ralph Falloon
presented conceptual design
drawings for the proposed
new Cold Spring firehouse.
Prepared pro bono by Hud-
son Design, of Garrison, the
design was “meant to give an
idea of use,” said Mr. Falloon.
“It is a starting point,” he
continued, “for the feasibil-
ity of the design . . . on the
donated site.” The design
shows the new firehouse situ-
ated in front of the Lahey
Medical Pavilion on Route
9D. Set into the hillside, the
proposed structure did not
appear to present a massive
profile when viewed from
the street.
In response to questions,
Mr. Falloon confirmed that
all existing fire department
equipment and vehicles would
fit into the new structure.
Space is also included for a
new ladder truck, which the
department anticipates need-
ing in the future. Unlike the
current building, which re-
We are 143 years old but new every Wednesday
www.pcnr.com
Last weekend, the Sher-
iff’s Department participated
in a day-long tour of duty
with members of the Hudson
R i v e r Ta s k F o r c e c o n s i s t-
ing of the New York State
Parks and Recreation Police,
New York State Police, and
the Rockland, Dutchess, and
Orange County Sheriff’s De-
partments.
Sheriff Don Smith joined
Sgt. Michael Szabo, who coor-
Hudson Design
quires that vehicles be backed
in, the new design allows for
a drive through (similar to
the design of the Garrison
fire house.) The fire depart-
ment, under the guidance of
Trustee Falloon, is seeking a
sufficiently developed design
by June of 2010 in order to
apply for grant monies issued
by the Department of Home-
land Security. If grant money
is received, then construction
may commence. If not, the
design remains “shovel ready”
until such time as funding
becomes available.
Asked about possible re-
use of the existing firehouse,
the mayor confessed that the
board has not looked in to
it yet. Possible reuse could
include repurposing the build-
ing for community/municipal
use or selling it for develop-
ment. If sold, monies could
be applied toward the cost
of the new firehouse. “The
next step,” Falloon said, “is
to retain the services of a
design professional.” With
the board’s agreement, he
will solicit a proposal from
Hudson Design.
Discussion of a proposed
gross receipts tax was once
(See Firehouse on Page 8)
and RECORDER
dinates the Marine Division,
w i t h I n v e s t i g a t o r Vi n c e n t
Martin, Deputy Kevin Mc-
Manus, and Deputy Richard
Mansfield as a series of boat
inspections took place in Cold
Spring.
The sheriff called the co-
operation, communication,
and coordination among the
various departments “out-
standing. This is about public
safety and homeland secu-
Forbes: West
Point is No. 1
Sheriff Don Smith, USMA
alumnus, praises Academy
by Eric Gross
Don Smith has known for
years that the U.S. Military
Academy at West Point is
America’s number one col-
lege, but last week’s ranking
by the prestigious Forbes
magazine that the military
academy was the “finest col-
lege in the nation” was the
icing on the cake.
West Point, which ranked
sixth last year, beat out Princ-
eton to win the gold.
Last Saturday, while pass-
ing the military academy
along the Hudson River, Smith
reflected on his days at West
Point as well as the military
academy’s strong work ethic.
Putnam’s sheriff, a retired
brigadier general graduated
f r o m We s t P o i n t i n 1 9 6 9 :
“ We s t P o i n t h a d b e e n m y
dream since fourth grade at the
old Patterson Grade School.
Eric Gross
rity. After 9/11, the Ameri-
can people received a tragic
wake-up. The Hudson River
is a main artery through the
Hudson Valley that affects
Putnam County as well as
many other communities. By
working together the valley
will remain as a safe place in
which to live, raise a family,
work, and recreate.”
Sgt. Szabo agreed that the
(See Hudson on Page 13)
My teachers helped me keep
that motivation alive when
family friends and others told
me it would be ‘impossible’
for a ‘little boy from Patter-
son, New York,’ to become
a member of the Corps of
Cadets.”
Smith graduated from the
academy with recognition and
even returned to the military
academy from 1975 to 1978 as
a faculty member. Smith told
the PCN&R, “From day one,
I always felt West Point was
the best school in America.
West Point is more than a
college. It is a wonderful
institution of higher learning
where education prepares
men and women for many
careers, both in and out of
the military.”
Smith recounted how, in
1802, when West Point was
founded, “Our forefathers
(See West Point on Page 8)
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
West Point Decides
Against Blacktop
Constitution Island’s roads will maintain old look
Last week, the PCN&R re-
ported that West Point was
preparing to pave the gravel
paths on Constitution Island
by Friday, August 7. After
some citizens respectfully ex-
pressed their concerns about
preserving the historical na-
ture of the island, the West
Point Garrison reassessed their
original plans. The garrison
opted instead to use a special
tar and crushed stone surface
rather than asphalt in order to
maintain the feel of an unpaved
road while improving access
for emergency vehicles. The
island is home to the Warner
house, parts of which were
used as a barracks during the
Revolutionary War.
“When we received some
concerns from the community,
we thought maybe we should
take a second look,” said Col.
Dan Bruno, commander of the
West Point Garrison. “If some-
one hadn’t given us a gentle
nudge, we probably would
have put the asphalt down.”
Elizabeth B. Pugh, president
of the Constitution Island As-
sociation, which manages the
Warner House and owns the
items within, was pleased with
West Point’s decision.
“It’s fabulous,” she said. The
new surface “is much
Sharing the Road
Philipstown and Cold Spring to combine some services
by Michael Turton
The summer doldrums of-
ten produce light agendas at
municipal council meetings,
but that was not the case as
the Philipstown Town Board
waded through a very full
agenda at its monthly meeting
on Thursday, July 6, 2009.
Cold Spring Mayor Seth
Gallagher was on hand to sign
a memorandum of understand-
ing along with Philipstown
Supervisor Bill Mazzuca and
Highway Superintendent Rog-
GUFS Negotiations Renewed
by Michael Mell
Parents in attendance at the
Garrison Union Free School
District’s August 5, 2009,
board meeting were pleased
to learn that the teachers’
union and school have sched-
uled negotiation sessions
on August 18 and 26. In a
process where meetings have
been often been separated by
months, the announcement of
two meetings within a week
of each other gave many hope
that a breakthrough may be in
the offing. This good news,
h o w e v e r, d i d n o t p r e v e n t
parents from continuing to
express their views about
disfranchisement from the
negotiation process, the “No
respect” t-shirts, and what
many say they consider a
hostile environment at the
school.
Less acrimonious than at
earlier meetings, the parents
in attendance remained no
less concerned about the im-
pact of the contract impasse
upon their children and the
atmosphere at the school
in general. Public comment
focused more constructively
on suggestions that could
facilitate resolution of the
contract and mend the dam-
age caused over the past
three years of negotiation.
T-shirts were the first issue
Philipstown & Putnam Valley
A tar and chip road.
better than just blacktop. It’s
a lovely alteration.”
“Personally, I am gratified
and impressed with the sensi-
tive and timely response by
West Point to this problem,”
said Richard de Koster, execu-
tive director of the Association.
Col. Bruno stressed that Con-
stitution Island, is both an
“important part of our history
at West Point and a significant
part of the history of the United
States.”
The new road will have the
appropriate pitch needed to
improve drainage and mitigate
the erosion that threatens the
Warner House.
er Chirico. The agreement will
see the two municipalities
share equipment and person-
nel in maintaining their roads
and is part of an ongoing local
effort to cut costs through
increased inter-municipal co-
operation and consolidation.
“The town has more equip-
ment but we have some special-
ized equipment that can be an
asset to the town,” Gallagher
said. Cold Spring’s mayor went
on to thank Philipstown for
lending its flat-bed trailer for
use as a stage at the Summer
raised during public com-
ment. Wearing of the “No
respect” t-shirts by teachers
over the past school year has
been a concern expressed by
many parents at several board
meetings. Trustee Jim Can-
non said that based upon the
advice of legal counsel, the
shirts fall under the protec-
tion of the First Amendment
and thus the board can do
nothing. Cannon added that,
“a dress code is a matter for
negotiation.”
Joe Levy, one of a number
of parents who disagree with
this assessment, expressed
the opinion that “free speech”
protections do not necessar-
ily apply in the current labor
situation. Mr. Levy replied
directly to Trustee Cannon,
saying that “the shirts are
not a dress code issue” but
What’s Inside
Culture
Historical Society
Sets Gala Date and
New Traditions
page 5
“The solution will add to the
visitor’s pleasure for years to
come,” de Koster said. “The
approach to the Hudson’s S-
curve and the Warner House
is crucial to the appreciation
of this ancient site.”
“ We s t P o i n t ’ s s o l u t i o n
brings the site to the 21st
century standards while main-
taining the island’s rustic sen-
sibility.”
The Constitution Island As-
sociation and West Point have
worked closely together for
a number of years to protect
and promote both the Warner
House and Constitution Island.
—Joe Lindsley Jr.
Sunset Music Series held on
the waterfront. He also singled
out Chirico for assisting the
village during the bid process
for repaving Church Street.
Gallagher said that the project
“was done quickly and right
… and we were protected all
the way,” thanks to Chiricos’s
input.
Chirico emphasized the
financial rewards of inter-
municipal cooperation, point-
ing out that Philipstown has
shared equipment with Cort-
(See Philipstown on Page 9)
an issue of the educational
environment. Howard Davis
concurred and took the mat-
ter a step further asking the
board to provide copies of
the legal opinions and ap-
plicable case law that have
been repeatedly referred to
as the basis for the board’s
inaction in the matter. He
closed his statements by re-
minding the board that the
community is “quite upset”
about the contract impasse
and the t-shirts.
Superintendent Gloria Co-
lucci responded that other
districts have pursued this
course of action “unsuc-
c e s s f u l l y. ” M r. C a n n o n
added that, “action would
be counter-productive” and
that they have “solicited
advice from two law firms”
(See GUFS on Page 8)
Opinion
Woodstock
Revisited
Letters to the Editor
page 6
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Legislators
Protest MTA
Mobility Tax
Will they override
executive’s veto?
by Eric Gross
While the Putnam County
Legislature plans to fight the
MTA’s recently enacted mo-
bility tax through the courts,
the county lawmakers appear
unsure of their exact course
of action.
Last month, County Execu-
tive Robert Bondi vetoed a
resolution approved by the
nine-member governing body,
calling for the county to refrain
from paying the Metropolitan
Transportation Authority for
the tax, which will cost busi-
nesses in the commuter region
millions of dollars. Despite
their initial stance—proudly
labeled by one legislator as an
act of “civil disobedience”—
the legislators have not yet
opted to override Bondi’s veto.
Bondi agreed with the leg-
islature that the mobility tax
was an “onerous tax adversely
affecting the businesses and
residents of our county,” but
he vetoed the resolution never-
theless, charging that it would
be unlawful for the county not
to pay the state. Bondi said
it was his “fiduciary duty as
County Executive to uphold
the laws of New York State,
whether I agree with them
or not. The legislature also
shares in this responsibility.”
Bondi urged Putnam to “pay
this bill, as required by law,
in a timely fashion to avoid
interest and penalties and late
filing fees that will adversely
affect our taxpayers.”
Last week the legislature
called for the county to initi-
ate an Article 78 proceeding
against the state and the MTA.
Legislator Vincent Tamagna
of Cold Spring believes that
a “court of law must make
a decision on whether the
county has an issue of taxa-
tion without representation.”
No vote was taken in an
attempt to override the execu-
tive’s veto. Last Thursday,
Tamagna explained that the
“legislature did not want to
incur a penalty from the state
for not paying its bill. How-
ever, if we discover through
early investigative work that
the county can request a stay
in paying those taxes until
the matter is assigned to a
judge and court of law, we
will then vote to override Mr.
Bondi’s veto. My colleagues
and I have entered our decision
into a journal, which acts as
a requirement of the county
legislative process, accepting
the fact that the executive did
issue a veto message. The leg-
islature now has 30 days for
its exploration and research.”
Tamagna said that while
the veto override was still
undecided, “our bottom line
is to fight for the people of
Putnam County on the unfair
tax and how to best succeed.”
The Philipstown lawmak-
er again called the mobility
tax “unconscionable” and he
urged every county in the
MTA region to follow Put-
nam’s lead.
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Putnam Valley/
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New Life at
Tilly Foster
Nature’s beauty debuted at the Tilly Foster Farm in
Southeast on Sunday when two-week-old Elmo went for a
stroll with his mom (below).

After taking a couple of swigs of milk from the proud

mama, the little guy bravely walked to the fence of his
Living close to Bear Mountain, we’ve all heard, “Are there corral for an “up close and personal” pose (right).
any bears around here?” Oh no, we say, but Friday about
midnight, the Fosters on Avery Rd. at the Indian Brook end
awoke to loud crashing in their yard. Lo and behold there was
a large bear ripping their bird feeders to shreds and eating all
the seed. When he finished he ambled off into the darkness.
There has now been another sighting on Monday night on Rte
301 just south of Rte 9. It was standing in the road and then
slowly climbed up the hill where the new houses are being
built. The free Senior Citizen picnic will be held on Saturday
August 15 in Mayor’s Park from noon to 3pm.
Happy Birthday greetings to Teresa Carlson, Sylvia Wallin, P h o to s by Eric Gross
William Basquez, Krishan Shah, Connor Allen, Kathy Ly-
ons, MaryLou Caccetta, Alok Dharia, Matthew West, Nancy
Komer, Noreen Keegan, Rosemary Melville, Jack Falloon,
John Kearns, Louis Kenney, Frank Lombardo, Priya Gandhi,
Nat Prentice, Vasu Patel, Christine Lilly, John Dini, Joanne
Ricapito, Saroj Desai, Samir Desai, Alisha Desai, Lauren
Monaco, Cathy Valenti, and Sharon DiPalo.

Meetings This Week

THURSDAY 8/13 FRIDAY 8/14 MONDAY 8/17 TUESDAY 8/18 WEDNESDAY 8/19
7:00 PM - Cold Spring Comprehensive
No Meetings Scheduled 7:30 PM - Nelsonville Village Monthly 7:30 PM -Cold Spring Board Weekly 7:30 PM-Philipstown Board Weekly
Plan/Local Waterfront Revitalization
PV TOWN HALL CLOSED Meeting Workshop Workshop
Plan (LWRP) Special Board
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Finding God in the Beauty of Constitution Marsh

ST. MARY’S OUR LADY OF FIRST PRESBYTERIAN PHILIPSTOWN

EPISCOPAL CHURCH LORETTO CATHOLIC CHURCH OF REFORM SYNAGOGUE
IN THE HIGHLANDS CHURCH PHILIPSTOWN P.O. Box 94
1 Chestnut Street, Fair Street, Cold Spring Academy & Cherry Cold Spring, NY 10516
Cold Spring (845) 265-3718 Streets Unless otherwise
Fr. Shane Scott- www.ourladyoflorettocs.com Cold Spring - 265-3220 indicated, all services
Hamblen, Rector, 265- Fr. Brian McSweeney, Rev. Leslie Mott, Pastor take place at St. Mary’s
2539 Pastor www.presbychurchcoldspring.org Parish House, Cold
Mr. Ron Greene, Senior Masses: Sat. 5:30pm, Sun. email: FPCP@verizon. Spring.
Warden, 265-3624 7 : 3 0 a m , 9 , & 11 : 4 5 a m . , net services/10:30am, leader tba
www.stmaryscoldspring. Weekdays: 8:15am, St. Jo- Worship Service: 10am Sat. Aug. 15 - Shab-
dioceseny.org seph’s - Garrison, Sun., Chancel Choir Rehearsal: bat Morning Servic-
Sun. Masses: 8am (spoken); 10:15am. Holy Days: 8:15am Wednesdays 7pm es: discussion/9:30am,
10:30am (sung); Sunday & 7:30pm Mass, Holy Day Office Hours: Tue, Wed & services/10:30am, led by
school in Parish Hall dur- Vigil: 530pm Thu, 8-12 Rabbi Marcus Burstein
ing 10:30 mass Confessions: Sat., 4:30-5pm Food Pantry: Saturdays
Thurs. Fri. & Sun.: AA in Bingo - Thursdays, doors 9-10am PHILIPSTOWN
parish hall, 8pm open 6pm, first game begins WORSHIP GROUP
7 : 1 5 p m . $ 1 , 5 0 0 i n To t a l UNITED METHODIST Quaker Meeting
FRANCISCAN FRIARS Cash Prizes. Concessions (845) 424-3525
CHURCHES OF COLD
OF THE ATONEMENT available. Meeting for Worship – 2nd &
SPRING & SOUTH
Route 9, Garrison Weekly Events: Adoration of 4th Sundays of each month,
HIGHLAND (Garrison)
424-3671 the Blessed Sacrament, Mon. 10am, at 848 Old Albany
(265-3365)
graymoorcenter@ 7pm; Miraculous Medal: Post Road (Whyatt Stone
South Highland UMC,
atonementfriars.org Wed., after Mass. Ro s a r y, Cottage), Garrison. Call for
19 Snake Hill Rd.
Sunday Eucharist - 11am, Sat. after Mass. directions. Children of all
Garrison
Pilgrim Hall. R e l i g i o u s E d : F a i t h F o r- ages welcome.
Cold Spring UMC,
Daily Mass - Mon. - Sat. mation: Sun. Grades K-5: 216 Main Street
11:30am. 9:45-11:15am; Sun. Grade REFORM TEMPLE OF by Catherine Garnsey to meet the Our Lady of Lo- Out on the Marsh they spot- waterfall, hidden away on
Pastor Margaret (Peggy)
Mondays - Holy Hour, 8pm. 7-8: 6:30-8pm, Wed. Grades PUTNAM VALLEY retto students at the Cold ted a young Bald Eagle, a another trail.
Laemmel
Centering Prayer - 8pm. K-6: 3:30-5pm, Wed. Grade 362 Church Road If you were to make a Spring Visitor’s Center. After C o r m o r a n t , M a r s h Wr e n s , One of the parent/chaper-
South Highland in Garrison
Monthly Prayer Meeting 2nd 6: 6:30-8pm. Putnam Valley date with God to celebrate greetings, everyone climbed a n O s p r e y, a K i n g f i s h e r, ones explained that some of
worship service at 9:30am.
Sunday of every month at Rabbi Allen Darnov His Work of Creation, you aboard the Cold Spring trol- and a Red-tailed Hawk. The the artists from the Hudson
Cold Spring worship service
2 p m. Reco v e r y I n c . e very (845) 528-4774 couldn’t have chosen a bet- ley for a picturesque trip students learned about the River School of Painting
ST. PHILIP’S CHURCH at 11am.
Wednesday, 7:30pm. www.rtpv.org ter day than Friday, August through the village, up to history of the Marsh, and (19th Century) had captured
IN THE HIGHLANDS Sat. Sept. 12 - Bake Sale,
Sat. Aug. 27 - Career Coach- Shabbat Services: Fridays, 7, or a better place to meet Nelsonville, on to a quick how it had been pitifully on canvas the splendor of
1101 Route 9D, Garrison Foodtown, 9:30am-noon
ing Workshop 7pm, res. req’d 8 p m ; Yo u n g p e o p l e ’ s s e r- Him than at the Constitution stop at Boscobel and finally polluted and abused in past this four-story-high natural
stphilips.highlands.com Sat. Oct. 10 - Bake Sale,
Renewal Farmers’ Market: vice- third Friday of the Marsh Audubon Center and to be dropped off at Indian years, but then restored to waterfall. Hot and weary
Rev. Francis H. Geer, Rec. Foodtown, 9:30am-noon
Every Friday, 10-3, during month, 7pm. Hebrew School, Sanctuary in Garrison. Creek Road for a hike down its pristine beauty through from the hike, the students
growing season. 424-3571 - e-mail: That was the experience to Constitution Marsh. the efforts of the National couldn’t resist a dip in the
ages 3+
stphilips@highlands.com COLD SPRING of 25 seventh and eighth Under cloudless blue skies, Audubon Society, the Hudson cool, clear pool that formed
ST. JOSEPH’S CHAPEL Summer schedule: BAPTIST CHURCH HISTORIC TOMPKINS graders from the Parishes of the students were instructed River Foundation, and Scenic under the falls (see photo
A mission Chapel of Our 8am - Holy Communion (American Baptist CORNERS UNITED Our Lady of Loretto Church, in canoe safety by the staff Hudson, Inc. above). After a hike back to
Lady of Loretto Church 10am - Main Service; child- Churches, USA) METHODIST CHURCH Cold Spring, and St. Chris- at the Audubon Center and Even with commuter trains the trolley stop on 9D, and a
Upper Station Rd., care available for 10am ser- Paul Laurelli 729 Peekskill Hollow topher’s Church, Buchanan, then hopped aboard their rolling by on the nearby ride through Garrison, it was
Garrison, 265-3718 vice. (Interim Pastor) Road, Putnam Valley who participated in a guided canoes. The temperature was tracks and the majestic view back to the bottom of Main
Sunday Mass: 10:15am 245 Main St., Cold 845-528-5076 nature hike and canoe trip a breezy 72 degrees as the of the West Point Military Street in Cold Spring for the
Spring www.tompkinschurchny.org there on Friday, as part of intrepid young people rowed Academy across the mighty parent pick-up. Overheard on
GRACE UNITED
CAPUCHIN YOUTH & 265-2022 1st Sunday of the month their two year “Journey to through Indian Creek and out H u d s o n R i v e r, a s e n s e o f the Trolley: “Do you think
METHODIST CHURCH
FAMILY MINISTRIES Sunday Services, 10:30am worship: 2pm Confirmation.” to the Marsh, which provides peace and harmony between that Jesus would have come
337 Peekskill Hollow
781 Route 9D, Garrison Wednesdays: Prayer- Fel- The St. Christopher stu- refuge to the wildlife of the Man and Creator was clearly along on this trip if He had
Road, Putnam Valley
424-3609 lowship time, 7pm FOURTH UNITARIAN dents with some parent/ Hudson River Estuary, with evident. After the canoeing, a chance?” “Oh, yeah!,” was
Pastor Tony Mecca
www.cyfm.org 845-526-3788 SOCIETY OF chaperones took the short, more than 200 species of the group hiked up the steep the answer from a student,
Fri/Sun Aug. 28/30 - G.I.F.T. Sunday Service & Sunday TEMPLE ISRAEL WESTCHESTER but scenic train ride north birds identified at the site. hill to have lunch at a secret “and I think He did!”
(Growing in Faith Together), School: 10 am. 140 Lake Drive 1698 Strawberry Road
Catholic retreat for teenag- Prayer Service w/ Com- Lake Peekskill Mohegan Lake
ers. Call or visit online. Reg. Rabbi Jeff Cymet Rev. Dawn Sangrey
deadline Aug. 25
munion: Tues 7 pm. “Tues-
days w/ Tony” - Discussion 845-528-2305 914-528-7131 Career Coaching Offered at Obituaries
Fri/Sun Sept. 4/6 - Refresh group, 9am. Shabbat Services: Fridays www.fourthuu.org
and renew, retreat for CYFM
alumni. Call or visit online.
8pm; Saturdays 9:15am. S u n d a y M o r n i n g Wo r s h i p Graymoor Spiritual Center Evelyn W. Doyle
at 10:30am Evelyn W. Doyle, a resident W. Doyle, and two daughters,
GREEK ORTHODOX Catholic Charities of the finding a job in a difficult
YORKTOWN JEWISH CHAPEL OF SAINT Archdiocese of New York is market. Those attending the of Garrison, died on August Constance K. Doyle and Gail
CENTER
2966 Crompond Road
BASIL’S ACADEMY
Route 9D, Garrison
Birth Announcements offering the first of a free
two-part workshop at the
workshops will be eligible for
individual follow-up coach-
3, 2009. She was 89 years
old. Mrs. Doyle was born in
D. Ratte. Five grandchildren,
Alanna H. Purdy, Bradford
Yorktown Heights 424-3500 Graymoor Spiritual Life Cen- ing sessions. Waterbury, CT, the daughter W. Purdy, Emilia G. Ratte,
914-245-2324 Fr. Constantine L. Connor and Nolan Varricchio ter on August 27 at 7pm. The Reservations are required o f J o s e p h N . Wa l l a c e a n d Madeleine M. Ratte, Auguste
www. Sitaras, General Director Identical twin boys Connor They were welcomed home second session will be held by calling Karen Reynolds Elnera S. Hansen. She gradu- C. Ratte, and a sister, Lillian
yorktownjewishcenter. Joseph and Nolan Daniel Var- by big brother Morgan, who on September 9. at 914-476-2700, ext. 212. ated from Albertus Magnus Josey, also survive.
org ricchio were born on August is almost two years old. Ma- Led by Ann Ruecker, MPA, No walk-ins will be accom- College, New Haven, CT, in Funeral services are pri-
MOTHER LURANA 1941. In July, 1943, she mar- vate. In lieu of flowers, do-
Fridays 6:15pm 4, 2009, at Vassar Brothers ternal grandparents are Susan MA CPCC, a certified pro- modated.
ADULT SOCIAL DAY ried Charles Edward Doyle, nations to the Hudson Valley
(Standard time) Hospital to Stephanie and Jed LaWare and Dennis Cairl, of fessional career coach, par- The Graymoor Spiritual
CARE CENTER Jr., former Peekskill attorney, Hospital Center or the Gar-
Fridays 8pm Varricchio, of Chelsea, NY. Peekskill. Paternal grand - ticipants will learn the do’s Life Center is located on
Route 9, Garrison, 1/8 at the Church of St. Aedan, rison Volunteer Ambulance
(Daylight savings time) Connor is the big brother, parents are Jerry and Joan and don’ts of networking Route 9 in Garrison. For more
mi. N. of 403 Junction New Haven. He predeceased Corps would be appreciated.
Saturdays 9:15-11:15am being born at 3:25am and Varricchio, of Cold Spring. and be taught the tactics for information, call 424-2111.
424-3184 her in 2003. Arrangements were made
weighing 5 lbs, 11oz., while Mom and Dad and all the
Nolan made his entrance at babies are doing great. Mrs. Doyle enjoyed garden- through the Dorsey-Carlone
3:31am, weighing 6lbs, 7oz. ing and playing golf. She is Funeral Home in Peekskill,
survived by a son, Edward 914-739-0848.
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ONGOING:
Cold Spring Farmers’ Market,
Saturdays through Thanks -
giving, 8:30am-1:30pm,
at Th e N e s t , C h e s t n u t S t .
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 volunteers
from Putnam County Histori-
cal Society, Sundays at 2pm,
free, meet at foot of Main St.;
through Labor Day weekend.
THIS WEEK:
Thu. Aug. 13 - CS Chamber
of Commerce Board of Direc-
tors meeting. 6pm, Butterfield
Library.
Thu. Aug. 13 - Roxy Perry Blues
Band, 6pm, lawn in front of
Arts on the Lake; bring blanket
or chair, moves indoors if rain.
Supper avail or bring your own.
$10 or $25 for family.
Fri. Aug. 14 - Public canoe
trip at Constitution Marsh
Audubon Center and Sanctu-
ary. 5:30–8:30pm. Adults: $25;
seniors, students, and Audu-
bon members, $20; children
7-15, $15. Reservations req,
ltd. space. 265-2601 x15 or
email marshschedule@gmail.
com
Sat. Aug. 15 - Annual Cold
Spring Senior Citizens’ picnic,
12-3, Mayors Park. Food and
entertainment, free.
Sat. Aug. 15 - Tag & Craft
Sale, Garrison Volunteer Fire
Dept., Rt.9. Vendors Wanted:
call 424-4406, ext. 5. www.
garrisonfd.org/auxiliaryevents
Sat/Sun Aug. 15/16 - Daniel
Nimham Intertribal Pow Wow,
gates open 10am, grand entry
12noon, Gipsy Trail Rd., off
Route 301, free. www.VisitPut-
nam.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. 16 - Cold Spring
Chamber of Commerce Sun-
set Series presents return of
Kathleen Pemble and Natalie
Amendola, 5:30pm, Dockside
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Wed. Aug. 19 - Philipstown Pop
Warner fundraiser: “Worth Its
Weight in Gold.” Bring unwant-
ed gold, silver, selected Swiss
watches, coins, silverware,
etc. for jeweler to pay cash,
10% of proceeds to Pop War-
ner. 5:30-8pm, Mayor’s Park.
COMING UP:
Fri. 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 Cho-
rale, 2nd annual Summer Sing
& Open House, Mozart’s Re-
quiem w/ orchestra, 7:30pm,
First United Methodist Church,
Brewster, free.
Sat/Sun Aug. 29/30 - Haldane
Varsity volleyball fall plant
sale, 9am-3pm at Foodtown.
Sun. Aug. 30 - CS Chamber
of Commerce Sunset Series:
Jonathan Kruk/Annie & the
Natural Wonder Band Story-
teller/dances about animals,
5:30pm, Cold Spring Band-
stand, free.
Sun. Aug. 30 - Tour de Putnam
Cycling Festival, 153-5-75/100
mile routes. www.VisitPutnam.
org, 800-470-4854.
Sat. Sept. 5 - Collaborative
Concepts Farm Project 2009:
more than 60 artists installing
art on a historic, working farm.
Opening: 2-6pm; open every
day dawn to dusk through Oct.
31. 853 Old Albany Post Rd.,
Garrison. 845-528-1797
Sun. Sept. 6 - CS Chamber of
Commerce Sunset Series, M
Shanghai String Band: Amer-
icana, 5:30pm, Cold Spring
Bandstand, free.
Wed. Sept. 9 - Annual Cold
Spring Farmers Market Com-
munity Dinner, 7pm, The Gar-
rison. www.csfarmmarket.org
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
Fri. Sept. 11 - Jazz vocalist
Michelle LeBlanc and quartet,
“I Remember You,” 8pm, Arts
on the Lake, 640 Route 52,
Kent Lakes
Sat. Sept. 12 - Summer Sun-
set & Fireworks Cruise on
the Hudson, in celebration of
the 400th Anniversary Hud-
son sail, cruise on the River
Rose. Dinner buffet, open bar,
music, dancing, silent & live
auctions, Peekskill Celebration
Fireworks Display. 8-11p.m.,
$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
Sat. Sept. 12 - Army vs. Duke
Football, Philipstown Pop War-
ner fundraiser, 12 noon, $29p/p,
arrive early for tailgating, Phil-
ipstown Hawks take the field
post-game. footballhawks@
gmail.com.
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
Sat. Sept. 19 - Family History
Fair, 10am-3pm, free classes,
lectures, info booth re build-
ing your family tree. Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints, 801 Kitchawan Rd.,
Ossining. www.familyhistory.
dreamhosters.com, 914-736-
1791
Sun. Sept. 20 - Concert: Jason
Cutmore, piano, playing Al-
beniz, de Severac and Schubert.
4pm, free. Chapel of Our Lady
Restoration, 45 Market St., CS,
park at Metro-North station.
Sun. Sept. 20 - Walkabout at
Tilly Foster Farm. Guided his-
torical tours, 1pm. Reservations
rec, space ltd. 845-279-4474,
www.tillyfosterfarm.org.
Sun/Thu Sept. 20/24 - Philip-
stown Seniors trip to Wildwood,
NJ, 5 days/4 nights, visit At-
lantic City, winery tour, Cape
May boardwalk & boat cruises.
$379 incl. 3 dinners/4bfasts.
Eileen, 265-5098.
Sat. Sept. 19: Tots Park Jambo-
ree: 4-6pm at McConville Park
Bring a picnic blanket and enjoy
some live music while you help
raise funds for the park. Sug-
gested donation: $20/family.
Sat. Sept. 26 - Constitution
Island Family Day, 10am-3pm.
Exhibits, demos, birds of prey,
horse & wagon rides, boat
rides, Rev. War Trail walks.
Shuttle runs from south end
of Metro-North CS parking
lot. 845-446-8676, www.con-
stitutionisland.org
Sat. Sept. 26 - 32nd annual
Cold Spring Harvest Festival.
Starts at 10am; details tba.
Fri. Oct. 2 - HH Land Trust’s
20th Anniversary Celebration
Dinner, The Garrison. For tick-
ets call 424-3358.
Sun. Oct. 4 - HH Land Trust
Take-a-Hike! Fire on the Moun-
tain w/ Jordan Dale. Bring a
bag lunch. Meet: 10am. Sur-
prise Lake Camp Main Bldg.
4 hrs, difficult.: www.hhlt.org,
424-3358
Sun. Oct. 4 - Sunset Series:
Readings at Chapel of Our Lady
Restoration. Poet Edwin Torres.
4pm, wine & cheese reception
follows. Free, park at Metro-
North station.
Sat. Oct. 10 - Sustainable Put-
nam Workshop: Water Wisdom/
Protect Drinking & Surface
Water, sponsored by Cornell
Coop Extension. Putnam County
Emergency Training Ctr., Don
Smith Campus, 112 Old Route
6, Carmel. www.cce.cornell.
edu/Putnam or 845-278-6738.
Sat. Oct. 10 - HH Land Trust
Take-a-Hike! Fall Foliage &
Tree ID w/ arborist Lew King-
sley. 9am, Garrison Train Sta-
tion Parking Lot, 2 hrs., easy/
family-friendly/no strollers.
www.hhlt.org, 424-3358
Sat. Oct. 10 - Bake sale spon-
sored by South Highland United
Methodist Church, 9:30am-
noon.
Sat. Oct. 10 - Bake sale, spon-
sored by South Highland UM
Church, 9:30am-noon, in front
of Foodtown
Sat. Oct. 10 - Mid-run recep-
tion: Collaborative Concepts
Farm Project 2009: more than
60 artists installing art on a
historic, working farm. 2-6pm;
open every day dawn to dusk
through Oct. 31. 853 Old Al-
bany Post Rd., Garrison. 845-
528-1797
Sun. Oct. 11 - Concert: Ca-
mille King, soprano, Regan
Smith and Carol Leone, piano.
Haydn, Mendelssohn and Rach-
maninoff. 4pm, free. Chapel
of Our Lady Restoration, 45
Market St., CS, park at Metro-
North station.
Sun. Oct. 11 - 4th Annual
Hudson Highlands Greenway
Triathlon: kayak, bike, and run
or team up. Register at Active.
com. See www.HudsonHigh-
landsTriathlon.org for info.
845-803-4145.
Thu. Oct. 15 - Philipstown
Seniors River Rose Cruise &
River Grill Luncheon. Lunch &
cruise the Hudson. $45 mem-
bers/$50 non members. Eileen,
265-5098.
Sun. Oct. 18 - Walkabout at
Tilly Foster Farm. Guided his-
torical tours, 1pm. Reservations
rec, space ltd. 845-279-4474,
www.tillyfosterfarm.org.
PCNR.com
Fri. Oct. 23 - HH Land Trust
Take-a-Hike! Spooky - Not
Scary: Stories on the Hudson
w/ Storyteller Jonathan Kruk.
5pm Little Stony Point Park
bridge, Cold Spring. 1 hr., easy/
family-friendly www.hhlt.org,
424-3358
Sat. Oct. 24 - HH Land Trust
Take-a-Hike! Castle to Castle
w/ the Osborn Family. Space is
limited, reg. req’d. 1pm at Cat
Rock, Garrison, for shuttle to
Castle Rock. 3hrs., moderate/
difficult level. www.hhlt.org,
424-3358
Fri. Nov. 6: Putnam Family
& Community Services’ Din-
ner Dance Benefit, includ-
ing whodunit mystery. 6:30-
11pm , Sinapi’s Ceola Manor
in Jefferson Valley. $95p/p.
Reservations/sponsorship:
Cheryl, 845-225-2700, x136
or cmckeever@PFCSinc.org;
www.PFCSinc.org.
Sat. Nov. 7 - 5th Annual Choices
for Sustainable Living Expo, co-
presented by HHLT & Teatown
Lake Reservation, 9am-2pm,
The Garrison, www.hhlt.org,
424-3358
Sun. Nov. 8 - Concert: Al-
exander Fiterstein, clarinet,
Rolf Schulte, violin, Aaron
Wunsch, piano. A selection
of classical music. 4pm, free.
Chapel of Our Lady Restora-
tion, 45 Market St., CS, park
at Metro-North station.
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,
editor@pcnr.com.

JULIA L. BUTTERFIELD DESMOND-FISH
MEMORIAL LIBRARY LIBRARY
Rtes. 301 & 9D Route 9D & 403, Garrison
845-265-3040 845-424-3020
www.butterfieldlibrary.org http://dfl.highlands.com
Mon & Wed: 10am-8pm Hours: M/ W/F: 10am-5pm
T, T, F and Sat: 10am-5pm Tue & Thu 2-9pm;
Sun. 12-3pm Sat 10am-1pm, Closed Sun-
ONGOING PROGRAMS days until September 13
Bouncing Babies (infants Fri. Aug. 14/Mon Aug. 24 -
thru 24 mos.), Tue, Wed, & Friends Book & Media sale.
Thu, 10am Members opening night Fri.
Little Bookworms (2.5 thru 14, 7-9pm. Sale hours: Sat-
4.5 years) Thu, 12:30pm urdays from 10-5; Sundays
Pokemon Club, (Grade 1 & from 1-5; Weekdays from 2-5.
up), Alternate Weds.
New Moms’ Book Group, PUTNAM COUNTY
Fridays, 10am, bring babies
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Wi i B o w l i n g f o r S e n i o r s , & FOUNDRY SCHOOL
Mon, 10:30am MUSEUM
63 Chestnut St., Cold
Butterfield Book Group -
one Monday a month, 7pm Spring
845-265-4010
Alternate Fridays, 3:30 pm
Teen Advisory Board (TAB), www.pchs-fsm.org
M u s e u m h o u r s : We d - S u n ,
6th grade & up
11am-5pm
PUTNAM VALLEY
LIBRARY
Office hours: Tues/Fri 10-5
Through mid-August - Ex-
30 Oscawana Lake Rd.,
845-528-3242
hibit: “George Pope Morris:
Defining American Culture”
www.putnamvalleylibrary.org
Hours: Sun. 1-5; Mon. 10-6; CONSTITUTION
Tue/Wed 10-8; Thu/Fri 11-5; ISLAND
Sat - 10-5 West Point, NY
845-446-8676
Book Club begins again in
www.constitutionisland.org
Sept. 3rd Tues of each month.
Sept. book is Moby Dick P ublic to urs throu gh S e p -
tember, Wed & Thu at 1 and
PUTNAM ARTS
2pm, leaving fm South Dock
at West Pt. Res. req’d.
COUNCIL
Sat. Sept. 26 - Family Day,
Tilly Foster Farm 10am-3pm, exhibits, demos,
100 Route 312
boat rides, trail walks, house
Brewster
845-278-0230 tours; depart fm CS Metro-
North parking lot
www.putnamartscouncil.com
Art Classes for all ages.
Express Yourself, summer MANITOGA/THE
RUSSEL WRIGHT
arts program
DESIGN CENTER
Through Aug. 23 - 17th
Route 9D, Garrison
Annual Art After 75 Show.
(845) 424-3812
russelwrightcenter.org
VAN BRUNT GALLERY Tours on selected weekdays;
137 Main St.. Beacon every weekend at 11am and
(845) 838-2995 1:30pm, res. a must. Grounds
www.vanbruntgallery.com
open for hiking all year.
Thu/Mon 11am-6pm
Sat. Sept. 13 - Orange County
T h ro u g h A u g . 3 1 : S u s a n
Day: discount tour rates for
English & Thomas Huber
residents; reg. req’d.
GARRISON ART
CENTER
Garrison’s Landing
845-424-3960
garrisonartcenter.org
info@garrisonartcenter.org
Gallery Hours: Tue/Sun
12-5pm
Sat/Sun. Aug. 15/16 - Fine
Arts and Crafts Fair, 10-5,
juried artists, rides on Woody
Guthrie, Music, $8, under
12 free, rain or shine
Through Sept 8 - GAC-
sponsored CURRENTwith-
out at Boscobel Sculpture
on Display at GAC and on
Boscobel’s Grounds
PARAMOUNT CENTER
1008 Brown Street,
Peekskill
914-739-2333
tickets@paramountcenter.org
Aug. 12, 13 at 8pm
FILM: Up, Aug. 14, 15 at
8pm; Aug. 16 at 3pm; Aug.
17-20 at 8pm
FILM: Treeless Mountain,
Fri. Aug. 28 at 8pm incl q
& a with director; Aug. 30
at 3pm; Sept. 3 at 8pm
Wed. Sept. 16 - Los Lobos,
8pm
CHAPEL OF OUR LADY
RESTORATION
45 Market St.,
Cold Spring
845-265-5537
www.chapelofourlady.com
Sun. Aug. 16 - Concert:
A n d y L a Ve r n e , p i a n o a n d
John Abercrombie, guitar,
jazz standards and original
compositions. 4pm, free.
THE HOWLAND
CENTER
477 Main Street,Beacon
(845) 831-4988
Thursdays, 7-9pm - Medi-
tation Classes, drop in, no
pre-reg req’d, $8 class
Sun. Aug. 16 - Playwrights
Lab, 5:30-7:30pm
Sat. Aug. 22 - Jazz pianist
Marilyn Crispell, 8pm
Sun. Aug. 23 - Playwrights
Lab, 5:30-7:30pm
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
PHILIPSTOWN DEPOT
THEATRE
Depot Square, Garrison’s
Landing
philipstowndepottheatre.org
845-424-3900
Sat. Aug. 15 - Music Tracks
present Franc D’Ambrosio
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
Sat. Sept. 19 - Tea in the
Garden - self guided tours,
exhibits, refreshments,
10am-5pm, $5, members free
Sun. Sept. 20 - Garden Con-
servancy Open Day, 10am-
5pm, $5; free for members
& GC ticket holders
Tue. Sept. 22 - Guided Gar-
den Tour - Dahlias, 6-7pm,
$10/members - no charge
BOSCOBEL
Route 9D, Garrison
845-265-3638
www.boscobel.org
Opendaily except Tues.,
9:30am-5pm,last tour
4pm
$16/adults, $12/seniors,
$7/children, 6-14, under
6/free
Grounds only $8
Sat. Aug. 15 - Golf Croquet,
1-4pm (resched from rained
out event). Raindate Sun.
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 Nothing
Pericles
P a t a k i s t o C h a i r 2 0 0 9 The Hills Are Alive with the
Historical Society Gala Jazz Knights’ Sound of Music
Governor and Mrs. George
Pataki will serve as the chairs
of the 2009 Putnam County
Historical Society (PCHS)
Benefit Gala on September
26. The evening is PCHS’s
biggest fundraising event of
the year, generating nearly
20 percent of its operating
budget.
PCHS will inaugurate
two new “traditions” at the
2009 Gala: honoring a “First
Family of Philipstown,” and
presenting the General Israel
Putnam Trailblazer Award to
an individual whose service
has helped shape the character
of our region.
The 2009 Gala will cel-
ebrate seven generations
of the Osborn family in the
Hudson Highlands. Over a
century and a half, members
of the Osborn family have
made myriad, far-reaching
contributions to the preser-
vation of the natural beauty
of the Hudson River Valley.
Fred and Anne Osborn, of the
Children’s Book Bonanza at
Desmond-Fish Library Sale
The Friends of the Des-
mond-Fish Library are busy
sorting a record number of
books for their annual Book
and Media sale, which opens
with a members reception
at 7pm on Friday the 14th,
and continues through Mon-
day the 24th. Particularly
remarkable this year is the
number of children’s books
they have received. Because
good things happen when
children and books come
t o g e t h e r, t h e F r i e n d s w i l l
encourage every child who
visits the sale on the 15th
and 16th to pick a free book
from the children’s section.
Children who visit the sale
on the 17th to 23rd can pick
three free children’s books,
and those who come on the
last day, Monday the 24th, can
pick as many books as they
would like from those which
remain. This is also a great
opportunity for grandparents
to acquire a store of books
to read to their grandchildren
when they come to visit.
New this year is a large
box of framed and mounted
paper dolls of Hudson Val-
ley historical figures drawn
by Tom Tierney. The framed
dolls of Elizabeth Dyckman
of Boscobel would grace any
little girl’s room.
Also, an unusually large
number of art books are avail-
able, from big coffee table
T HE P UTNAM C OUNTY N EWS A ND R ECORDER
fifth generation, will accept
the honor for their family.
The PCHS gala will also
celebrate the 40-year history
of the modern environmental
movement by awarding the
first General Israel Putnam
Trailblazer Award to John
Cronin, former Riverkeeper
and founder of the Beacon
Institute. This year, Cronin
celebrates 35 years as an en-
vironmentalist working on the
Hudson River and worldwide
water issues.
The PCHS Gala will be
held on Saturday, Septem-
ber 26, at 6pm, at the Bird
& Bottle Inn on Old Albany
Post Road in Garrison, itself
a local landmark. It promises
to be a spectacular evening
of history, dining, and danc-
ing, and a memorable night
in the life of PCHS and our
community.
Additional information is
available from the Putnam
County Historical Society
at 265-4010.
books to small paperbacks
on particular artists. A large
supply of new quality pa -
perbacks were donated by
Playboy magazine, which
received them as copies to
review. (They are on many
subjects, and few are as racy
as you might expect.) The spe-
cials section contains many
old leather tomes, including
some signed by members of
the Haldane family. Along
with something old comes
something new, a run of new
illustrated comic art books.
Due to the overwhelming
generosity of the community,
the library program room is
packed with donated books,
and they cannot accept new
donations until September 2,
when they will start collecting
for next year’s sale.
Don’t miss this wonderful
sale. It will be open on Fri-
day, Aug 14 from 7 to 9pm
(Members of the Friends of
the Library only; you can
join at the door); Saturdays,
Aug 15 and 22 from 10 to
5; Sundays, Aug 16 and 23
from 1 to 5; Monday through
Friday Aug 17 to 21 from 2
to 5; and Monday, Aug 24
from 2 to 5. The library is
located at the intersection of
Routes 403 and 9D in Gar-
rison. For more information,
go to http://dfl.highlands.
com, or call 424-3020.
www.pcnr.com
O n S u n d a y, A u g u s t 2 3 ,
at 7:30pm, the West Point
Band’s Jazz Knights will pres-
ent a concert at Trophy Point
Amphitheatre featuring music
from The Sound of Music. The
concert is free and open to
the public.
Staff Sgt. Mike Reifenberg,
lead alto saxophonist in the
Jazz Knights, composed a
suite from The Sound of Mu-
sic, arranging the music in
a jazz style. This treatment
opens a window of new per-
spective into familiar songs
from the beloved Rodgers and
H ammers tein mus ical like
“Do Re Mi,” “My Favorite
Things,” and “Edelweiss.”
Reifenberg also created jazz
vehicles from some of the
lesser known songs like “The
Lonely Goatherd” and “Six-
teen Going on Seventeen.”
Pemble and Amendola Play
a Sunset Series Encore
When singer/songwriter
Kathleen Pemble was forced
inside for her performance at
the Cold Spring Area Chamber
of Commerce Summer Sunset
Music Series due to the heavy
rain last month, she was very
disappointed. “I have wanted
to play the series for three
years and it had to rain,” she
lamented. Fortunately, the
Chamber had an opening in the
calendar, and Kathleen and
Natalie Amendola, (who had
opened the previous show)
have volunteered to play this
Sunday, August 16, at 5:30pm
at Dockside park.
Kathleen, a Cold Spring
resident, is known for her
diverse style and ‘relent-
lessly honest’ songwriting.
She is the winner of The New
York City Song Slam! and
has been featured on “New
Music Mondays” on WFUV.
Most recently, Kathleen has
formed Cold Spring theBand,
which is inspired by life in her
hometown. In between, she
teaches guitar, writes songs,
and runs an Open Mic night
at Whistling Willie’s , all of
which supports Cold Spring’s
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Members of the Jazz Knights
will be featured throughout
the concert as soloists. The
suite runs the spectrum of
big band jazz styles and is
sure to offer something for
everyone.
Please allow extra travel
time for the 100 percent
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
Natalie Amendola
burgeoning musicians.
Natalie Amendola will open
the show with her jazz/pop/
Latin style. Phil Ciganer of
the Towne Crier in Pawling,
NY says, “The very first time
I saw Natalie, I was struck by
her musical eloquence, stage
presence, and charm.” Natalie
says she hopes to create the
kind of music that will turn
somebody’s day around.
Bring a picnic dinner and
head down to the riverfront
for this evening of music.
For more information on
the Summer Sunset Music
Series or The Cold Spring
Area Chamber of Commerce,
please visit www.coldspring-
c h a m b e r. c o m o r c a l l 2 6 5 -
3200.
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The Putnam County News
and Recorder
Covering
Philipstown and Putnam Valley
in New York’s Hudson Highlands
founded in 1866
as the Cold Spring Recorder
a publication of
the Putnam County
News & Recorder, LLC,
a subsidiary of the
Hudson Valley Freedom Press, LLC
The Putnam County News
& Recorder
is published weekly on Wednesdays
(except for certain holiday conflicts)
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By the Time We Got to Woodstock
I was nine that summer and
unaware of the events unfold-
ing on a farm in Bethel, New
York, a couple of counties
away from my home in Carmel.
Naturally over the years I have
seen the pictures and heard the
LOU
ORFANELLA
music of Woodstock and like
most of my contemporaries
have wondered what it would
have been like had I been a
decade older, old enough to
have made the trek in a beat
up Volkswagen to join the
400,000 who have come to
symbolize the counterculture
generation and unwittingly
becoming part of history.
My August 15-17, 1969
weekend was likely filled
watching Friday night sit-
coms on ABC, a movie at
the Brewster Cameo theater
or at the Mahopac Drive-In,
and an endless rotation of top
40 hits with Dan Ingram, Ron
Letters
Healthcare Concerns
for John Hall
Letter sent to
Congressman Hall,
reprinted at the request
of the author
Dear Congressman Hall:
Thank you for responding to
my telephone call regarding
concerns I have about the
proposed Health Care Reform
Bill in a timely manner. After
careful review of your letter
dated July 30th, my concerns
about the Health Care Reform
Bill remain unanswered.
Your letter is a continu-
ance of Congress’s hard line,
rehearsed rhetoric of the ad-
ministration’s push to change
the present health care system
into uncharted waters. Waters
that will certainly cost the
average American additional
monies in taxes and diminish
their health care services,
not to mention the eventual
socialization of our entire
health care system.
President Obama on many
occasions said he will allow
every American the right to
keep their present insurance
plan if they choose. This op-
tion will not be available to
me. At age 70 and on Medi-
care my only option will be
to accept a life that will be
shortened by a government ap-
pointed panel of non-medical
personnel. This will be a form
of legalized euthanasia.
I have worked and contrib-
uted to our great country for
all of my adult life. Raised
5 children, proud to be the
grandmother of 16 grandchil-
dren, all of whom live in New
York State, pay our taxes, and
are proud to be Americans.
Please do not let the Ameri-
ca I am so proud of become the
socialist nation of tomorrow.
The proposed bill would also
increase the already overbur-
dened demands on our primary
health care physicians. By
adding an additional 40 +
million people to the system
(many of whom elect not to be
insured) would deny citizens
the necessary immediate care
they may require.
Does the Congress have the
right to hold the American
people hostage while they
pursue their own political
agendas? I think not.
Congressman Hall, I ask
will you make a public state-
ment that you have read in
its entirety the Health Care
Reform Bill after it has been
marked up in the middle of
a week-end night. Congress-
man Hall, if the reform bill is
so beneficial for the Ameri-
can people, will you put a
clause into the bill requiring
all members of Congress to
be enrolled in a Government
Please send letters to the editor to editor@pcnr.com and include your phone number
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Lundy, and Cousin Brucie on
the radio. For the teenagers,
who seemed eons older, that
weekend meant being sprawled
out in the rain and the mud
amid the unwashed bodies in
the unsanitary surroundings
that doubtless they did not
notice or chose to ignore at the
time. They listened to Richie
Havens perform “Freedom”
as I would forty years later
at Pete Seeger’s 90th birthday
concert at Madison Square
Garden. They tried in vain to
stay dry and futilely to inch
closer to the distant stage.
In the photos we see now
in commemorative books and
illustrating newspaper and
magazine tributes most faces
The pictures and
the music are but
shadows
blend together and bodies hide
the ground. Some look like
they have not slept in days,
naturally or with some aid. In
one photo, the couple huddles
to the
one payer program? The same
as all the American people.
I trust you will consider my
negative concerns regarding
this bill to be well founded and
warrant your reconsidering a
no vote on this bill.
Jean Brady
Cold Spring
P.S. Yesterday I heard Sena-
tor Chris Dodd announce that
he had been diagnosed with
prostate cancer, a malady no
one would wish on anyone.
Senator Dodd repeatedly ref-
erenced the importance of
an early diagnosis and every
American should have this
opportunity. What he didn’t
mention was the fact that
in the year 2008 Medicare
no longer pays for a senior
to receive a comprehensive
yearly physical exam. This
is just another example of
Government cutting back on
benefits to seniors.
Variety of Topics
To the Editor:
My compliments and thanks
to you for the outstanding job
you’re doing with the paper.
There’s such a wide variety
of topics—to appeal to all in-
terests of its readers—includ-
ing nature, environmental,
historical, social, athletics,
education, religious, and po-
litical.
Of particular interest to me
and many others I know, are
the goings-on which occur
at our Town Board meetings,
etc., which enable those of us
who are unable to attend, to
stay informed.
My appreciation for a very
bright, enlightening, and in-
formative paper which I thor-
oughly enjoy reading.
Carol A. Vathke
Cold Spring
P.S. By the way, your edi-
torials have been outstand-
ing—so well researched and
timely! I look forward to read-
ing them each week, as well
as your continued success.
Time to Address an
Unfair Tax Burden
To the Editor:
I commend the PCN&R for
its most revealing editorial
page sidebar pointing out the
unfair tax burden shouldered
by the nation’s top 1% and
wish to remind my fellow
Putnam County citizens of
this nation’s proud tradition
of personal philanthropy in
helping to alleviate society’s
inequities.
Surely we must all under-
stand the self-evident injus-
tice of the top 1% of income
Perspectives
together in a blanket. It is as
iconic a time capsule as few
others have achieved: the flag
being planted at Iwo Jima or
Marilyn Monroe’s dress blown
upward on the subway grat-
ing. Were I older in 1969 with
whom would I have shared
a soggy blanket and the last
drops of clear water from a
battered canteen?
Nobody there knew what was
happening at the time. You
cannot plan history, cannot
predict a generation defining
event. Yet for almost half a
million, they can look at the
pictures and know they are in
there somewhere. They can
listen to the music and know
their voices are among the
cheers. For the rest of us, 40
years later, we look back with
envy, but the pictures and the
music are but shadows. They
lack the feel of dirty water
weighing down clothing and
of mud caked between toes.
They lack the touch of another
body becoming one with your
own and of that union becom-
ing part of one much larger.
Too young for Woodstock.
Editor
earners paying 40.4% of the
nation’s taxes when they only
earn 19% of the income; just
compare that to the bottom
20%—many of whom pay
no income tax at all despite
earning a full 3.4% of the
nation’s income!
Surely even the 37 million
Americans who live below
the poverty line can find it
in their hearts to send some
relief to their overburdened
brethren at the top of the heap;
after all, how hard can it be
for a family of four earning
less than $22,000 to find a
few extra dollars to share
with others after paying for
life’s necessities?
And really… what about
those 90,000,000 slackers
earning up to 200% of the
poverty line—$44,100 for a
family of four—and yet pay-
ing a lower tax percentage
than those with the highest
incomes?
Surely we can each try
to help just one needy soul
among the top 1%, who in
2007 had an average income
of a mere $1.1 million.
I call upon everyone who
has not done his or her part to
now write a generous check,
note “tax relief” on the memo
line, and send it to someone
who has unfairly been paying
our rightful portion of taxes.
Perhaps the PCN&R editors
could publish the names and
addresses of those in need.
Malcolm Daniel
N o rt h H i g h l a n d s
End Regressive Taxes,
Support Mass Transit
To the Editor:
I want to commend the Put-
nam County Legislators for
their stand against the MTA
tax. Our residents are already
suffering under an avalanche
of onerous property taxes,
sales taxes, and fees. It is time
for the state to end its reliance
on these regressive taxes that
oppressively burden those
with the least ability to pay.
It is also time for the state to
provide greater oversight over
the MTA to ensure that our
money is being spent in the
most effective and efficient
manner possible.
That being said, the rapid
transit system of the state is
important not only to main-
tain, but to expand. Without
it, traffic on our roads, our
reliance on oil, and our pro-
duction of greenhouse gas-
ses will all greatly increase.
A d d i t i o n a l l y, m o r e t r a ff i c
means greater costs for road
maintenance and emergency
services. Expanding public
transportation will help to
improve all of these problems.
So it is important to imple-
Too young as well to be sent
to Vietnam. Everything has its
pluses and minuses. In 2019
when The Woodstock Music
and Art Festival is 50 and I
am almost 60, the same sense
of envy will still remain. For
US Mail:
ment fair, progressive ways of
funding this vital service. It
is long overdue that our state
legislators fulfill their obli-
gations to their constituents.
Sam Davis
Putnam Valley
Manitoga:
Feel & Know Nature
To the Editor:
We enjoyed the article last
week about Manitoga’s 2009
Philipstown Garden Club in-
tern, Fatima Hosain. We are
big fans of the PGC program,
which benefits local organiza-
tions such as Manitoga with
hands on help, local families
with educational opportuni-
ties and all of us with a more
beautiful community.
In that article, our orga-
nization was called “Mani-
toga Nature Center.” Thank
you also for that reminder of
Manitoga’s long history of
serving Philipstown. Before
his death in 1976, Russel
Wright created the “Manitoga
Man & Nature Center,” hir-
ing Audubon workers to help
develop two tours called “Feel
Nature” and “Know Nature”
that could share his philoso-
phy of living in harmony with
nature by reaching out to the
growing public interested in
the environment. For more
than a quarter of a century,
Manitoga served Philipstown
as a much-loved nature center.
In 2001, the Board of Direc-
tors–led by Russel familiars
Ann Wright, Joe Chapman,
and Doris Shaw, as well as
relative newcomers Bill Bur-
back and David McAlpin–
voted to change the name to
Manitoga/The Russel Wright
Design Center. These com-
munity leaders saw in Rus-
s e l Wr i g h t ’ s l a rg e r v i s i o n
other opportunities for public
education and leisure time
enjoyment. Just as Russel
was trying to educate Ameri-
cans about the value of liv-
ing in harmony with nature
in the 1970s, he had helped
them understand that in a
democracy, “good design is
for everyone” in the 1930s,
1940s, and 1950s. More than
any other designer, Russel
Wright showed Americans
how to make life easier in a
fast-paced world through the
simplicity of Modern design.
In 2006, the recognition
among national scholars and
heritage tourism planners of
the great importance of Mani-
toga in illustrating the devel-
opment of mid-20th century
American culture, led to Mani-
toga being named a National
Historic Landmark. Due to the
visionary leadership of first
Russel, then of those close
to him, and finally of today’s
those who were there, however,
the images will still be real.
Lou Orfanella is the author
of twelve books, most recently
Shoot the Unicorn: Reading,
Writing, and Understanding
Poetry; Objects in Mirror are
PO Box 185, Cold Spring, NY 10516
email: editor@pcnr.com
design and heritage tourism
communities, Manitoga/The
Russel Wright Design Center
has the opportunity to realize
all of its potentials. Today,
Manitoga/RWDC is a place
for hiking and nature educa-
tion, a place to learn about
American cultural history
through the home, studio, and
75-acre woodland garden of
one of its major designers, a
place for professionals and the
public to explore a democratic
design ideal, and ways to
design and live sustainably,
and a place for heritage tour-
ism that serves the economy
of our community and the
Hudson Valley region.
We a p p r e c i a t e a l l t h e
PCN&R does to serve our
community. We look forward
to seeing all our neighbors
at Manitoga soon and often!
Kitty McCullough
Executive Director
M a n i to g a /
T h e R u ss e l W r i g h t
Design Center
Get Active on
Healthcare
To the Editor:
There is a new TV spot about
health care that rings true for
me. The Americans United
for Change-produced TV spot
asks the question: Why do the
health insurance companies
want to kill President Obama’s
health insurance reform? It
answers with the tale of H.
Edward Hanway, the CEO of
giant Cigna Insurance who
made $12.2 million as CEO
of Cigna last year and for his
retirement will get a golden
parachute worth $73 million.
The private insurance in-
dustry would love to have
the government require that
everyone must buy their health
care insurance. But the idea
of competing with a public
plan that forces efficiency,
drives down the industry’s
growing profit margins and
gives consumers an option
other than the oligopoly of
eight major health insurance
firms.
So, they have been using
their considerable resources
to pressure members of Con-
gress and create misconcep-
tions, fear and confusion about
health care reform. However,
it costs less to convince people
that what is good for them is
good for them, than it does to
convince people that what is
bad for them is good for them.
That’s why I believe the ad-
vocates of health care reform
can win, but only if people
who want it get active.
Ken Margolies
Cold Spring
Closer than they Appear; and
In a Flash: Twenty-One Short
Short Stories. He lives in Lake
Carmel.
Septic Failure:
Are We Powerless?
To the Editor:
A failed septic system in
Lake Peekskill was recently
reported to the Town Supervi-
sor. His response was, “We
are powerless to throw people
out.”
Is eviction the only option?
How sad that the current failed
administration can only think
of a legal and punitive solu-
tion, not a community and
environmental solution. And
how exactly would eviction
solve the problem?
This is an extreme that could
have been avoided. We live
with an untenable situation
that our local government
helped to create. It is time
for a change.
We c a n r e p a i r d e f e c t i v e
septic systems with more
ecological systems. We can
fund these improvements of
public health. We can protect
our neighborhoods, our water,
our children. The question
is, will we?
Dawn Powell
Lake Peekskill
Hold the Crocodile
Tears, Please
To the Editor:
Your “Some Income Tax
Facts” in the August 5th edi-
tion of the PCN&R prompts me
to echo many readers who have
already asked that you stick
to local news. Your “facts”
taken out of context certainly
support your conservative po-
litical agenda, but you don’t
educate readers beyond an
opinion that rich people bear
an unfair tax burden.
Yo u r s t a t e m e n t , w h i c h
shadows the conservative Tax
Foundation’s analysis, is that
the top 1 percent of taxpayers
paid 40.4 percent of federal
income taxes (you left out, in
2007). You then interpret the
information to support your
view of the supposed exces-
sive burdens shouldered by
the rich in our country.
However, as Ted Soto, Pro-
fessor of Law at Loyola Law
School has pointed out (see
ataxingmatter.com), the basic
reason that the top 1 percent
of Americans are paying a
higher share of federal in-
come taxes is that since 1987
their income has more than
doubled. However, the share
of federal taxes they paid went
up only 57 percent – thus their
average tax rate declined by
45 percent.
The statistics you cite cre-
ate a manipulative and weak
argument as they exclude pay-
roll taxes, including Social
Security. If we look at taxes
(See Letters on Page 7)

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR (Cont’d from pg. 6)
collected this way, then the
bottom 95% paid three times
as much tax on its income as
the top one percent.
Most people reading this
letter will not be in the top
1 % no matter how you cal-
culate it. But we all know
that, using specialized law-
yers and accountants, people
who are very wealthy with
huge estates have far more
opportunities to lower their
income subject to tax through
tax breaks than us middle
and lower-income taxpayers.
Indeed, some of America’s
wealthiest individuals man-
age to get their adjusted gross
income close to zero because
of sophisticated tax planning
and, as a result, they could
ironically be counted in the
bottom 95%!
Selectively quoting our
Declaration of Independence
as a prop to bolster the old
argument that the rich are
treated unfairly in our coun-
try rings hollow to average-
income Americans, tens of
millions of whom are one
illness or one paycheck away
from losing our homes.
Ellyn Rosenthal
Cold Spring
Welcome to the
Foundry
To the Editor:
Steven Mattson is right
(“Find Nature and History
at Foundry,” July 29): Sce-
n i c H u d s o n ’ s We s t P o i n t
Foundry Preserve contains
an “absolutely fascinating”
combination of nature and
history. That’s why Scenic
Hudson is working to pro-
tect its treasures and tell its
remarkable story.
The “half-filled oven”
Mr. Mattson saw is the blast
furnace where iron ore was
melted to manufacture some
of America’s first steamships,
locomotives, and Parrott guns
c r edited w i t h w i n n i n g the
Civil War. The structure inside
the green teepee is indeed the
bell tower that sat atop the
f o undry’s o ff i c e b u i l ding.
It will return to its rightful
place once the structure’s
stabilization is complete. The
trail section with bricks was
an early effort by Haldane
School students to create
a walking path with bricks
from the site. Mr. Mattson
also noticed remains of an
extensive water system fea-
turing dams, sluiceways, and
underground channels that
powered foundry machinery.
Scenic Hudson has spon-
sored an eight-year study of
the site’s remains by students
and professors from Michigan
Technological University’s
Industrial Archaeology pro-
gram. We’re using this infor-
mation to design a world-class
“outdoor museum” where
visitors not only will learn
about the iron-making process
and how the products created
at this industrial powerhouse
shaped America’s growth,
but will discover how the
land has made a remarkable
ecological comeback.
In the meantime, the pre-
serve, which is open from
dawn to dusk, is a wonderful
place to explore. However,
remember it is a sensitive
archeological area, so please
stay on marked trails. More
information about the pre-
serve is available at www.
scenichudson.org.
Rita Shaheen
Director of Parks,
Scenic Hudson
Nice to Meet the
Neighbors
To the Editor:
I wish to echo the sentiments
of the Philipstown writers in
your August 5th edition who
criticized the PCN&R’s edito-
rial choice to “highlight the
most emotional, aggressive
aspects of conversations and
public meetings” and utiliz-
ing “smart-alecky quotations
and other enlarged-font sound
bites” in the paper.
I’m hoping that this practice
will go the way of another
recent editorial blunder, that
being the insertion of curt
retorts to certain Letters To
The Editor. Thankfully, this
practice seems to have been
abated and writers can once
again feel comfortable about
submitting their thoughts for
PCN&R readers to digest sans
snarky publisher rebuttal.
On a positive note, how
wonderful to read the stories
in the 8/5 issue about the
wonderful things area resi-
dents are doing in and for our
community! Fatima Hosain,
Alex Uribe, Dan Valentine,
and the truly amazing Paula
Young were just some of the
folks I read about whose ac-
tions inspired me to be a
better neighbor. Thanks for
your efforts in making their
deeds known to us!
Sam Tallerico
Cold Spring
A Candidate’s
Thoughts
To the Editor:
On September 15 there will
be a primary in which regis-
tered voters of both parties
will be able to decide who
will run for town council in
November. Putnam Valley has
hotly contested races for the
two seats that are up for grabs.
The Republicans endorsed
two unknowns whose only
qualifications seem to be
that they both wholeheart-
edly agreed to support the
entire GOP slate led by the
current town supervisor. Since
I wholeheartedly refused to
endorse the slate because of
numerous philosophical and
other differences that I have
with Mr. Tendy, et al, I decided
to go out on my own without
the support of the party, and
petition to get my name on
the ballot, which was easily
accomplished thanks to many
supporters.
The race between the PV
Dems features incumbent
Wendy Whetsel, former su-
pervisor Sam Davis, and new-
comer Chris Lieberman. Bad
blood, notoriety, and name
recognition may work to Sam
and Wendy’s advantage in
the primary. However, Mr.
Lieberman comes across as
well-spoken and a breath of
fresh air, and he may benefit
from the influx of new Dems
in town.
With such an interesting
lineup, I’m surprised that
things are so quiet in this
normally contentious town
where the slightest contro-
versy often explodes into the
equivalent of a battle between
the Hatfields and the McCoys.
Could it be fear of alienating
the powerful special interest
groups?
Based on my 20+ years of
experience, here are issues
that need to be discussed and
debated:
* The proposed new multi-
million dollar firehouse. The
FD has spent over $100,000
on the project and submitted
plans to the town boards. I
have asked that we be allowed
to vote on this and been told
that “there’s not enough in-
formation.” Hogwash. Could
it be that nobody wants to get
on the wrong side of the FD
in an election year?
*Implementation of our new
zoning code. We paid good
money to the experts and had
the best and the brightest on
the Comprehensive Plan com-
mittee that produced a new CP
and Code. When Tendy and
his buds took over, they fired
the committee and turned over
the Code to their handpicked
Wordsmith group which has
done little except to stall the
process. Ask yourself: who
benefits from inconsistent and
unenforced land use laws?
*Spending and lack of fis-
cal responsibility. The 08-09
tax rate increased by over 12
percent at a time when many
of us are unemployed, under-
employed, and having trouble
paying our mortgages. Yet
the size and scope of town
government continues to grow
with no end in sight. By the
way, we can expect a new
town hall to be constructed
at the old firehouse if a new
one is ever built. How easy
it is to spend other people’s
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Lake Peekskill Family Day
money!
A community celebrates the summer
I will meet my opponents Residents of Putnam that she wished they still did
from both parties to debate Valley’s Lake Peekskill cel- it. I thought it was a great idea,
these issues, anywhere, any- ebrated their second annual so I asked residents of Lake
time, in any forum. The clock Lake Peekskill Family Day Peekskill, and Jean Gallinger,
is ticking: how about it? on Saturday, August 1, 2009. who’s in charge of the Lake
Patty Villanova More than two hundred Peekskill Youth Committee,
Putnam Valley if they would consider orga-
S to ry a n d P h o to s nizing the event. We had a
Obamacare Submitted by very positive response, and
Bob Tendy now it’s an annual celebration
To the Editor:: once again.”
We hope that representa- adults and children attended This year attendees included
tives of the Obama adminis- the celebration, which fea- Congressman John Hall and
tration and other supporters tured a DJ, live music, water County Legislator Sam Oli-
of change in our healthcare games, contests, and plenty verio.
system will hold town hall of food. Contests for the children
meetings here in Putnam The idea for the party was the included a greased watermelon
County. What a wonderful result of a conversation Town contest, cardboard boat race,
opportunity for us to disrupt Supervisor Robert Tendy had peanut butter and jelly swim
any progress on this issue! with a senior citizen from Lake race, an obstacle course, and
Why? Peekskill. “She told me that a tug of war. Dancing to the DJ’s music.
We can let Congress and the long time ago Lake Peekskill Proceeds benefit the Lake
President know how much we had a really nice party every Peekskill Youth Committee.
treasure our current health- year called `Family Day,’ and
care system. Our favorite
parts:
* Enjoying a free market
for insurance companies
(that is, freedom to insure
only healthy people); * As
a result, being handcuffed
to our current jobs, because
a job loss comes with the
bonus of the loss of health
insurance, and of course that
shiver of fear in case we lose
our jobs; * Knowing that the
insurance we have (for now)
has lifetime coverage limits,
which encourage us to avoid
hospital stays, where a single
stay could eat up the entire
policy limit; and * Best of A young man properly a-tired for the occasion. Andrew O’Grady with Congressman John Hall.
all, knowing that kind and
understanding insurance com-
pany executives are standing
between us and our doctors,
making our healthcare deci-
sions for us–who wouldn’t
prefer a profit-driven clerk
to a public employee who
answers to the general public?
What’s not to like? Doesn’t
it make perfect sense that
we should protest reform as
proposed by the Democrats?
Every Democratic proposal
now on the table would change
all of those qualities of our
“best in the world” healthcare
system. And, what’s more, Enjoying an ice cream cone. Tug o’ war on the beach.
every single Democratic pro-
posal would cover tens of mil-
lions of currently uninsured
Americans, which is really
none of our concern.
Congress is acting too
quickly; after all, these
proposed changes have only
been around for 60 years or
more. So let’s get out there
and yell our new slogan. All
together now: “Just Say No
To Healthcare!”
Margaret Yonco-Haines
Garrison
Stan Lovenworth
Cold Spring
Page 8 T HE P UTNAM C OUNTY N EWS A ND R ECORDER
Garrison School Prepares to
‘Picture America’ in 2009-10
by Annie Chesnut
The PCN&R corresponded
recently with Garrison Union
Free School District Superin-
tendent Gloria Colucci about
plans for the coming year.
The Garrison School’s
theme for the 2009-10 school
year is “Picturing America,”
with plans to continue the
celebration of the Hudson-
Fulton-Champlain Quadri -
centennial while integrating
the rich history of the Hudson
Va lley and t h e a r t s i n the
curricular areas across all
grade levels.
In preparation for the new
s c h o o l y e a r, a c o m b i n e d
group of Haldane and Gar-
rison elementary teachers is
coming together in August
for a shared training session
on “Fundations,” a reading
support initiative based on
the Wilson Reading Program.
Garrison will be implement-
ing the Fundations program
for the first time this year.
Throughout the academic
year, GUFS will continue to be
in contact with both of its des-
ignated high school districts,
Haldane and Highland Falls/
Ft. Montgomery, to implement
sharing resources and staff
development efforts. These
types of initiatives provide
financial and professional
benefits for all participants.
GUFS’s goal is to move
toward providing information
through electronic means, uti-
lizing e-mail and the district’s
web page to reach the larger
population and save resourc-
es. The Garrison School has
also undergone technology
improvements in prepara-
tion for the new school year.
The equipment in the com-
puter lab has been upgraded,
It will not always be
summer: build barns.
—Hesiod,
Works and Days
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Learning with Luaus at Does Constitution Protect FIREHOUSE (Cont’d from front pg.)
St. Luke’s Nursery School Teachers’ T-shirts? again on the agenda. Rev-
enues from this tax, imposed
raised liability issues for
village employees working
and a new student software on state-regulated utilities on private property. Falloon
program, eSchoolData, will GUFS (Cont’d from front pg.) such as telephone and electric asked whether there should be
provide greater capability for service, would contribute to a “village protocol” for clean-
about this. Mr. Davis repeated as an excuse for inaction
maintaining, accessing, and the general fund and could be ups such as these. Trustee
his contention, expressed at on the board’s part.” Re-
reporting student information. used in lieu of property tax Campbell said he does not
the last board meeting, that emphasizing the sense of
During the summer months, increases in the future. Per consider the idea practical
the t-shirts “are a symptom urgency expressed by many
the GUFS custodial staff emp- information provided by the and said “it will end up being
caused by the stalled nego- parents, her voice broke as
ties each and every class- mayor, at the last meeting, the case-by-case no matter what.”
tiations, which is preventing she told the board she “can-
room and office. Everything board anticipates revenues of With regard to the matter
the school from achieving not send my children back
is scrubbed, cleaned, and pol- between $31,000 and $40,000 at hand, Trustee Robertson
full potential.” Trustee Carol to this environment where
ished, and put back in place per year. The response from proposed that the resident sign
McCullough asked Davis my older child has become
in time for the first day of trustees was more temper- a “hold harmless” agreement
whether he thought “GUFS
school. In anticipation of
the school performances that
achieved educational goals Marilyn Walker, ate than it had been at the
last meeting. Trustee Falloon
that would address liability
issues. Ralph Falloon summed
are planned for the upcoming
better before [the contract
dispute].” Mr. Davis replied
whose three asked, “So the village won’t up board opinion saying, “The
school year, there have also
been renovations to improve
that he did not think so. “The children attend tax, but Central Hudson will?” village wants to help residents
This hidden tax was a primary clean up.”
storage in the stage area.
question is, “he continued, GUFS, said she concern raised by Trustee I n a r e l a t e d m a t t e r, t h e
“whether there is room for
On August 1 School Board
A luau at St. Luke’s.
Annie Chesnut improvement, how to achieve “cannot send my Robertson at the last meeting. mayor informed the board
President Anita Prentice Mayor Gallagher replied that, that a new catch basin is being
opened a blog at gufs.org/
it, and whether the board is children back to “it will also catch some who installed behind Foodtown,
by Annie Chesnut ing to learn to do the hula. satisfied.” Another parent,
blogs/aprentice. This marks
Mrs. Denike, who is a for- Gordon Stewart, brought mat- this environment may not be subject to prop- at the intersection of Marion
the second Garrison school- erty taxes.” The mayor went
r e l a t e d b l o g t o e m e rg e i n
St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, mer co-president and current ters back to the legal opinions where my on to say that, “ten nearby
and Benedict. “This work
is being done,” the mayor
on Oscawana Lake Road in communications volunteer received by the board. He
recent months—the first one
Putnam Valley, is a modest for the Putnam Valley PTA, said he would “like to see
older child has villages have instituted a said, “in response to ongoing
was a parent-oriented site
begun by resident Gordon
white building with a small and whose husband, Richie, a written opinion” from the become jaded gross receipts tax” with an complaints” from residents of
eye toward “decreasing real that area and “not as a spe-
Stewart. In one of her entries,
parking lot that fills to over-
flowing most Sundays. The
runs the Putnam Valley La-
crosse Club for boys and girls
attorney. In addition, Stewart
also requested “the attorney’s
and the younger property taxes.” More dis- cific response” to a complaint
Ms. Prentice mentions a new
church, part of the Missouri grades one through six, is well opinion on case law” related ones confused.” cussion at future meetings brought to the board by Mr.
system to track student prog- is likely as the board works Casparian of Kemble Avenue
Synod of the Lutheran church, known and widely respected to the t-shirts. Board presi-
ress. Superintendent Colucci toward a consensus one way at a previous meeting.
is more than 60 years old, with in the parent community as a dent Anita Prentice said that
explained that this is part or the other. In other matters the board
a history of steady growth and dedicated and knowledgeable a copy of the legal opinion
of the school’s Response to Damage caused by storm agreed with Mayor Galla -
improvement that includes leader. Her stewardship of would be provided, although jaded and the younger ones
Intervention (RTI) initiative. water runoff from this year’s gher’s suggestion that village
the opening of a community this program helps to create a when and in what form was confused . . . an environment
Essentially, the elementary heavy rains continues to re- board practices and proce-
nursery school in 1982. near-seamless transition from not discussed. so negatively impacting the
teachers track and report quire board attention. Resi- dures be codified beyond NY-
The nursery school’s co- nursery school to the public M a r i l y n Wa l k e r, w h o s e children’s education.”
in detail on the progress, dents of a property on Church COM recommendations. Cur-
director Jeannie Denike, whose school system—something three children attend GUFS, Gordon Stewart expressed
strengths, and weaknesses Street have asked the village rently spread among various
youngest child, Ryan, is part that is extremely valuable to spoke bemoaning the lack his wonderment that any mon-
of every student in their to clean gravel and debris that information sources, timely
of the program, welcomed the local parents. of teacher input on com- etary issues remain as a factor
classes. This information is washed onto their property and coordinated action by the
PCN&R to visit on a rainy The nursery school serves mittees. “No progress can in the negotiations after three
useful in parent conferences, during the last big storm. board can be delayed. “Put-
Friday morning in July so children from ages two be made without them,” she years’ time. Referring to Ms.
is reviewed at year-end, and While the board is comfort- ting it all in one place,” he
that we could see the school through pre-K, with a num- said. Ms. Walker continued Walker’s comments, Stew-
passed along and continued at able with the idea of clean- said, will be helpful to new
first hand. Although the build- ber of dedicated classrooms telling the board that she art said, “When the board
the next grade level in order up by village staff, Fallon trustees. Campbell agreed
ing was nowhere near its full in the deceptively large parish is “tired of stalled contract hears community comment
to provide a comprehensive expressed concern about “set- and added that, “it will im-
school-year capacity of about building. The “Fours” (pre- talks being used for inertia and doesn’t propose anything
“picture” of every student’s ting up unacceptable prec- prove the efficiency of our
120 children, the church hall K) classroom, for example, and back sliding,” and that to ameliorate things . . . what
progress. edents.” Trustee Robertson meetings.”
in which the three-week sum- offers books, computers, math “we can’t make the progress are we to make of that?” The
mer camp attendees gather was manipulatives, and other class- needed . . . and the contract board had no comment.
Watch for additional up-
dates from Haldane and Put-
buzzing with activity. room staples to help children cannot continue to be used WEST POINT (Cont’d from front pg.)
This was Luau Day, and develop their math and read-
nam Valley Schools as they
everyone was busy doing ing skills for kindergarten as wanted to establish an in- there is a proud graduate
become available.
Hawaiian-themed crafts, get- well as plenty of floor space stitution that would mold who is the sheriff of Putnam
ting fitted with their hand- for physical activities and not only military leaders but County.”
stenciled flowered t-shirts, play time. Visit us on the web at pcnr.com also graduates to provide Forbes noted that 80 percent
playing at the seashell-cov- Denike explained that the and check out our beta website at a lifetime of service to the of students enrolled in the
ered sand table, and looking school, which is a 501(c)(3) blog.pcnr.com USA. West Point graduates U.S. Military Academy gradu-
forward to making Hawaiian
treats later in the day. As they
non-profit organization, ini-
tially functioned as a means
have been presidents of the
United States. They have
ate in four years. West Point
ranks fourth in Rhodes Schol-
sat before a wall hung with for the church to welcome Please send feedback to been members of Congress arships, sixth in Marshall
shiny streamers and colorful new community members editor@pcnr.com, with WEBSITE in as well as serving in presi- Scholarships, and fourth in
fish, the two head teachers
wore grass skirts and talked
while enhancing its always-
challenging operating budget
the subject line dential cabinets. Graduates
have become police chiefs
Truman Scholarships, ahead
of prestigious schools such as
excitedly with the children through nursery school rental and superintendents of state Princeton, Duke, Columbia,
about how everyone was go- fees. As the school has grown, police organizations, and then and Stanford.
it has become a community
resource in its own right. While
the religious foundation of the
school is evident both in its
lessons and its location, St.
Luke’s welcomes students and
families of all faiths.
For more information visit
stlukesputnamvalley.org and
click on the nursery school
link.

PHILIPSTOWN (Cont’d from front pg.)
landt, Putnam Valley, Fishkill,
and Putnam County. “You can
work together and save money.
We can’t afford to buy equip-
ment with new equipment sit-
ting there (in other municipali-
ties) not being used,” he said.
The town continues to press
for new a stoplight at the corner
of Route 9 and Fishkill Road.
At last week’s meeting, board
members passed a resolution
urging the New York State
Department of Transporta-
tion to work with Putnam
County to complete the proj-
ect as quickly as possible. The
County has agreed to install
the traffic signal at a cost of
approximately $50,000, with
the light being operational
by Thanksgiving. DOT had
indicated that it would take
the state up to three years to
complete the work.
The resolution included
references to five traffic ac-
cidents that have occurred at
the intersection in the past few
months alone. Officials with
the Haldane Central School
District have also lobbied for
the new light, citing concerns
over school bus safety at the
busy intersection. Numerous
local officials have expressed
concern that realignment of
Fishkill Road where it meets
Route 9 has made an already
busy intersection even more
dangerous.
Hans Moeller, a twenty-five
year member of the North
Highlands Fire Department,
addressed the Town Board
and asked for its support in
protesting the Putnam County
Board of Elections’ decision
to no longer use the NHFD
fire hall on Fishkill Road as
a voting place for elections.
The PCBE recently announced
that the Methodist Church
at 216 Main Street in Cold
Spring would be the permanent
voting place for residents in
Election Districts 7 and 8,
which are located in North
Highlands. Moeller said that
he has a petition with 135
signatures supporting his re-
quest to move the voting place
back to the newly constructed
fire hall. He indicated that he
expected at least another one
hundred signatures would be
added. The NHFD fire hall
had served as a polling station
for many years and the new
building, which is now all but
complete, was designed with
that continued use in mind.
Several board members and
members of the audience spoke
in favor of Moeller‘s request
and condemned the PCBE for
its actions.
Philipstown Deputy Super-
visor Richard Shea was espe-
cially incensed by PCBE’s
decision and the manner in
which it was reached. “I find
it infuriating and confusing
that we would have this done
to us without being consulted,”
Shea said. “People will be dis-
enfranchised. North Highlands
is a perfect spot (for voting).
The fact that we were never
consulted is wrong. It flies in
the face of convention and is
counter to the principles of
democracy.”
Supervisor Bill Mazzuca
pointed to parking at the Meth-
odist Church as a problem,
pointing out that, “There’s no
parking on an average school
day.” The church is located
near Haldane School where
parking spaces are at a pre-
mium. Concerns were also
expressed over potential con-
fusion among voters who will
be using new voting machines
in upcoming elections. Some
3,600 people will be eligible to
vote at the Methodist Church
site.
The Town Board had already
prepared a draft resolution
supporting Moeller’s call for
a return to voting the NHFD
fire hall. It was passed unani-
mously.
In other business, the board
passed resolutions to adopt a
local law amending the 2007
zoning map. The end result will
be that a property owned by
Garrison Contracting on Route
9 opposite the Stadium Res-
taurant and currently operating
as a used car lot will be zoned
entirely for business uses. A
small portion of the property
had been shown as residen-
tial zoning on the 2007 map.
The process was delayed last
month when Garrison resident
Russell Dushin asserted that
planning documents had failed
to note that Annsville Creek,
which passes directly behind
the property, is designated
as a trout spawning stream.
Dushin’s claim proved to be
correct and the documents were
revised. Garrison Contracting
is currently embroiled in a
legal dispute with the town
over use of the property as a
used car lot.
Board members tabled a re-
quest for $3,200 for Putnam
County’s stormwater manage-
ment program. Richard Shea
pointed out that Philipstown
has its own storm water man-
agement program, has hired a
consultant to assist with public
outreach, and will have its
program audited in the year
ahead. “We need a storm water
management coordinator…and
will need the money here,”
Shea said.
The Metropolitan Transpor-
tation Authority’s “mobility
tax” was on board members’
mind as well. Putnam County
legislators had recently called
for the county to withdraw
from the MTA’s commuter
district to protest the tax and
also urged the State of New
York to conduct a full review of
MTA operations. Town Board
members unanimously agreed
that a review of MTA was
warranted however Richard
Shea voted against supporting
the notion of withdrawal for
the commuter district. Shea
referred to that idea as “ab-
surd,” saying that the town is
very dependent on MTA’s train
service and that it brings “ a
lot of money” into the com-
munity in the form of tourism.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Man Who Lives Near Ballpark
Complains About Noise
Village Rec Commission weighs concerns
by Michael Mell
The Cold Spring Recre-
ation Commission met on
August 6, 2009, to hear
several residents and to re-
view various applications
received for use of parks
and other areas under their
jurisdiction. First to come
before the commission was
Bill Ehrlich, residing on
G r a n d v i e w Te r r a c e . H i s
house overlooks the river
and the ball fields of Mayor’s
Park. The view, of course, is
wonderful, but Mr. Ehrlich
is concerned about exces-
sive noise from the week of
baseball camp and the fol-
lowing Pop Warner football
practice. Baseball camp will
use the fields from 9am-
3pm and football practice
from 6pm-8pm. Mr. Ehrlich
told commission members
that, even with his windows
closed, he is able to hear
noise from the fields. While
aware of the balance that
must be maintained between
community activities and
n e a r b y r e s i d e n t s , M r. E h-
rlich feels the situation goes
beyond the usual tolerance.
The commission was sym-
pathetic although there is
no specific action they can
take. Steve Etta told Eh-
rlich that “we’ve never had
a problem” [before] but
he could speak to Tom and
Joe Virgadamo, who run the
baseball camp. Greg Phil-
l i p s t o l d M r. E h r l i c h t h a t
village code does identify
sound levels deemed to be
excessive, but that noise
from the playing fields has
been measured and is too
low to trigger the ordinance.
Anything beyond that, he
said is “really a matter for
the village board.” Board
Trustee and commission li-
aison Bruce Campbell noted
Ehrlich’s concern and will
bring it to the attention of
the board.
Next to meet with the com-
mission was Jon Champlin
r e g a r d i n g t h e P o p Wa r n e r
football program. He had
heard the concerns voiced
by Mr. Ehrlich and said he
would speak to his staff. The
only concerns raised by com-
mission members were that
the gates always be locked
and that the goal posts not
be installed until after Labor
Day. Champlin agreed and
apologized for the occasion
of the open gate last year.
He asked the commission
about sponsor banners, spe-
cifically where and when
they could be displayed. The
commission agreed to allow
display on game days only.
The upcoming Tots Park
Jamboree was next on the
agenda. Last year’s event
was very successful and the
commission did not have
any issues with the appli-
cation for this year’s event
on September 19. Concern
was raised, however, about
pedestrian crossings at Mor-
ris Avenue. The commission
agreed that a police presence
will be provided to monitor
traffic and pedestrians.
In other matters Greg Phil-
lips expressed his enthusi-
asm for the Sunday Summer
concert series now being
held at Dockside. He went
on to suggest that the village
may wish to create a more
permanent stage structure
on the site, instead of the
trailer loaned by the high-
w a y d e p a r t m e n t . Tr u s t e e
Campbell concurred, indi-
cating that this could fit in
with envisioned plans for
Dockside.
At the last commission
meeting, Chair Steve Etta
had described the need for
a dumpster for Mayor’s Park
and asked the village board
for funds. The board had
not yet appropriated funds,
but a shining knight has ap -
peared in the person of David
Cooke, president of the Cold
Spring Antique Dealers As-
sociation. Heavy rains had
precluded the intended use
of Mayor’s Park for last
month’s Riverfest and the
Recreation Commission had
allowed the adjacent ball
field to be used instead.
In gratitude the associa-
tion has agreed to donate a
dumpster for use at the park.
The commission expressed
their appreciation.
T HE P UTNAM C OUNTY N EWS A ND R ECORDER
Legislature Wants More Budget Control
Voters will have final say on charter change proposal
by Eric Gross
On Election Day voters
across Putnam County will
make the final determina-
tion whether the county
legislature should have the
a u t h o r i t y, a l o n g w i t h t h e
county executive, to make
mid-year budget cuts. At
last week’s full meeting of
the legislature the measure
was approved by a vote of
7-2, with Legislators Richard
O t h m e r o f K e n t a n d To n y
Fusco of Mahopac Falls
voting against, following a
lengthy debate.
Legislator Dan Birming-
ham of Brewster, a former
deputy county executive un-
der the Bondi administration,
proposed the measure, charg-
ing that, “at the current time,
our county charter provides
that only the executive may
initiate budget modifications
mid-year. Since the county
executive had refused to
respond to Putnam’s 2009
tax shortfall, it is neces-
sary to make a provision
allowing for the legislature
to initiate mid-year budget
reductions.”
Birmingham described
budgetary control as “not
a one-shot November deal.
The fiscal expenditure must
b e m o n i t o r e d c o n s t a n t l y.
Current county charter provi-
sions do not give the legis-
lature power to correct the
budget at mid-year.”
Executive Bondi wants a
charter change of his own
that would ask the electorate
whether it wants a strong
county executive in office or
a county manager answering
to the legislature.
Bondi has called on the
Independence Party Makes Endorsements
Special to the PCN&R
The Independence Party has
announced its endorsement of
Sam Davis and Chris Lieber-
man for Putnam Valley Town
Board, Dawn Powell for Town
Supervisor, and Gina Capone
for Town Justice.
On July 20, 2009, the In-
dependence Party delivered
Wilson-Pakula certificates to
the Putnam County Board of
Elections in Carmel, autho-
rizing the candidates to run
county’s Charter Commis-
sion to begin discussion
of ways to save taxpayers
dollars, and the executive
criticized the nine-member
governing body for blocking
several of his suggestions
to save tax dollars. Bondi
cited plans that called for
a countywide consolidation
of assessment services and
the creation of a .25 percent
local mortgage fee during
real estate closings as prime
examples. He also said the
legislature has vehemently
The executive
criticized the
nine-member
governing body
for blocking
several of his
suggestions to
save taxpayer
dollars
opposed his suggestion to
privatize the county’s nurs-
ing services.
Legislator Vincent Tamag-
na of Cold Spring alleged that
Bondi “consistently ignored”
the legislature. “Many ideas
have gone by the wayside
by a man who just doesn’t
want to listen,” Tamagna as-
serted. “Once the budget is
approved it becomes sacred.
The charter amendment pro-
posal will open a fair process
by giving the legislature the
ability to look at the budget
after giving the executive a
30-day notice. The plan has
respect for the office of the
on that line.
Davis said, “I’m grateful
for the support from the State
Independence Party and proud
of the endorsement.”
Lieberman stated that, “I
am honored to be included on
the Independence Party ticket.
The Independence Party en-
dorsement is recognition of
my commitment to public
service and pledge to serve
Putnam Valley.”
Powell thanked the residents
who signed the petitions, and
Page 9
executive. It also gives us
more of a check and balance
in county government.”
Legislator Mary Conklin
of Patterson agreed with her
colleague, calling the pro-
posal a “good idea, because
it provides for checks and
balances.”
Legislator Sam Oliverio
of Putnam Valley, the only
Democrat on the 9-member
legislature, told his col-
leagues and an audience of
some two dozen attending the
meeting, “I am comfortable
with this because it is fair
and equitable.”
Legislator Othmer said
he would have supported
the plan if it contained a
provision that the mid-year
budget changes could occur
only by a unanimous vote of
the legislature.
“If we had a rogue execu-
tive who was off the wall,
a 9 - 0 v o te w o u ld en d a n y
c r i s i s . We d o h a v e f i s c a l
control throughout the year
by overseeing the budget
transfer process,” he said.
Putnam’s Commissioner
of Finance William Carlin
was at the meeting, as was
Deputy County Executive
John Tully.
Carlin sharply criticized
the charter change sugges-
tion: “The road to hell is
paved with good intentions.
This measure belongs with a
charter review commission.”
Mr. Tully added, “The sug-
gestion deserves discussion
in committee.”
Even if Bondi vetoes the
measure, sufficient votes ex-
ist on the legislature for an
override that will allow the
public to decide the question
in November.
said, “I am always happy to
forge new alliances to better
serve the community.”
The Independence Party en-
dorsements in Putnam County
have created controversy in
other Towns, but in Putnam
Valley, the endorsements are
clear and undisputed.
Mark Pawera will also be
running on the Independence
line for Putnam Valley High-
way Superintendent.
Page 10 T HE P UTNAM C OUNTY N EWS A ND R ECORDER Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Become a Young Naturalist Come Visit the New Arrivals Dutch Village Re-created at
and Interact with Nature at Tilly Foster Farm
Do you know a young natu-
ralist? A young naturalist is
a child who is inspired by
interacting with nature in a
hands-on, exciting way while
learning letters, numbers,
colors, and shapes through
exploring, experimenting,
and discovering the world
around them.
This unique approach to
learning is taught by a car-
in g and p r o f es s io n al staff
who are trained in early
childhood development and
outdoor education. Due to
the expansion of the Young
Naturalist Pre-K Program
at the Hudson Highlands
Nature Museum, there are
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Reformed Dutch Church
still openings available in
the four-year-old afternoon
class. Students can either
attend this class five days a
week, Monday through Fri-
day afternoons, or three days
a week, Monday, Wednesday,
and Friday afternoons.
The class will meet in the
Museum’s new classroom
located in the Farmhouse
at the Outdoor Discovery
Center, entrance on Muser
Drive, across from 174 An-
gola Road, Cornwall. For
information, other class op-
tions and registration call
845-534-5506, ext. 204. Visit
hhnaturemuseum.org.
Narragansett Turkeys in their new abode
Children will be delighted
by the new arrivals at Tilly
Foster Farm: flocks of baby
turkeys, chickens, and ducks.
These additions to the collec-
tion of rare American breeds
at the farm will soon grow
to adulthood, so visitors are
encouraged to stop by soon
to visit see the babies.
Narragansett Turkeys: the
Narragansett Turkey is named
for Narragansett Bay in Rhode
Island, where the variety was
developed. It descends from a
cross between native Eastern
Wild turkeys and the domestic
turkeys brought to America by
English and European colo-
nists beginning in the 1600s.
The Narragansett is black,
g r a y, t a n , a n d w h i t e . T h e
bird’s beak is horn-colored,
its head is red to bluish white
and its beard is black; shanks
and feet are salmon-colored.
Delaware Chickens: Dela-
wares, originally called “In-
dian Rivers,” were developed
by George Ellis, of Delaware,
in 1940. The breed originated
from crosses of Barred Plym-
outh Rock roosters and New
Hampshire hens They are
fast growing, lay huge brown
eggs, and when fully grown
have a moderately large single
comb with five well-defined
points and white with gray/
black cuckoo neck, tail, and
wing feathers.
Runner Ducks: The Run-
ner, also known as “Indian
Runner,” are known for their
upright carriage. The breed
does not fly, but their walk
creates an appearance of being
in perpetual running motion.
This breed’s slim body and
long neck have prompted the
description of a wine bottle
with a head and legs. Full-
grown birds weigh between
4 and 4 1/2 pounds.
Tilly Foster Farm is home
to a unique collection of
rare and endangered early
American farm animals.
In 2008, Randall Lineback
Cattle, American Sheep, and
a Mammoth Jackstock Don-
key were introduced. These
animals are all listed on the
American Livestock Breeders
Conservancy’s endangered
list and are critical in the
efforts to conserve historic
breeds and generic diversity
in livestock.
In addition to the farm ani-
mals, Tilly Foster Farm is
home to the Putnam County
Antique Machinery Asso-
ciation, which has a display
of antique farm equipment,
and the Putnam Arts Council
offering art classes, exhibi-
tions and other activities.
Meadow Creek Farm provides
horse boarding, lessons, and
a therapeutic riding program.
The public is welcome to
visit the farm free of charge
on Route 312 in Brewster,
seven days a week from 10am
- 4pm. For further informa-
tion call or email Helaina
Ricciardi 845-279-4474, or
Lanie2112@aol.com
On Saturday, August 22.
from 11am through Sunday,
August 23, The Reformed
Church at 70 Hooker Avenue,
Poughkeepsie, turns into a
lively 18th century Dutch
village as it celebrates its
designation as part of the
National Register of His-
toric Places, with pomp and
plenty of fun. The Church is
the oldest Reformed Dutch
Church in Dutchess County.
On Saturday, Hendrik Hud-
son will stroll among the
crowds, as costumed Dutch
vendors provide demonstra-
tions from cooking real Dutch
Hutspot, roasted chicken,
and other foods, to displays
of Dutch coins, pipes, and
metal tools made “the old
fashioned way.” Musicians
will perform as children par-
ticipate in Dutch games and
crafts – the way they did 300
years ago. And, for those
who want to see artisans at
work, there will be demon-
strations on weaving–that
you can try your hand at–as
well as “contemporary Rem-
brandts,” who will be adding
their touch of artwork to the
festivities. “The highlight of
the day,” coordinator Linda
S a n d b e rg s a i d , “ i s a n a u -
thentic Dutch wedding as
it really took place at the
Reformed Dutch Church in
1733 with Francis Filkin
and damsel Katrina Lewis
Van Kleek. From an elegant
wedding dress to the silver
wine cups, we are trying to
provide visitors a chance
to see how a marriage may
actually have looked in the
18th century,” Sandberg said.
The celebration contin-
ues on Sunday, August 23,
at 10am, as The Reformed
Church re-enacts an 18th
century church service. Rev-
erend Robert Geehan will
be leading the service with
Psalms singing and following
the order of the way Church
services were performed in
t h e H u d s o n Va l l e y i n t h e
1700s. The Church continues
to recognize its contribution
to the City of Poughkeepsie
since 1716. The events are
free and the public is invited
to attend. For more informa-
tion call 845-452-8110.
For all event listings for
the City of Poughkeepsie
Hudson Fulton Champlain
Quadricentennial go to
poughkeepsiequad.org.
Academic
Honors
Christina Swartzwelder
Graduates From St. John’s
Christina Emily Swartz-
welder of Putnam Valley was
awarded the Physician Assis-
tant Certificate as conferred
by St. John’s University
­— College of Pharmacy and
Allied Health Professions,
at the graduation exercises
held June 25, 2009, at the
Queens, NY, campus.
The Physician Assistant’s
program is an intensive,
graduate, full time, two-
year endeavor that qualifies
her to sit for the National
Certifying examination for
professional medical prac-
at the University at Alba-
tice. She will continue her
ny in 2007, completing the
Master’s degree studies in
course study in three years.
the medical field.
She was a 2004 graduate of
C h r i s t i n a p r e v i o u s l y r e-
John F. Kennedy Catholic
ceived her Bachelor of Sci-
High School, in Somers,
ence degree cum laude in
New York.
the pre-medical program
Brian Grey Named to Dean’s
List at Ithaca College
Brian Grey, son of Gar- sectarian, Ithaca College
rison residents David and is a nationally recognized
S h a r o n G r e y, w a s n a m e d independent college of some
to the Dean’s List at Ithaca 6 , 3 0 0 u n d e rg r a d u a t e s a n d
College’s School of Health 400 graduate students. Lo-
Sciences and Human Perfor- cated in Ithaca, New York,
mance for the spring 2009 the college offers more than
term with a GPA of 3.5. one hundred degree pro-
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Family Fun Fundraiser Day Four Arrested for Possession Air, Fire, Water on View at
for Diabetes Association of Controlled Substance
The Vinny Zaccheo Memo-
rial Fund is hosting a Family
Fun Day, tennis round robin,
and three bike tours for a
great cause, to benefit the
American Diabetes Asso-
ciation’s locally sponsored
diabetes education programs
in the Hudson Valley. The
Family Fun Day, bike tours
and tennis round robin will
be held at All Sport Fishkill’s
O u t d o o r P a r k o n S u n d a y,
September 13, 2009.
One entrance fee ($25 for
adults and only $5 for chil-
dren) covers all activities
and fabulous food at Family
Fun Day. Activities emceed
by DJ Caspar include a silent
auction, sand volleyball, face
painting, and basketball. All
Sport Fishkill’s three heated
pools and outdoor hot tub
will be open. For the kids,
a bouncy castle, face paint-
ing, and ice cream will be
sure to make their day. In-
formation is also available
on the following websites:
allsportfishkill.com and jo-
esmarketplace.com
There will be a family-
friendly 5-mile (approx.) a
20-mile-plus, and, for those
of you that love a challenge,
Visit Us at
PCNR.COM
RiverWinds Gallery
a 50-mile, bike tours. The
$45 fee includes entry into
t h e F a m i l y F u n D a y. P r e -
registration forms, start times
and route details will be
available at All Sport Fishkill
and Joe’s Italian Marketplace
as well as at their websites.
A Tennis round robin tour-
nament will also be held at
All Sport Fishkill’s Outdoor
Park, beginning at 10am. Go
to www.joesmarketplace or
contact All Sport Fishkill for
more information on how to
sign up for the event.
Proceeds from these events
will be donated to the Ameri-
can Diabetes Association
and diabetes education pro-
grams in the Hudson Valley
in memory of Vinny Zaccheo.
The fund’s goal is to help
find a cure for this disease
that affects so many people.
By raising monies, the fund
hopes to help contribute to
efforts being made to educate
the community about diabetes
and its effects on the heart,
eyes and other parts of the
body. Family Fun Day runs
from 11am–3pm. Events will
be held rain or shine. Come to
one event or enjoy them all.
On August 1, 2009, at ap-
proximately 4:15am, Police
Officer Tompkins of the Vil-
lage of Cold Spring Police
conducted a traffic stop on
Main Street for a minor traffic
violation. PO Tompkins, upon
interviewing the driver, de-
tected a strong odor of alcohol
emanating from the operator.
The operator, Vincent J.
DiCastro, 40 years old, of
Cold Spring, refused to submit
to a chemical test and was
arrested and charged with
DWI and Criminal Posses-
sion of Controlled Substance,
(CPCS), 7th, a misdemeanor,
after he was found to be in
possession of cocaine.
PO Tompkins also arrested
three other passengers in the
Westchester Jazz Orchestra
Kicks Off Sixth Season
World-renowned and multi-
Grammy-winning jazz saxo-
phonist Joe Lovano calls the
Westchester Jazz Orchestra
“one of the hippest bands on
the scene today.” This ex-
traordinary group will begin
their 2009-10 season with a
special guest, guitarist John
Scofield, at 8pm on Satur-
day, S eptember 26, at the
Irvington Town Hall Theater,
85 Main Street, Irvington.
A pre-concert talk with Mr.
Scofield will begin at 7:15.
Guitarist John Scofield
has been an important force
in jazz since playing with
Miles Davis during the 1980s.
Since then, he has led his own
groups nationally and abroad,
recording over 30 albums as a
leader and collaborating with
contemporary favorites Pat
Metheny, Charlie Haden, Ed-
die Harris, Medeski, Martin
& Wood and Bill Frisell. He
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 T HE P UTNAM C OUNTY N EWS A ND R ECORDER Page 11
Homola is Garden Club
Intern at Stonecrop
vehicle and charged them
with Criminal Possession of
a Controlled Substance 7th
after additional cocaine was
found. Vincent DiCastro was
arraigned in Village Court and
remanded to Putnam Coun-
ty Jail on $1500 cash/3000
bond; John G. Milspaugh, 42
years old, of Canton, Ohio,
was to remanded to jail on
$1500 cash/3000 bond. Vin-
cent D. Tozzo-Millspaugh,
23 years old, of Cold Spring,
was charged with CPCS 7th
and is due in Village Court
on August 12, 2009, at 1pm.
Thomas C. Willis, 35 years
old, of Cold Spring, was also
charged with CPCS 7th, and
released to appear on August Unoccupied - painting by Ellen A. Lewis
12, 2009.
RiverWinds Gallery, at 172 and has showcased and sup-
Main Street in Beacon, New ported Hudson Valley artists,
York, is currently showing and provided outstanding Gabrielle Homola, the ceive a $1,000 stipend.
A i r- F i re - Wa t e r , p a i n t i n g s fine art and unique gifts
by Ellen Lewis. Her vibrant for customers. It features
Philipstown Garden Club’s
summer intern at Stonecrop
Gabrielle spends part of her
day weeding and dead-head-
use of color creates textured more than 35 of the fin- Nurseries, is spending her ing in the extensive gardens
has played and recorded with
landscapes with smooth est Hudson Valley artists. summer working and learning Stonecrop is known for. In
Tony Bennett, Ron Carter,
wood tones, and organic There are traditional fine from the extensive profes- addition she prepares cut-
Herbie Hancock and many
textures capturing a sense of art and contemporary crafts, s i o n a l s t a ff t h e r e . G a b r i - tings of plants and researches
other luminaries. Throughout
the unknown and provoking including ceramics, pottery, elle, who will be a junior at her choice of a “plant of the
his career, Mr. Scofield has
imagination. The show will cards, paintings, photogra- Lourdes High School, is part day” in Stonecrop’s horti-
punctuated his traditional jazz
run through September 7. phy, jewelry, apparel, and of a program the Philipstown cultural library.
offerings with funk-oriented
Lewis’s works are in pri- home decor. Garden Club co-sponsors Additional information on
electric music.
vate and commercial collec- Gallery hours are Wednes- each year with 5 local envi- this intern program is avail-
Gary Walker, Music Direc-
tor and Morning Show Host tions nationally and includes day through Monday from ronmental and horticultural able from the PGC commit-
at WBGO-FM, is set to host private commissions. 12-6pm. RiverWinds is lo- organizations in town. The tee chair, Karen Lindros, at
the concert. WJO’s 2009-10 R i v e r Wi n d s G a l l e r y cated at 172 Main St, Beacon interns work a 20-hour week 424-3537 or at pgcinc.org.
season continues with Sax opened its door in July, 2003, riverwindsgallery.com. in July and August, and re-
Masters: The Music of Col-
trane, Cannonball, Bird and
More on December 5; From
Bossa to Tango: Sounds of
South America on January 30;
and Americana on April 10.
Reserved seating tickets
are $35 for adults, $30 for
seniors and only $5 for stu-
dents. Subscription and group
discounts are available. Pur-
chase tickets through www.
westjazzorch.org, or by call-
ing 914-861-9100.
ShopLocal
Page 12 T HE P UTNAM C OUNTY N EWS A ND R ECORDER
SPECIALLY
FOR SENIORS
Putnam’s Most Elderly Assisted
by Variety of Programs
by Eric Gross
Seventy-two of Putnam’s
most elderly are being aided
each day by the Expanded
In-home Services Program.
The average cost of keeping
these frail, dependent, 85- to
99-year-old men and women
who reside in their homes
on both sides of the county
is $4,342 per person, which
Office for the Aging Direc-
tor William Huestis called a
“small price to pay to keep
someone out of a nursing
home or hospital.” Clients
cost-share in the program.
Huestis told the PCN&R
that as senior citizens age
and become infirm, the “Of-
fice for the Aging becomes
more of a lifeline for many by
providing a hot and nutritious
meal for the homebound.”
While the majority of fund-
ing comes from federal and
state coffers, Huestis said
last year more than $172,400
was donated locally to help
offset costs.
Huestis praised his em-
ployees who assist in the
homebound meals programs:
“For many, the only person
they see all day or even all
week is the friendly driver
who delivers the meal and
checks to make sure that
everything is okay. Some of
our senior citizens receive the
service for the first time when
they are discharged from the
hospital and are unable to
move around unaided. As they
heal, our outreach workers
www.pcnr.com
LEGAL NOTICE
COUNTY OF PUTNAM
NOTICE FOR BID
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN, that sealed bids
will be received by the
Director of Purchasing
of Putnam County for the
following commodities and/
or services:
1. Peat System and
Retaining Wall
Installation – RFB130592
– Project # 09012009
Detailed specifications
can be picked up by Licensed
Experienced* Septic
Installers at the offices of
the Septic Repair Program,
100 Rte. 312, Brewster, New
York between the hours of
8:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M.,
M o n d a y t h r o u g h F r i d a y.
There will be a SITE VISIT
o n We d n e s d a y, A u g . 2 6 ,
2009 at 9:00 a.m. at The
Septic Repair Program, 100
Route 312, Building No. 4,
Brewster, New York.
If you are interested,
please contact Michele at
(845) 278-8313. Sealed
bids must be filed with the
Director of Purchasing,
C o u n t y o f P u t n a m O ff i c e
Facilities , 110 Old Route
6, Carmel, New York on or
before 1:00 P.M., Tuesday,
Sept. 1, 2009.
*Experience requires
5 Projects Inspected/
Approved by the Putnam
County Department of
Health. RFB130592 requires
manufacturer's certification
or attendance of the Bord
NaMona in-service seminar,
in addition to the above-
mentioned 5 Projects
Inspected/Approved by the
PCDOH.
dated: Carmel, New York
Aug. 6, 2009
Sgd/Alessandro
Mazzotta, Purchasing
Director Putnam County
Purchasing Department
LEGAL NOTICE
THE PUTNAM VALLEY
DRAFT CODE ZONING
COMMITTEE WILL MEET
ON 8/18/09, TUESDAY AT
6 : 3 0 AT T H E P U T N A M
VALLEY TOWN HALL
encourage seniors to ride the
bus to a senior center rather
than eat alone. Not only does
the program contribute to
wellness through nutrition,
but it also provides socializa-
tion and daily human contact
by slowing the process of
physical aging and keeping
our elderly in contact with
the world around them.”
The Office for the Aging is
more than just a meal, since
it provides programs and ser-
vices that Huestis said, “make
a difference to the quality of
life.” Elderly people on low
incomes can participate in
the Home Energy Assistance
Program. which provided a
$300,000 subsidy to eligible
residents last winter. Huestis
explained the money did not
go directly to seniors but
to utilities to helped offset
unp aid b ills , allow in g t h e
elderly to continue receiving
electricity and heat.
The Office for the Aging
also provides assistance to
seniors regardless of income
or need. Huestis estimated
the county’s insurance coun-
seling program saved resi-
dents more than $100,000 in
prescription drug costs last
year: “Today many illnesses
are treated with expensive
medications. The more my
office does to offset the costs,
the less likely it will be for
a senior to have to choose
between food, fuel, and pre-
scription medicine.”
This month The Office
forthe Aging also imple-
Legal Notices
LEGAL NOTICE
COUNTY OF PUTNAM
NOTICE FOR
EXTENSION
OF BID OPENING
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN, that sealed bids will
be received by the Director
of Purchasing of Putnam
County for the following
commodities and/or service:
RFB-37-09 Petroleum
Bulk Storage Compliance
Work at various Putnam
County Facilities
Detailed specifications
may be secured at the
o ff i c e o f t h e D i r e c t o r o f
Purchasing, County of
P u t n a m O ff i c e F a c i l i t i e s ,
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 www.putnamcountynycom.
Sealed bids must be filed in
the above office on or before
1:00 P.M., WEDNESDAY,
SEPTEMBER 2, 2009.
dated: awarded pursuant to this
Carmel, New York
August 6, 2009
Sgd/Alessandro Mazzotta,
Director
Putnam County
Purchasing Department
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF LIMITED LIABILITY
C O M PA N Y. N A M E :
M O N A C O R E A LT Y
M A N A G E M E N T, L L C .
A r t i c l e s o f O rg a n i z a t i o n
were filed with the Secretary
o f S t a t e o f N e w Yo r k
(SSNY) on 07/27/09. Office
location: 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, c/o George Monaco,
276 Buckshollow Road,
Mahopac, New York 10541.
Purpose: For any lawful
purpose.
Send legal notices to
legals@pcnr.com
mented a caregiver support
group to assist those caring
for an elderly loved one.
Latest statistics indicate 85
percent of all caregiving is
provided by unpaid, informal
caregivers such as family,
friends, and neighbors. Hues-
tis suggested that caregivers
give themselves a break and
“share your emotions with
friends who understand how
you feel. You are not alone.
The Caregivers Support
Group is confidential. The
sessions are very comforting
and therapeutic.”
The groups meet on the
first Thursday of each month
at two locations. Sessions
at the Carmel Friendship
Center, located at the Office
for the Aging Office in the
Donald Smith Governmental
Complex on Old Route 6 in
Carmel meet at 12 noon,
while classes at the Putnam
Valley Friendship Center at
Town Park Lane in Putnam
Valley meet from 11:30am
to 1:30pm.
Jeanette Baldanza coordi-
nates the Carmel program.
She can be reached by call-
ing 225-1034, ext.121 while
Michele DiMarco is the
coordinator of the Putnam
Va l l e y p r o g r a m . I n f o r m a -
tion is available by calling
526-3127.
Huestis has suggested
bringing a bag lunch while
“enjoying dessert with us as
yo u s har e and dis cu s s the
caregiving process.”
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE TO BIDDER
TOWN OF
PHILIPSTOWN
COMMUNITY CENTER
Sealed proposals will be
received by the undersigned
Town Clerk of the Town of
Philipstown at her office in
t h e To w n H a l l , 2 3 8 M a i n
Street, Cold Spring, New
York 10516, until 2:00 P.M.,
August 21, 2009, when
the same will be publicly
opened and read aloud for
the purchase by the Town
of Philipstown of:
#2 Fuel Oil-Bulk Delivery,
up to 13,000 gallons.
Must be able to deliver to
a 4” Fuel Pipe Line.
Meeting the specifications
of the Town of Philipstown
Community Center.
Copies of the specifications
may be obtained from the
office of said Town Clerk
at the above address.
The right is reserved to
reject any and all bids.
All purchase contracts
notice shall be subject to
the provisions of Section
103-A, 103-8 and 103-D of
the General Municipal Law.
Dated: August 12, 2009
TINA M. MERANDO
TOWN CLERK OF
PHILIPSTOWN
LEGAL NOTICE
HEART 2 HEART CHILD
CARE CENTER LLC, a
domestic Limited Liability
Company (LLC) filed with
the Sec of State of NY on
6/5/09. NY Office location:
Putnam County. SSNY is
designated as agent upon
whom process against the
LLC may be served. SSNY
shall mail a copy of any
process against the LLC
served upon him/her to
The LLC, 32 Kentview Dr.,
Carmel, NY 10512 General
purposes
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Attorney General’s Office Brings Health Cold Spring Seniors Invited
Care Information to Cold Spring’s Seniors to Annual Picnic on Saturday
The Village of Cold Spring will be hot dogs, hamburgers,
Board of Trustees welcomes and desserts galore, along
all local seniors to the Annual with entertainment, includ-
Senior Citizens’ Picnic, to ing a number of the children
be held at Mayors Park this from the recent Depot Theatre
Saturday, August 15, from
12 noon until 3pm.
Bring your appetite, as there
production of Annie singing
a selection of the songs.
This event is free of charge.
WWII Radio Studio to be Re-
Enacted at AARP Meeting
All Putnam County seniors
are invited to attend the Put-
180 Route 6, on Saturday,
September 12, 2009. Come
nam County Chapter #1183
AARP September meeting, a
meeting which will start the
early, at 12:30, and bring a
bag lunch and meet other
local seniors. The business
new season with an excit- meeting will be at 1 and the
ing World War II show. This program will begin at 1:30.
show will be modeled as a Future programs planned
radio program, “Until It’s by this chapter are: Satur-
Over Over There,” a dramatic day, October 10 at 1pm: Paul
program presented by Gary Thomas from the New York
Ferris, author, entertainer, Attorney General’s Office
historian, and World War II will speak on identity theft;
re-enactor. This program is Saturday, November 14 at
On August 6, a representative from Attorney General Cuomo’s office spoke to seniors at set in a New York City radio 1pm: Congressman John Hall
Chestnut Ridge complex on the topic of health care. Judith McCarthy, Assistant Attorney studio in July 1944, weeks will speak on health reform
General-in-Charge of Cuomo’s Westchester office (pictured, right), spoke about how before the allies stormed the and other issues; Saturday,
the Attorney General’s office can help consumers with HMO claims, billing problems, beaches of Normandy to lib- December 14 at 1pm: holiday
guaranteed benefits, and loss of insurance. Richard Shea, Deputy Town Supervisor for erate Europe. party/luncheon. For more in-
the Town of Philipstown, also participated. Members of the public were invited and Come to the William Koe- formation, call President John
encouraged to attend. For more information, visit the Attorney General’s website at hler Memorial Senior Center, Zaborney at 845-277-3149.
www.oag.state.ny.us.
Exhibit at Tilly Foster is Capped by Awards Ceremony
The 17th Annual Art After
75 show at the Putnam Arts
Council will come to a con-
clusion on Sunday, August
23, with a closing reception
and awards ceremony from
3-5pm at Tilly Foster Farm
in Brewster.
Also on view will be the
Tilly Foster Artists on Loca-
tion exhibition, with paint-
ings of the farm by mem-
bers of the Lower Hudson
Va l l e y P l e i n A i r P a i n t e r s
and others. Arts Council
commissions from sales in
this show will benefit Tilly
Foster.
Eric Gross
Gallery hours are Tuesday
Mary Flaherty of Cold Spring and David Small of Mahopac David Small’s photograph of Bryant Park, New York City.
to Friday from 10-3, with
extended weekend hours on admire a sculpture on display.
Sundays from 1-4.
For directions or info on
this exhibit and all Arts
Council programs, classes,
and events, visit www.put-
namartscouncil.com or call
845-278-0230.
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF LIMITED LIABILITY
COMPANY. NAME: KNH
CONSTRUCTION LLC.
A r t i c l e s o f O rg a n i z a t i o n
were filed with the Secretary
of State of New York
SSNY) on 07/16/09. The
latest date of dissolution is
12/31/2060. Office
location: 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, 105 Palmer Trail,
Carmel, New York 10512.
Purpose: For any lawful
purpose.
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation
of a Limited Liability
Company (LLC): Name:
SMALL BUSINESS
WEBSITES, LLC, Articles
of Organization filed with
the Secretary of State of New
York (SSNY) on 06/25/09.
Office location: Putnam
County. SSNY designated
as agent of LLC upon whom
process against it may be
served. SSNY shall mail
copy of process to 94 Seven
Oaks Lane, Brewster, NY
10509. Purpose: Any lawful
purpose.
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF LIMITED LIABILITY
COMPANY. NAME:
MUSHKOLAJ LLC.
Articles of Organization
were filed with the Secretary
o f S t a t e o f N e w Yo r k
(SSNY) on 07/01/09. Office
location: 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, c/o The Law Offices
of James C. Kahn, 175 Main
Street, White Plains, New
York 10601. Purpose: For
any lawful purpose.

Law Enforcement on the River
Cold Spring looks magical from the Hudson River.
HUDSON (Cont’d from front pg.)
Hudson River was a “conduit
connecting Canada to New
York City. Patrols are much
more than giving a boater a
hard time for not having a
proper life jacket on board. We
are always on guard to protect
America’s homeland security.”
New York State reimburses
the county for almost three-
quarters of the marine patrols.
Sheriff Smith explained that
Deputy Richard Mansfield adjusts the life jacket on Justin resources are used wisely, re-
Markey of Cold Spring during a safety inspection while his sulting in a “big return on our
dad, Roy Markey, and Sgt. Michael Szabo look on. investment.”
The sheriff thanked the NYS
Parks and Recreation Depart-
ment for its partnering efforts.
“Had it not been for the ex-
tremely valuable agency,” he
pointed out, “the Sheriff’s De-
partment would not have this
The Putnam County Sheriff’s Department launch begins its
tour of duty in the Hudson last Saturday.
www.pcnr.com
The Bear Mountain Bridge stands tall on a beautiful
summer’s morning.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
brand new 25.5 foot Pro-Line
craft with twin 150 horsepower
Mercury four-stroke outboard
motors. The boat, which comes
with a $75,000 price tag, is
perfect for the Hudson River,”
said Sheriff Smith.
After boarding the vessel at
the Cold Spring Boat Club, Sgt.
Szabo powered the engines and
the boat headed north to the
Dutchess County line before
making a U-turn and proceeding
south past Cold Spring, West
Point, Garrison, and ending
at the Bear Mountain Bridge.
Sgt. Szabo called the relation-
ship between law enforcers on
the river a “special bond. The
guys out on the boats are one
team, regardless of the lettering
on their particular boat. The
The US Military Academy at West Point comes into view.
job gets done. Inspections are
made to assure safety, while
in the case of emergency, the
marine division is always first
to arrive. Putnam County has
helped our neighbors across the
river in Rockland and Orange,
and visa versa.”
As Sgt. Szabo uttered his
words, as though on cue, a
boat from the Orange County
Sheriff’s Department pulled
alongside the Putnam boat, as
did a craft from the New York
State Parks Department.
Sgt. Szabo said the regular
patrols allow the Marine Di-
visions to “get prepared for
incident command should the
unimaginable happen. We are
in contact both via cell phone
as well as radio.”
After patrolling for several
hours, the boat returned to the
Garrison’s Landing resembles a Currier and Ives setting.
T HE P UTNAM C OUNTY N EWS A ND R ECORDER Page 13
Deputy Mansfield checks on the equipment stored in a boat
owned by an out-of-state family during an inspection on
dock where the inspections the river.
continued.
Roy Markey of Cold Spring
was about to board his boat with
his two sons for the first time
when the deputies discovered
during a safety inspection that
one of the life jackets did not
properly fit his eight year-
old son. Markey thanked the
deputies for pointing out his
error. What made the incident
so meaningful was that the
Sheriff’s Department allowed
the family to use one of the
Sheriff’s life jackets for the
day, which allowed the family
to take to the river as planned.
The lifejacket was returned to
the Sheriff’s boat docked at
the marina at the conclusion
of the Markey’s venture on The Hudson looking north towards Dutchess County is a
the Hudson. sight to behold.
Sheriff Don Smith thanks a patrol from Orange County for
stopping to offer assistance.
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Dragon Boats Will Race Up Hudson River

Boshak, Basso Paint Shutout Portrait in PV/C

12-U Summer League Baseball Championship
Consolazio homers, doubles, in 4-0 win over Bedford/PR

Colorful dragon boats are lined up at Peekskill’s Riverfront Green Park last year, prior to the start of the dragon boat
races.
For the first time ever, event
o rg a n i z e r s f r o m P e e k s k i l l
Quadricentennial Celebra-
tion are inviting individu-
als and two-person teams
to participate in this fall’s
dragon boat races scheduled
for Saturday, September 12,
2009, from 8am to 4pm at
Peekskill Riverfront Green
Park. These registrants will
crew the HH1609 Team, short
for Henry Hudson and the
year he discovered the Hud-
son River. Registration ends
August 17, 2009.
“In order to open dragon
boat racing to more people
who may not be affiliated
with a business or non-profit,
we are forming HH1409 so
that individuals and two-
person teams can participate.
We are encouraging couples,
best friends, siblings, and
competitive neighbors to
take part in this amazing
and unique opportunity on
the Hudson,” said Bruce
Lindenbaum, Chairman of
the Board of Directors of
Peekskill Celebration.
Registration fees are $25
for single registrants, $45 for
two-person teams. Registra-
tion forms and a complete
list of rules and regulations
can be downloaded from
the event’s website at www.
peekksillcelebration.com or
by calling 914-736-2000.
In the weeks leading up
t o r a c e d a y, p r a c t i c e s e s -
sions are offered to all the
teams. Teams will be able
to participate in at least one
practice session, conducted
by trained representatives
of the Peekskill Yacht Club.
During those sessions, teams
will learn safety procedures
and how to paddle in sync
with other team members.
Winning requires paddling
in unison, strength, and en-
durance. Dragon Boats are
41-foot-long canoes with
colorful dragonheads and
decorative tails, hence the
name. Crews consist of a
minimum of 16 paddlers plus
a drummer and steersperson.
Team members must be at
least 14 years of age.
The annual Peekskill Cel-
ebration is the largest festival
Bill Powers
of its kind in the Hudson
Valley and culminates in an
extraordinary weekend of
family entertainment, an un-
rivaled fireworks extravagan-
za, and colorful dragon boat
races not seen anywhere else
in the Hudson Valley. Peek-
skill Celebration weekend is
usually held at the start of
August, but moved to Septem-
ber this year to combine with
the city’s Quadricentennial
plans to become Peekskill
Quadricentennial Celebra-
tion with activities taking
place at Peekskill Riverfront
Green, Downtown Peekskill
and Charles Point. Updated
information is provided on
w w w. p e e k s k i l l c e l e b r a t i o n .
com.

G r a y m o o r G o l f C l a s s i c Cameron Young Finishes 10th

Raises Over $100,000 in Golf World Championship
Ray Gallagher
Garrison’s Cameron Young, the World Cup Team, which
PV/C 12-U players pose with their championship trophies after knocking off top-seeded Bedford/Pound Ridge in the 12, finished 10th on Saturday is composed of the top ten
finals of the WPBA tournament last Saturday at Crane Field in Mahopac. in Pinehurst, NC, in the US 12-year-old boys and top six
Kids Golf World Champion- girls. They competed in a Ry-
Back in early July, when “We hadn’t seen a team like Girvalo, who crushed a game- the win with a key seven-run ship. There were 141 partici- der Cup-like event on Sunday,
the Putnam Valley/Cortlandt that all year, with two kids who winning home run in the 4-3 second inning, with the key pants in the 12-year-old-boy August 9, where the US Team
12-U baseball team had gotten could throw like those two win over LaGrange, a team hit in this offensive outburst division. The event attracts defeated the best players on
off to a 4-4 start, a WPBA guys,” Bedford/PR Manager that draws from hundreds of being a bases-clearing three- the best players from around an international team. After
S u m m e r L e a g u e B a s e b a l l Lou Giganti said. “They threw 10-Us in Dutchess County. run double by lefty slugger the country and across the the matches were completed
Championship seemed like hard and they threw strikes. 3B Christos Moundroukas Kevin Bomba. The PV/C of- globe. Contestants must win in a tie, the US Team was
an unlikely goal for Coach They were really good. We drove home the game’s first fensive explosion was led a local World Championship victorious in a sudden death
Ron Lyman’s club. But this had done a little scouting on two runs with a well-struck, by Bomba four RBI overall, Qualifier to receive an invita- playoff, securing the Cup for
unit never wavered and came them and knew what was in two-out single in the fourth. John Rainieri (with 3 hits tion to play. the USA.
together in the second half, store for us. We dialed it up a He also made a defensive gem and 3 RBI), Nick Ferraro (2 Young opened with a 69, This is the 10th anniversary
going on a 10-1 run en route to little bit in practice, but they on a 2-5 caught stealing play. hits and 2 RBI), as well as followed by a 72, before a of the World Championship,
the tournament title last Sat- were really good today. Our “I’ve said it before, but Jared Guski and Matt Buda- disappointing 77 in the final which runs a tournament for
urday at Crane guys went 19-2, i t d e f i n i t e l y b e a r s r e p e a t- no, who contributed two hits round, but still managed his each age group, boys and girls,
Field in Ma- which is nothing ing: This is by far the best apiece. Bomba and Michael The Franciscan Friars friar’s world-wide ministries. best-ever finish in the event. from 6 & under to 12 years old.
of the Atonement raised This year’s first-place
hopac, where
PV/C cruised
RAY to be ashamed group of kids that I have ever Cox pitched well for PV/C,
over $100,000 in cash and foursome (left to right) were
All this despite battling a This year there were nearly
of. We have a lot coached,” Patterson said of overcoming some shaky early- week-long stomach flu. His 1,300 competitors, with 30
t o a 4 - 0 w i n GALLAGHER to be proud of. his 7th-seeded Tigers after inning defense. contributions of goods and Kieran Duffy of Briarcliff play earned him a spot on countries represented.
over top-seed- Two years ago, k n o c k i n g o ff N o . 2 . “ T h e y “The defensive effort be- services for the event at their Manor, his son, Mark Duffy
ed Bedford/ we only won six should be proud of themselves came much more solid as the 10th Annual Graymoor Golf of Greenwich; John Smollen
Pound Ridge. games, so they did well. It’s and their accomplishments team’s nervousness subsided, Classic on June 29 at the of Chicago; and Bob O’Brien
Mount Kisco Country Club. of Sleepy Hollow.
In fact, it was Bedford/PR a great group of boys, a great in our first season playing and the pitching tandem of
P ro c e e d s w i l l b e n e f i t t h e ATTENTION HIGH
that looked like a runaway committed group of parents. together.” Bomba and Cox did their part
favorite to bring home the These kids have character and The 9-U Chargers, seeded striking out nine New Fair- SCHOOLERS:
bacon, with its regular-season that’s what’s most important.” 10th in the tournament, pulled field batters for the game,”
banner and 19-win season in But PV/C was up for the off another upset by taking Manager Bomba said. “It was Contribute a “High
tow. But Putnam Valley has a task, doing the essential things out No.7 New Fairlfield, 13-7, just a tremendous win for the School Sports
little something to look for- t o w i n b i g g a m e s — t i m e l y before bowing to top-seeded team and our program against Perspective.”
ward to, as a pair of pitchers, hits, good pitching, and sound Somers, which lost in the a much bigger program. We Contact
Brian Boshak and Ryan Basso defense. finals to Mahopac. hope this put us on the map.”
(the Killer B’s), bunched to- “I think our pitching was PV/C was able to secure a editor@pcnr.com.
gether six scoreless innings really good,” Consolazio said.
and combined to strike out “And our hitting was excel-
11 would-be hitters. lent in big spots. We hit the
“Our pitching has been awe- ball, got on base, and got big
some all season,” Coach Ly- hits. When I hit the home
man would admit, his team run, I knew it was gone. I
munching on a congratula- was so excited. Our coaches
tory Carvel ice cream cake. never gave up on us when we
“Pitching, defense, and timely were struggling early on this
hitting–that’s us. Bunting, season. They made us work
everything…small ball, what- harder and we always had the
ever it takes. We play small great pitching.”
ball and hope the big ball “Boshak throws really fast,”
comes like it did today. We had Basso said. “He’s one of our
seven shutouts this year. Our best pitchers. He just shut
pitching has been dominating, them down and then I came
all of them, from Boshak, in and did what I had to. I
to Basso and RJ (Lyman) to wasn’t really nervous, just
(Mike) Perrone, everybody. pumped up when I struck out
That’s what wins champion- the last batter. “
ships. I felt really good with In other PV/C playoff ac- Ray Gallagher
what I had at my disposal tion, Coach Vin D’Addona’s PV/C shortstop R.J. Lyman gets tag down in time to nail B/
today to go out and win this 14-U team won the regular PR baserunner in PV/C’s 4-0 championship win.
thing against a really good season flag but fell to arch-
team. This team beat us 4-3 rival Larchmont/Mamaroneck
during the regular season and in the semifinals of the tour-
had 19 wins, but we knew nament, 6-2, at Union Field
from that first game that we in Putnam Valley. The game
could play with them and beat was tied at 2-all in the sixth
them with our best pitchers and PV/C squandered a bases-
ready to go. We believed we loaded, no-out situation that
were the number one team in might have broken the game
our division.” open.
LF Kevin Consolazio spot- The 9-U and 10-U teams,
ted PV/C a 1-0 lead, courtesy managed by Irv Bomba and
of a run-scoring double. He Tom Patterson, respectively,
padded the lead by slamming each pulled off first-round
a solo homer to right-center. wins. The 10-U Tigers team
Mike Perrone put the game was sparked by the pitching
away for good by smoking of chucker Charlie Pagani (1
a t w o - r u n d o u b l e t o p l a t e earned run), who went the Ray Gallagher
Tommy O’Sullivan (single) route, and the very live bat
and Tristan Pippa (single). of catcher Zack “That’s G” PV/C players mob closer Ryan Basso after he nailed down
a 4-0 championship win.
 Wednesday, August 12, 2009 T HE P UTNAM C OUNTY N EWS A ND R ECORDER Page 15

SPORTS
150 Cyclists Pedal the Great Hudson Valley
Pastimes Some 150 bicyclists from the City of Hudson dock.
25 states and Canada are par- Cyclists will continue their
Exploring Pawling’s Revolutionary Era Oblong Meeting House ticipating in the 5th annual
Great Hudson Valley Pedal
pedal to Hyde Park, where
they will have an opportunity
event, organized by Parks & to visit the Franklin D. Roos-
A series of large flat-topped Trails New York, a statewide evelt, Eleanor Roosevelt and
stones are arranged into steps not-for-profit organization. Vanderbilt Mansion National
to enter the building. To my The 200-mile bicycle tour Historic Sites. Along the way,
surprise, there was no greet- ends on Sunday, August 16 cyclists will enjoy pastoral
er or docent, just a simple, in New York City. landscapes and vineyards
friendly sign hanging on the On the first day of the tour, and may choose to stop at
door that said “Open.” participants will ride from several historic sites, in-
Albany to Hudson. Some of cluding Montgomery Place,
the day’s highlights include Wilderstein, and Staatsburgh
pedaling through downtown Palisades Interstante Park
STEVEN Albany and historic river-
State Historic Site (formerly
Mills Mansion). Commission are the Leading
MATTSON front villages, the spectacular The Hudson River Valley Hudson Valley Sponsors.
panoramic view from the Rip Greenway and Hudson Riv- Parks & Trails New York
Van Winkle Bridge, and a visit er Valley National Heritage is a statewide not-for-profit
to Olana, home of Hudson Area are the premier spon- organization working to cre-
Using the unusual door- ate a network of parks, trails
knob, which my kids found River School painter Freder- sors of the Great Hudson
ick Law Church. After a full Va l l e y P e d a l . C o n E d i s o n and open space across the
fascinating, the door creaked state for all to use and enjoy.
open and it took a few sec- day of cycling, participants is the Champion Corporate
onds for my eyes to adjust will take a sunset boat ride Sponsor. Central Hudson Gas
to the darker interior, and on the Hudson River from & Electric Corporation and
my brain to sort the images
before me—a confusing array
of pews, support columns and
beams, stoves, and stove-
pipes. I am greeted with the
strong musty smell that any
old-house aficionado knows
all too well.
The room is full of seat-
ing that faces inward toward
a small open area near the
center of the room. Oddly, an
easy to imagine life 200-plus building. Rather, it has to do section of Routes 22 and 311 long Meeting House is owned
adjustable divider separates
years ago. Built by Quakers in with the fact that the property in Patterson, make a slight by The Historical Society of
the interior into two halves.
1764, this National Register is part of a large tract of real right up the hill just a few Quaker Hill and Pawling. They
Creaky stairs up to the second
of Historic Places landmark e s t a t e t h a t N e w Yo r k a n d feet north of the intersec- can be reached at 845-855-
story lead to more seating
is still much the way it was Connecticut argued over that tion onto South Quaker Hill 9316 or pawling-history.org.
and a top-down view over
so long ago. at the time was referred to as Road. Go 2.8 miles and make
a balcony to the first floor.
It is a decent sized building “The Oblong.” The Quakers a left onto Old Quaker Hill
I’ve been to probably a
considering the time it was were early settlers of this area. Road/Mizzentop Road. Go Steven Mattson has been a
hundred of these types of
built. Hand-wrought nails and This meetinghouse holds a 3.2 miles (you will pass the resident of Brewster for 10
old buildings, but I knew
wooden pegs still hold the special place in history for Akin Free Library at around years. He is currently writ-
the second I walked in there
frame together. The build- more than one reason. It is 2 miles) and make a right ing a family-oriented book
was something unique about
ing was used for religious credited with being the setting onto Meeting House Road. about the sights and adven-
this one. So many places like
services, business meetings, for one of the earliest actions The Oblong Meeting House tures in and around Putnam
this are redone or restored to
government sessions, and edu- in the colonies against slavery. is the second building on County. He can be reached
an almost pristine condition,
cational purposes. The afore- A commemorative written in the left. There is a pull-off at dutchess92@comcast.net
which is nice, but sometimes
mentioned divider served to 1964 by Helen G Daniels for area on the right across the
you lose touch with the age or
separate the women and men the building’s 200th anniver- street from the house. Look
significance of the place you
during religious services. sary reports that “In 1767, for the Graves of Revolution-
are visiting. Not here. When
Contrary to my initial as- the Oblong Meeting was the ary Soldiers marker on your
you enter the Oblong Meeting
sumption, “Oblong” has noth- first to raise the question right that memorializes the
House in Pawling, it is very
ing to do with the shape of the whether is was ‘consistent soldiers who died during the
with the Christian Spirit to Revolutionary War.
hold a person in slavery at The drive between Route 22
all.’” And eleven years later, and the Oblong Meeting House
General George Washington is b eau tif u l. G r an d h o me s
commandeered the Oblong with grand views, barns, and
Meeting House for use as a fields line these back roads of
military hospital during the Pawling. We spent about 20
American Revolution. minutes exploring the Oblong
As you face the front of the Meeting House as a precur-
building from the outside, go sor to visiting the Akin Free
around the right side of the Library and the Gunnison
building for a “window” that Museum of Natural History,
reveals the original siding. which will be the subject of
Walk to the back corner of a future article.
the property and there are The ineffable “oldness” and
two old outhouses. the taste of the Quaker life are
To get there from the inter- well worth the visit. The Ob-

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septics, new/repaired, drainage
work, all site work, land clear-
ing, demolition, foundations/
pools dug, driveways etc. 26
years local experience insrd/
PC#3332 Jeff 845-635-1717
or 914-330-1747, The Best for
Less!!
PAINTING AND PLASTER
Repair, Interior, 22 yrs exp.
George Kimmel 845-831-8723
PERFECTION PAINTING
"Simply the Best!" Home Im-
provements, Pressure Washing.
Free estimates. Cold Spring
845-519-4746
HOUSEKEEPING AVAIL
by European woman, ten years
experience long term local refs:
Contact Zuzana at cell 914-469-
1594
TUTOR
Summer academic review, in-
cluding: Writing, Math, SAT
prep. and Spanish. All ages
Seventeen years teaching in
Cold Spring. Frank Ortega
845-265-4236
H O U S E K E E P I N G
by Sandra and Wendy. con-
dos, apartments, offices. Laun-
dry, Own car, Refs. 914-510-
3141
TUTORING GRADES 1-4
Masters degree/certified for
Childhood Ed 1-6. All sub-
jects. Contact Adam 917-862-
4224 or 845-809-5211
WANTED
HUD VALLEY AUCTIONEERS
Antique and Estate buyers
commission sales, auctions
held monthly, 432 Main St.
Beacon 845-838-3049, Neil
Vaughn. For info visit www.
hudsonvalleyauctioneers.com
HS STUDENT VOLUNTEER
for animal care and assistance
at Animal Hospital of Cold
Spring, located next to Drug
World. Apply in person.
ley. They maintain list of lost
dogs and sightings. Adoptions
are also available. 526-3293
DOGGIE DAY CARE &
RESTFUL SLEEPOVERS.
I welcome your furry friend as
a true guest in my home. They
have total access to my home
and my one acre fenced yard in
the woods. Bow Wow Haus
johnfunck@optonline.net
845-424-6017 John Funck 43
Cutler Lane, Garrison
DJ IS IT! A YOUNG PUP
full of life and ready for a home
to call his own. His adoption
fee is $120 which includes all
vaccinations, neutering and
microchipping. If you are look-
ing for a truly loveable, play-
ful puppy, DJ is it! Putnam Hu-
mane Society, Old Rte 6,
Carmel. Mon-Fri 10am - 6pm.
Sat Sun 10am-4pm 845 225
7777
REAL ESTATE
REAL ESTATE NEEDS
Limited Editions Realty 21
Main Street, Cold Spring. Call
845-265-3111 or go to
limitededitionsrealty.com
HORSEMEN TRAIL FARM
All offers considered. 1820's
timber P/B Farmhouse 1880's
carriage barn, sheds, pasture w/
1/2 mile rock walls. 20 ac.
RTE 9 Loc. 845-265-2665.
horsemen@localnet.com
COLD SPRING VILLAGE
Home: 3BR, 1+1/2 BTH, FPL,
Hd Wd Flrs, Garden, Off St.
pkng, + detached 2 story ga-
rage w/500 Sq Ft. office/artist
studio. Great location, walk to
train and shopping. $385,000.
by appt only 845-265-2944
COLD SPRING VILLAGE
Forge Gate 2flr townhouse,
2BR, 1.5 BA, 3 balconies.
Faces West Point Foundry Pre-
serve. Very close to train. For
sale by owner $258,000. Call
Laura 516-435-3048
GOT EXTRA PROPERTY?
We'll pay cash for your extra
acreage. We're looking for a
small piece of land to put up a
small house in Garrison off/
near 9D.
GarrisonLand@yahoo.com
thankyou.
HELP WANTED
BOSCOBEL HOUSE &
GARDENS P/T security posi-
tions available. Midnight -
8am. Send resume to
cserino@boscobel.org or fax
845-265-4405
walk to train/shops. W/D , pkng
& water incld. $1450/mo.
Newly painted. One mo sec,
845-661-6632
GARRISON 3BDRM 2BATH
house renovated 1860 farm
house, beamed ceilings,
skylites, sub zero. Unique in-
holding in Fahnstock State Park
amid 3500 acres of forest,
lakes, water falls, meadows.
Garrison school, lawn care,
lake & beach permits incld.
$2400/mo 845-265-2519
COLD SPRING VILLAGE
large 2 bdrm w/closets located
at 211 Main Street, offers 1
bath, EIK, living room, laun-
dry, heat/hot water, off Street
parking included. Pets allowed,
ask for Mitch on Mobile 914-
263-4689 or office 212-447-
6206. You can also contact Pat
at Limited Editions 845-265-
3111, listed on MLS. rent is
$1500/mo.
COLD SPRING/BEACON 9D
Mins to DIA, I84, RR, 70 NYC,
Hudson Views, Boats, 3bdrm,
den, 2 bth, $1600 914-584-
7137 or 914-960-0069
GARRISON PROFESSIONAL
Commercial office rental at The
Stone House. Excellent loca-
tion. Rte 9 at Putnam/
Westchester border. $475/mo.
Includes heat, electric, park-
ing. Refs, Sec. Indian Brook
Properties 845-788-4191
OFFICE SPACE 37 MAIN ST
Rent incl heat, elec, CAC, park-
ing. Next to train. Pls Call 845-
265-6301
GARRISON'S LANDING
2 offices, can be combined. 1
room 290 sq ft w/private bath
$750. 1 room 230 sq ft w/river
views $625. Heat + parking
included. Walk to train. 845-
424-3937
GARRISON/CORTLANDT
Manor. Unfurnished apt. Pri-
vate estate, 2 bdrms, dng rm,
central A/C. Wall to wall car-
pet, fplce, built-ins. All utils
incld. Premium cable. No pets.
$2000/mo 914-263-4695
PUTNAM VALLEY RENT
w/option to buy. $1500/mo.
completely renovated 2 BR
country cottage on 1/2 A. New
HW floors, kitch, bath, heat,
lake rtes. Energy efficient.
Refs. & 1mo security. 914-
621-1560
ONE BEDROOM SPACIOUS
apt. Parking/Heat washer/dryer.
Walk to train. Hardwood flrs.
$1400/mo 914-475-9241
closets, hrdwd flrs, off st. pkng,
heat. Laundry on premises.
PATTERSON FLEA MARKET
Rte 22, Patterson, NY. Every
EVENTS
$1300/mo. 845-265-3030
Sunday, 8-4. New and Old HORSEMEN TRAIL FARM
items. Dealer Space avail-
Potluck! Solarfest & Nofa
NEED A SHORT-TERM able$35, 845-265-4414 or
recap starts 7pm Wed Sept 2
PLACE to stay??? 2 bedrooms/ www.PattersonFleaMarket.com Info at 845-265-2665 or
1 bath (furnished) apartment
horsemen@localnet.com
available Sept 7th, 2009, $600
a week, $2100 a month. Use of
pool. Walk to village and train.
Call 914-489-2584
COLD SPRING SPRING- Cancer Awareness Walk
BROOK 1 BR Condo. Reno-
vated EIK w/washer/dryer. Kicks Off Registration Drive
River & mtn views from MBR
balcony. Heat, hot water, cable, Support Connection, Inc., a day, Oct. 4, 2009 at FDR Park
not-for-profit organization that in Yorktown Heights. The date
pool, parking included. No
smoking. Walk to shops, RR, provides free support services is selected in honor of National
& river. $1375/mo. Ref, Sec, to people affected by breast and Ovarian Awareness Cancer
Fee. Indian Brook Properties ovarian cancer, launched reg- Month in September and Na-
845-788-4171 istration and fundraising for tional Breast Cancer Awareness
their 15th Annual Support-A- Month in October. It is a 3-mile
Walk with two kickoff events walkathon held to increase
in July. awareness about breast and
FOR SALE “Show Your Support Night”
was held on Tuesday, July 14,
ovarian cancer and to raise
funds for Support Connection’s
at Dutchess Stadium in
ADIRONDACK CHAIRS free support services. Partici-
New $95 each, antique cup-
boards, farm tables, dressers,
Wappingers Falls, where a
record-breaking crowd of more
pants walk in celebration of or
in tribute to those affected by
more. Tompkins Corners. than 5,000 Hudson Valley Ren- these diseases.
Peekskill Hollow Road,
egades fans enjoyed a night of Each year, thousands of
Putnam Valley 11-6 Sundays minor league baseball and heard
or by appt. 845-225-6068 people from across the Hudson
all about the Support-A-Walk. Valley come together for this
A Kickoff Breakfast was held uplifting community event. To
1998 SUBARU IMPREZA
on Saturday, July 18, at the learn about Support Connec-
Outback Sport. Runs perfectly.
AWD. Manual shift. 147,000 North Westchester Restorative tion or to participate in the
mi. Non-structural body rust Therapy and Nursing Center in Walk, be sure to visit
behind rear wheels. Needs AC Mohegan Lake, where 40 guests www.supportconnection.org or
compressor. $2300. David 845- picked up registration materi- call 914-962-6402. To raise
265-3864 als, heard inspirational talks,
funds online for the Support-
and received fundraising tips. A-Walk, visit
FABLED DAYTON- The 15th Annual Support-A- w w w. f i r s t g i v i n g . c o m /
WRIGHT electrostatic stereo
Walk will take place on Sun- supportconnection.
loudspeakeers from Garrison
home. See www.dayton-
wright.com for explanation.
Beautiful condition including
teak stands, power supply,
owners manual and original
boxes. $750. Also, 1965
Mercedes Benz 300SE coupe.
solid, needs restoration. en-
quiries by email
azekh123@aol.com
ANTIQUE COPPER BED
Warmer England ca 1830-1850
w/carved wooden handle. won-
derful condition w/great patina.
Asking $140. 917-488-5232
3 BOOKCASES EACH 72" H
x 29 1/2" W x 11" Deep. Com-
bine to form wall unit or will
sell separately. Flexible shelf
placement, one bottom half has
doors. Excellent condition.
$75. 845-424-3366
QUEEN SIZE RAISED
CAPTAIN'S bed with head-
board and storage and drawers
under, matching six drawer
dresser. Both natural finish,
heavy solid wood. $500. Call
914-804-0006
THIS END UP FURNITURE
3 seat couch 2 seat couch, chair,
ottoman, cushions completely
replaced. For pictures 845-739-
4087