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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

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Philipstown & Putnam Valley

Parking Fines Could Change by Michael Mell T h e O c t o b e r 1 3 Vi l l a g e Board monthly meeting began with a public hearing on a proposal to amend Village Code Chapter 126, Section 126: Penalties for Parking Violations, which sets parking fines in the village. This was the final step in a process begun by the board a few weeks ago, the goal of which has been to make the fine align with the crime and to provide incentive for prompt payment of parking fines. Some base fines have been lowered and others raised, but the chief change is a provision for increased fees for late payment. For all fines

not paid within a 30 to 60 day window, the fee will be doubled. For all fines paid after 90 days, the amount will be doubled and a $10 surcharge added. The only exceptions are for violations involving disabled parking and expired vehicle inspections. State laws limit fines for these two violations to $75 maximum. Mayor Gallagher read the amendment and solicited public comment. There were no negative comments, and the board voted unanimously to pass the amendment (with Trustee Miller absent). After completion of the public hearing the board began its agenda for the October monthly meeting with a report

from Village Accountant Ellen Mageean. In anticipation of the final payment to replace flooring in the firehouse, Ms. Mageean presented the board with a resolution to transfer $1,812 into the account for fire department building repairs, to be taken from the street maintenance account. This will bring the total funds available up to $9,000. The board passed the resolution without comment. In other matters, Mageean reported that the balance in the Village general fund is higher than expected due primarily to revenues from the CHIPS program, revenue sharing, and payment for fire protection service by the village of Nel-

sonville. She also informed the board that 97 percent of taxes have been collected to date, which is “very good.” The building inspector’s report listed a handful of building permits issued, inspections, and certificate of occupancies issued. There was, however, a significant violation described. In response to complaints from residents of the Forge Gate condominium complex, a violation was issued to Elite Property Services. Several months have passed since a structural engineer’s inspection, which cited the “advanced deterioration” and “inappropriate repairs” that have rendered the (See CS Board on Page 8)

Shea Fields Zoning Questions by Joe Lindsley Jr.

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Katelyn Robertson, left, works with her beehives.

Cold Spring’s Backyard Beekeeper by Catherine Garnsey Katelyn Robertson is no ordinary ninth grader. In addition to the common extracurricular activities—skiing, running cross-country, and scuba diving—she is also a p r o f e s s i o n a l b e e k e e p e r, who manages five honeybee hives in her backyard in Cold Spring, five in the Philipstown area and 30 more at her family’s weekend home in Stephentown. How did Katie become involved in beekeeping? She has been fascinated with her father’s beekeeping hobby all of her life. She remembers standing in front of a busy hive when she was about three years old, arms outstretched, without a beekeeper suit or any other protection, just

“being with the bees.” She wasn’t afraid, she didn’t get stung, and she really felt that she understood their ways. Years later, when her father announced that he was going to give up beekeeping because of a back injury, Katie said that she wanted to continue in his place. So from the age of 10 until now, Katie has been the Head Beekeeper in the Robertson family. Not only does she manage all the hives, but she also collects the honey twice a year, bottles it and sells “Katie’s Cold Spring Honey” wholesale to two shops in Cold Spring. And every year, Katie gives beekeeping workshops to 1st grade classes at Haldane Elementary School to teach the children to enjoy and respect honeybees and to understand

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the role they play in our lives. “One out of three foods that we eat depends on the pollination of honeybees,” Katie said, “They are indispensable to the crops and food markets of the world.” But it’s not cheap to set up even one hive. Three pounds of new honeybees with a queen bee in a wooden box costs about $100. The Robertson family reminisced about the time last year that they had to order bees from a Florida apiary after most of Katie’s colonies collapsed in a nationwide epidemic. When the boxes with tens of thousands of bees arrived at the Cold Spring Post Office, they got an urgent call from the postmaster. “Your bees are here! Please come and pick them up!” Apparently,

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the buzzing from the screened bee boxes was unnerving to the staff at the Post Office. Katie went on to describe the seasonal rhythm of beekeeping. In the spring (late April or early May), the hives are unwrapped so that the bees can go out to gather pollen and start their honeymaking. Just before the end of the school year in June, the first batch of honey is harvested. Another batch of honey is harvested in August, before school begins again. In autumn, when the leaves turn, the hives are packed up for the winter by repairing any holes and wrapping the hive with tar paper to contain the heat. And the cycle continues in the spring.

(See Beekeeper on Page 9)

P u t n a m Va l l e y Father Settles Over Jail Suicide by Eric Gross

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Bird & Bottle

Innkeeper Elaine Margolies is shown here with executive chef Douglas Gardner (right) and sous chef Michael Kamphius (left).

Bird & Bottle: Fine Cuisine, History, and Even a Ghost by Michael Turton When people are looking for a fine dining experience, they don’t want to just hope, they want to know that the establishment they choose has a long-standing tradition of excellence. The Bird & Bottle Inn takes that notion to the extreme, given that it first opened its doors in 1761— albeit as Warren’s Tavern.

Today, some 248 years later, the Bird & Bottle offers an eclectic, international, and seasonal menu that is bound to please the most discriminating palate while also capturing the imagination of those who seek a truly unique dining experience. Chef Doug Gardiner puts it simply. “I don’t like to cook the same food every week. I like to look to dif-

ferent cultures.” The menu certainly reflects that philosophy—whether it’s an African s t e w ; t h e Tu n i s i a n s p i c e d lamb chops, now part of the new fall menu; a Jamaican jerk burger cooked up on the Inn’s increasingly popular Tavern Nights; or a Sunday brunch that is anything but just another brunch.

(See Bird & Bottle on Page 8)

In a case that has become a focal point of the current debate between the Democratic candidate for Putnam County Sheriff and the Republican incumbent, a Putnam Valley family has reached a settlement with Putnam County in a civil rights lawsuit over the suicide of a 21-year-old inmate who hanged himself in a jail cell three and one-half years ago. As the trial wound down last week in U.S. District Court in White Plains, Donny Sinkov agreed to settle with four of the five defendants while the fifth defendant, Americor, a Delaware company hired by the county to provide medical services at the Putnam C o r r e c t i o n a l F a c i l i t y, w a s found 35 percent responsible for the inmate’s death and was assigned a liability of $265,000. Spencer Sinkov was sentenced to the county jail in May of 2006, after Sheriff’s Department investigators arrested him on several felony charges relating to criminal sale and criminal possession of heroin. The following day, after his family had visited him behind bars, Sinkov committed suicide in his cell

(See Settlement on Page 11)

Deputy Supervisor Richard Shea, who is seeking the town’s top post on the November 3 ballot, fielded tough but civil questions Monday night from citizens determined to defend their private property rights in the face of proposed changes to Philipstown’s zoning laws. The gathering of about 60 people at the Garrison Volunteer Fire Company was hosted by the Concerned Citizens of Philipstown, a group of property owners and Route 9 business owners who have joined forces to register opposition to some

of the zoning proposals. Members fear that the new system, featuring various “overlays” mandating varying levels of land protection, will limit the manner in which they can develop or use their properties. Joined by councilwoman Betty Budney, herself up for reelection, Shea spoke briefly before taking questions from the polite but animated crowd. Shea admitted he wasn’t quite sure what to expect when he entered the fire house, and seemed a little surprised by the size of the crowd. In the end, though, he said the gathering produced a worthwhile dialogue.

Shea emphasized that he was speaking in his capacity as a town board member and not as a candidate, though, with the election just two weeks away the evening certainly had political implications. Emphasizing that this was not an official town board workshop, Shea said he was not there to “answer specific questions,” but rather to answer “process questions” about the re-drafting of Philipstown’s zoning laws. He encouraged those present to read the zoning proposals and then to tell the town board what specific designations they think would be appropriate for

their properties. One participant said it might take a lawyer to interpret all the material. “Can this be put into a language we all can understand?” a woman asked Shea. “Any zoning document is going to be dense and complex,” he said. But he reminded the crowd that the new document is a significant improvement upon the town’s existing zoning regulations. Shea said the town board does plan to remove the “open space overlay” (OSO, in the jargon of the planners) and the scenic

(See Zoning on Page 13)

Candidates to Participate in Philipstown Forum PCN&R Staff Report The PCN&R will sponsor a Philipstown Candidates Forum at 7pm on Monday, October 26, in the Haldane School Cafeteria in Cold Spring. The event is open to the public, and donuts and cider will be served. The 90-minute event will include all candidates for Philipstown Town Board and Philipstown Supervisor in a question-and-answer session. Questions will be asked by a panel of reporters from the PCN&R and the Putnam County Courier, as well as some students from Haldane High School. Questions will not be provided to the candidates ahead of time. Candidates will have the opportunity for brief

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rebuttals. The participating candidates will be Richard Shea, and Mat-

thew Mastrantone, running for Philipstown Supervisor; and Betty Budney, Joselle Cunane,

Terry Polhemus, and John Van Tassel, running for two seats on the Philipstown Town Board.

Villanova Alleges Putnam Valley Stimulus Shenanigans by Michael Brendan Dougherty Patty Villanova, a Town Board candidate in Putnam Valley has alleged that the Putnam Valley Fire Department lied about its condition when it applied for federal stimulus money to build a $9 million firehouse. Having pored over the grant request, Villanova also insists that the Town may have secretly promised $4 million in funds to be added once the stimulus funds are granted. Villanova has sent her charges, and a request for a formal investigation into the stimulus application to the Inspector General of FEMA, Robert Skinner. Villanova, a 50-year resident of the town who recently won a Republican nomination for a Town Board seat over the objections of the local Republican Committee describes herself as a “taxpayer advocate.” “I don't care what party you are in, if there is wrongdoing I will expose it,” she said. Some in the town, even her own party, see it

otherwise. “She is not a gadfly, she’s a crank,” says Putnam Valley Supervisor Bob Tendy. “Patty has been pointing a lot of fingers at a lot of people.” Villanova’s letter is based on the grant request the Putnam Valley Fire Department filed with FEMA for stimulus funds to build a new modernized firehouse. Her letter quotes page 10 of the application which states that the request is to “Replace unsafe/ uninhabitable fire station.” Villanova says, “They use it every day and for other functions. How is that uninhabitable?” The grant request notes that the Putnam Valley Court House has been deemed “in violation of public safety codes” by the state and must be renovated or replaced. Villanova’s letter says that no such determination has been made. Tendy counters: “The town has been put on notice that the courthouse is in violation of public safety codes, certain DEC violations. That’s not necessarily an incorrect

statement.” “It’s a really terrible and reckless thing for her to do,” Tendy said, “It’s easy to take sentence out of a 26-page application. She takes three or four lines out of it. The letter itself is unfair.” “The town board was not forthcoming with the information,” Villanova said, “I had to investigate what was going on with the firehouse. The project has appeared before the town planning board and design board. How can the Town Board say they don’t have the information on it?” Villanova began filing Freedom of Information Law

Requests, commonly called “FOILs” with the town. “We spend a good part of our day responding to her FOIL requests.” Tendy said, “I’ve asked her to come into t h e o ff i c e a n d t a l k a b o u t things.” Tendy says that until the Fire Department is simply doing its diligence in exploring options for a new building, and that the issue of a potential bond referendum in the future to complete a project like building a new firehouse are moot until the Fire Department receives a

(See Villanova on Page 11)

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Sports

Politics

Haldane’s Woes Continue

A Profile of Putnam’s Conservative Party

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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Mark Your Calendar – Meetings This Week Thursday 10/22 7 PM - Putnam Valley Board of Ed Business Mtg 7:30 PM Philipstown Planning Board

Friday 10/23 No Meetings Scheduled

SATURDAY 10/24 No Meetings Scheduled.

Monday 10/26

Tuesday 10/27

7:30 PM - Philipstown Zoning Board of Appeals

7:30 PM -Cold Spring Board Weekly Workshop 7:30 PM Village of Cold Spring Planning Board Public Hearing

SUNDAY 10/25 11 AM - 12 Noon Philipstown N. Highland Fire District Workshop

The PCN&R is hosting a Philipstown Candidates Forum on Monday, October 26, at 7pm in the cafeteria at Haldane School. All the local candidates will be present, as will the PCN&R reporters and Haldane students who will be asking the questions. The Hudson Highlands Land Trust Take a Hike program offers Castle to Castle with the Osborn family at 1pm on Saturday, October 24. Please call 424-3358 for details. The Halloween Parade is here! Gather on Saturday, October 24, at 5pm at St. Mary’s Church in Cold Spring. The parade starts at 5:30pm. The rain date for Sunday will only be called if it is raining at 4:30pm on Saturday. Don’t miss the Hotsy Totsy Follies at the Philipstown Community Center from 1-2:30pm on Thursday, October 29. See Coming Events for more news on activities for this week and beyond. Happy Birthday greetings to: Lataben, Rajeshh Gandhi, Shivani Gandhi, Audrey Kenney, Nicholas Junjulas, Anthony Nastasi, Joe Blakes, Tom Phillips, Harris Seabolt Jr., Deb Phillips, J.L. Shea, Nicole Fricker, Olivia Nastasi, and Clara Thompson.

Wednesday 10/28 No Meetings Scheduled

Dancing to Raise Money for Hillside Food Outreach by Eric Gross Legislators Mary Ellen Odell of Carmel and Vincent Tamagna of Nelsonville will be dancing with the stars this Saturday to raise money for the Hillside Food Outreach. The two Putnam residents will be joining ten others in the competition scheduled for the Performing Arts Center at SUNY Purchase to support the organization that provides food to low income families who are unable to visit a food pantry. Hillside Food Outreach has been serving residents of Westchester for many years from

its headquarters in Thornwood, and the non-for-profit recently opened a new facility at the Kent Center on Route 52. Last week during a rehearsal at the Arthur Murray Studios in Danbury, Odell and Tamagna both admitted they were “cautiously optimistic” about performing on the large stage at the PepsiCo Theater before hundreds of cheering fans. In her high school days, Odell was a cheerleader at Carmel High. “We kept our feet on the floor back in the ‘70s. We weren’t permitted to do that ‘fly-girl’ stuff. I always loved to dance. My Carmel Book Club girls and I are known as the ‘dancing queens.’” Odell called her Dancing with the Stars competition a “new learning experience. Practice is the word of the day. Besides it’s for a good cause. My good friend Kathy Purdy, who founded the Hillside Food Outreach, asked me to help her launch a fundraiser for the new Putnam County facility. I couldn’t refuse and she tricked me when explaining what the fund raiser was all about.” Odell’s partner, Matt Ames of Ridgefield, described his

partner as being “extremely diligent. She works very, very hard. From the moment she arrives at the studio, it’s ‘gogo-go!’” Tamagna agreed that he has had great fun preparing for Saturday’s event: “It’s been demanding but my partner and the dance studio here in Danbury have been fantastic. They have a lot of patience. This has been a great experience.” Tamagna adorned in black velvet shoes with a silk shirt and skin tight pants for the rehearsal became known for his outlandish attire. Some days he even wore ruffled shirts to get in the mood.

Nicole Almeida of Danbury is Tamagna’s professional partner: “Vinny is goofy. He is an actor who loves to have a good time. Our experience together has been quite a ride! Vinny is eccentric in a good way. He is extremely focused.” The celebrity judges include Paul Teutel of American Choppers; Waleska Williams, wife of NY Yankees great Bernie Williams; and Roberta Pollard, a professional dancer. Tickets for the event are still available by calling 914-2516200. Curtain time is 7:30pm. Vi n c e n t Ta m a g n a a n d h i s partner Nicole Almeida re h e a r s e d l a s t w e e k i n Danbury.

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The PuTnam CounTy hisToriCal soCieTy

Thanks

The Putnam County Historical Society thanks the businesses and individuals who donated to our 2009 membership drive:

PCHS also wishes to thank Julie Tooth, George Whipple, and Dr. Colonel Jim Johnson for their participation.

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Kacey Morabito Receives Award from Catholic Center

ST. MARY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE HIGHLANDS 1 Chestnut Street, Cold Spring Fr. Shane ScottHamblen, Rector, 265-2539 Mr. Ron Greene, Senior Warden, 265-3624 stmaryscoldspring. dioceseny.org Sun. Masses: 8am (spoken); 10:30am (sung); Sunday school in Parish Hall during 10:30 mass Thurs. Fri. & Sun.: AA in parish hall, 8pm Fri. Oct. 23 – Fellowship Supper, 6pm, no charge. FRANCISCAN FRIARS OF THE ATONEMENT Route 9, Garrison 424-3671 graymoorcenter@ atonementfriars.org Sunday Eucharist - 11am, Pilgrim Hall. Daily Mass - Mon. - Sat. 11:30am. Mondays - Holy Hour, 8pm. Centering Prayer - 8pm. Monthly Prayer Meeting 2nd Sunday of every month at 2 p m. Rec o v e r y I n c . e very Wednesday, 7:30pm. UNITED METHODIST CHURCHES OF COLD SPRING & SOUTH HIGHLAND (Garrison) 265-3365 South Highland UMC, 19 Snake Hill Rd. Garrison Cold Spring UMC, 216 Main Street Pastor Margaret (Peggy) Laemmel South Highland in Garrison worship service at 9:30am. Cold Spring worship service at 11am. Sundays through Nov 20: Bible Study with Pastor Laemmel “Living the Gospel of Mark,” 1-2pm. Each lesson will be selfcontained so that people can attend as they are able, you need not be a member of the church to attend. PHILIPSTOWN WORSHIP GROUP Quaker Meeting 424-3525 Meeting for Worship – 2nd & 4th Sundays of each month, 10am, at 848 Old Albany Post Road (Whyatt Stone Cottage), Garrison. Call for directions. Children of all ages welcome. ST. LUKE’S LUTHERAN CHURCH 65 Oscawana Lake Rd., Putnam Valley stlukesputnamvalley.org 845-528-8858, [email protected] Sunday Worship - Service: 9am, Coffee hour: 10:15am, Family Communion Service including Sunday School: 10:30am Thu. - Prayer Service, 8pm

OUR LADY OF LORETTO CATHOLIC CHURCH Fair Street, Cold Spring 265-3718 ourladyoflorettocs.com Fr. Brian McSweeney, Pastor Masses: Sat. 5:30pm, Sun. 7 : 3 0 a m , 9 , & 11 : 4 5 a m . , Weekdays: 8:15am, St. Joseph’s - Garrison, Sun., 10:15am. Holy Days: 8:15am & 7:30pm Mass, Holy Day Vigil: 530pm Confessions: Sat., 4:30-5pm Sun. Oct. 25 - 2nd annual Senior Luncheon, Our Lady of Loretto, 14 Fair St., Cold Spring. Begins with 11:45am Holy Mass, anointing of the sick; followed by food, entertainment, fellowship & prayer. Caregivers welcome too. Free. RSVP 265-3718. Bingo - Thursdays, doors open 6pm, first game begins 7 : 1 5 p m . $ 1 , 5 0 0 i n To t a l Cash Prizes. Concessions available. ST. PHILIP’S CHURCH IN THE HIGHLANDS Episcopal 1101 Route 9D, Garrison Across from school Rev. Francis H. Geer, Rec. 424-3571 [email protected] 8am - Holy Communion 10:30am - Main Service Choir–Thu, 7:30pm Junior Choir–Sun at 9:15am Sunday School–Sun 10:30am Acolytes–Sunday 9am Adult Class–Sunday at noon Life Support Group –Wednesdays at 7:30pm ST. JOSEPH’S CHAPEL A mission Chapel of Our Lady of Loretto Church Upper Station Rd., Garrison, 265-3718 Sunday Mass: 10:15am

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF PHILIPSTOWN Academy & Cherry Streets, Cold Spring 265-3220 Rev. Leslie Mott, Pastor presbychurchcoldspring.org

email: FPCP@verizon. net Worship Service: 10:30am Office Hours: Mon. and Wed. 9-11:30, Tues. and Thurs 9-2 Contemplative Prayer Group: Wednesdays 7am Jazz Vespers Service: Every 3rd Saturday of each month 5:30pm Fri. Oct. 30 - Community Dinner, 6:30pm. Enjoy beef stew with friends & neighbors. Free, everyone welcome. TEMPLE ISRAEL 140 Lake Drive Lake Peekskill Rabbi Jeff Cymet 845-528-2305 Shabbat Services: Fridays 8pm; Saturdays 9:15am. COLD SPRING BAPTIST CHURCH (American Baptist Churches, USA) Jay Camp (Interim Pastor) 245 Main St., Cold Spring 265-2022 Sunday Services, 10:30am Wednesdays: Prayer- Fellowship time, 7pm YORKTOWN JEWISH CENTER 2966 Crompond Road Yorktown Heights 914-245-2324

PHILIPSTOWN REFORM SYNAGOGUE P.O. Box 94 Cold Spring, NY 10516 All Services at St. Mary’s Parish House For more information call 265-8011 and leave a message or e-mail philipstownreformsynagogue @gmail.com Sun. Nov. 1 - Special Lecture/ Presentation by Dr. Stephen Gross, 2-4pm, refreshments. St. Mary’s Parish House REFORM TEMPLE OF PUTNAM VALLEY 362 Church Road Putnam Valley Rabbi Allen Darnov 845-528-4774 rtpv.org Shabbat Services: Fridays, 8 p m ; Yo u n g p e o p l e ’ s s e rvice- third Friday of the month, 7pm. Hebrew School, ages 3+ HISTORIC TOMPKINS CORNERS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 729 Peekskill Hollow Road, Putnam Valley 845-528-5076 tompkinschurchny.org 1st Sunday of the month worship: 2pm Sat. Dec. 5 - Country Concert presented by Family Music Series, $10, $5/ages 12-18. BEACON HEBREW ALLIANCE Conservative Synagogue 331 Verplanck Ave., Beacon Rabbi Josh Wohl Cantor Ellen Gersh 845-831-2012 beaconhebrewalliance.org

Philipstown’s Kacey Morabito of WHUD (c) shares the spotlight with (l-r) Fr. James Gardiner, SA, chair of the Tri-State Catholic Committee on Radio and Te l e v i s i o n a n d d i r e c t o r o f t he Graymoor Spiritual Life Center; WOR-AM's John G a m b l i n g ; W Y N Y- F o x 5 ' s Nick Gregory; and Joseph

Zwilling, communications director for the Archdioc e s e o f N e w Yo r k , a t t h e presentation of the 2009 TRISCCORT Awards on Oct o b e r 7 , a t t h e N e w Yo r k Catholic Center. The awards are presented annually for "comitment to excellence and to the highest spiritual and human values.”

The Saint and the Sultan: Book Signing at Graymoor On Sunday, October 25, at 2pm the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement will welcome Paul Moses, who will give a brief presentation and sign copies of his new book, The Saint and the Sultan, at the Graymoor Spiritual Life Center. The Saint and the Sultan is “an intriguing examination of the extraordinary—and little known—meeting between St. Francis of Assisi and Islamic leader Sultan Malik Al-Kamil that has strong resonance in today's divided world.” In 1219, during the Fifth Crusade, Fran-

cis daringly gained an audience with Malik al-Kamil, the Sultan of Egypt, where the two talked of peace and faith. When Francis returned to Italy, he proposed that his order of friars live peaceably among the followers of Islam—a revolutionary call at a time when Christians strived to convert Muslims on the battlefield. Copies of the book will be available from the Graymoor Book & Gift Center 424-2100. The Graymoor Spiritual Life Center is located at Graymoor on Route 9 in Garrison.

Local Residents Attend Graymoor’s Sharing Hope Gala

CAPUCHIN YOUTH & FAMILY MINISTRIES 781 Route 9D, Garrison 424-3609 cyfm.org Sat/Sun Oct 24/25 - Freshman/Sophomore Retreat Fri/Sat Nov 6/7 - 7th and 8th grade overnight retreat GRACE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 37 Peekskill Hollow Road, Putnam Valley Pastor Tony Mecca 845-526-3788 Sunday Service & Sunday School: 10 am. Prayer Service w/ Communion: Tues 7 pm. “Tuesdays w/ Tony” - Discussion group, 9am. Fri/Sat Nov 13/14 - Christmas Bazaar - Beautiful handmade items, Christmas gifts, bake table, home-made candy & jams, White Elephant & much more. Lunch served. GREEK ORTHODOX CHAPEL OF SAINT BASIL’S ACADEMY Route 9D, Garrison 424-3500 Fr. Constantine L. Sitaras, General Director

Garrison and Cold Spring residents were among the nearly 300 supporters attending the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement annual Sharing Hope Gala on October 2, 2009, at The Plaza in NYC. Dinner chairs were Raymond and Patricia O'Rourke, of Garrison. Pictured from left are: Patty O'Rourke, Veronica Smyth, of Riverdale (Mary Shortell's mother), Kristin Burke, Mary Shortell, Lydia McMahan, Barbara Swartzwelder (behind the Archbishop), Archbishop Timothy Dolan, Tom Shortell, Sue Giusti, Beverly Leardi, Bob Dodge, Gina Dodge, Steve Leardi, Dominick Giusti, Frank Lucente, Steve Tomann, Mary Tomann, and John Schwartzwelder.

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Obituaries Damon Perpetua Damon Perpetua, age 60, lifelong resident of Cold Spring, passed away peacefully at his home on Friday, October 16, 2009. Born in Cold Spring on October 11, 1949, he is the son of Damon P. Perpetua of Cold Spring and the late Katherine (Vitanza) Perpetua. Mr. Perpetua was a Reticle Engineer and worked for NXP Semiconductors in East Fishkill, for over 30 years. He was a passionate sports enthusiast, and volunteered for many years as a coach for Philipstown Little League baseball and Recreation basketball. He played in a men's over-35 softball league and coached Max's on Main, a regional softball team. He was a parishioner of Our Lady of Loretto Church in Cold Spring. A f t e r M r. P e r p e t u a w a s diagnosed with lymphoma in 2004, he volunteered for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Light the Night Walks, raising thousands of

dollars in honor of his team Perpetual Motion. He is survived by his wife, Margaret L. (Cook) Perpetua, and his four children, Damon T. Perpetua and fiancé, Danielle Guimento, of Boca Raton, FL; Matthew Perpetua of New York City; Christine and husband, Todd Roecker, of Boston, MA; and Andrew Perpetua of Cold Spring. He is also survived by his father Damon, and his sister, Kathi Savastano of Cold Spring. A Mass of Christian Burial was held on October 19, 2009, at Our Lady of Loretto Church, 24 Fair Street, Cold Spring, followed by interment in Cold Spring Cemetery. Friends called at the Clinton Funeral Home, on October 18. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Mr. Perpetua’s name to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Westchester/Hudson Valley Chapter, 1311 Mamaroneck Av e n u e , S u i t e 1 3 0 , W h i t e Plains, NY 10605.

Helen Prestianni Bell Helen Prestianni Bell, originally of Cold Spring, died on September 9, 2009, in Poughkeepsie. Burial services were held at the Prestianni plot at the Cold Spring Cemetery. She was born on April 4, 1934, the daughter of Afila and Frank Prestianni. She was married to Bernie Bell in Cold Spring. She was the mother of John Bell and Tina Marie

Bell Trotahn, who survive her. She is also survived by three sisters, Rose Cava, of Cold Spring, Jane Warren, of Beacon, and Carmela, of Cold Spring. One other sister, Mary, pre-deceased her. Her brothers, Joe, Frankie, Tony, Sam, Freddie, Vincent, and Basil Prestianni also survive her, as do four nieces and three nephews.

Oct. 30 Community Dinner at Presbyterian Church Tired of cooking? On Friday, October 30 at 6:30pm, the community is invited to a dinner at the First Presbyterian Church of Philipstown. Come and enjoy beef stew and the opportunity to sit and eat with friends and neighbors. There is no

charge. Everyone is welcome, so leave your pots and pans at home and come over to Academy St. for a great meal. Anyone needing transportation can call the church office at 265-3220 to arrange for a ride.

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ONGOING: Cold Spring Farmers’ Market, Saturdays through Thanksgiving, 8:30am-1:30pm, at The Nest, Chestnut St. Putnam Valley Farmers’ Market, 3-7pm at Putnam Valley Grange, Adams Cnrs, 128 Mill St. Indoor/Outdoor, year roun d . 8 4 5 - 5 2 8 - 00 6 6

THIS WEEK: Wed. Oct. 21 - Gold Buying Fundraising Event for Haldane Lady Blue Devils sponsored by Joseph’s Fine Jewerly, 4-6pm, Haldane Cafeteria. Cash paid for gold, silver, diamonds, watches, estate jewelry, etc. 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 Fri/Sun Oct. 23/24/25 - Philipstown Rec’s Haunted House. Young Children’s Fun House Sat, 5-6:30pm; Sun, 3-4:30pm. Horror House - Fri/Sat, 7-10pm; Sun. 5-8pm. Children under 12 and Seniors, $4, Adults, $6

Fri. Oct. 23 - Teddy Bear PJ Party, Putnam Hospital Ctr., hosted by Mother’s Club, 6-8pm. Milk & cookies, book reading. Free…bring a pillow. [email protected]. Fri. Oct. 23 – Fellowship Supper, St. Mary’s Church, 6pm, no charge Sat. Oct. 24 - Annual Cold Spring Chamber of Commerce Halloween Parade, meet in front of St. Mary’s Church, cnr. of Main and Chestnut Streets, 5pm; parade begins at 5:30pm down to the bandstand. Sat. Oct. 24 - Masquerade/costume party w/DJ Fred Clarke to benefit Philipstown Food Pantry, spons. by Cold Spring Lions. 6:30pm, Garrison Fire House. Costume contest, games, dancing, and refreshments. $20p/p; Call 265-3508 or mcarlton@ houlihanlawrence.com . Checks to Betty Budney, 15 Church St., Cold Spring, NY 10516. 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

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Sat. Oct. 24 - Ghost Stories at Boscobel, 330-430pm, rec. for children 12 & older, $10/adults, $6/children ages 12 to 14 incl. grounds admission. 265-3638, www.Boscobel.org

Fri. Oct. 30 - Community Dinner at First Presbyterian Church, Academy St., Cold Spring, 6:30pm. Enjoy beef stew with friends & neighbors. Free, everyone welcome.

Sat. Nov. 7 - 5th Annual Choices for Sustainable Living Expo, copresented by HHLT & Teatown Lake Reservation, 9am-2pm, The Garrison, www.hhlt.org, 424-3358

Sat. Oct. 24 - Sustainable Putnam 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.

Fri/Sat Oct. 30/31 - Philipstown Recreation’s Haunted House. Children’s Fun House - Sat 5-6:30pm; . Horror House Fri/Sat 7-10pm; Children under 12 and Seniors, $4; Adults, $6.

Sat. Nov. 7 - Family Landscape Day at Manitoga w/ the Osborn family, 9am-2pm, lunch served. www.russelwrightcenter.org

Sun. Oct. 25 - 2nd annual Senior Luncheon, Our Lady of Loretto, 14 Fair St., Cold Spring. Begins with 11:45am Holy Mass, anointing of the sick; followed by food, entertainment, fellowship & prayer. Caregivers welcome too. Free. RSVP 265-3718. Sun. Oct. 25 - Glynwood’s Community Harvest Celebration, 12noon-4pm. Hayrides, spinning wool, apple bobbing, relay games, etc. plus stews & cider. $10/14 and older, under 14/free. Advance registration: 265-3338. Tue. Oct. 27 - Holistic Moms Network monthly meeting & roundtable discussion. 7-9pm, Desmond-Fish Library, www. holisticmoms.org, 845-809-5242

COMING UP: Fri. Oct. 30 - Halloween Festival, Sacred Heart School, 6-8pm at school gym, concessions open at 5:30pm, $12/family of 4 or $3p/p. No gory costumes, donation to food pantry apprec.

Sat. Oct. 31 - North Highlands Ladies Auxiliary bake sale, in front of Foodtown, 8:30am until noon. Sat. Oct. 31 - PV Parks & Rec Hike in Black Rock Forest Preserve (across 9W fm Storm King), 9:30am - meet at Annsville Paddle Sports Ctr parking lot. $10p/p Tue. Nov. 3 - Cold Spring Lions Club Election Day Luncheon, 11:30am, Chalet on the Hudson., 3250 Rte 9D. Guest speaker: John Cronin. $35p/p. Info/Res: Betty Budney, 265-3508 by Thu. Oct. 29. Fri. Nov. 6 - Philipstown Community Blood Drive, Haldane Gym, 2:30-8pm. For appointments email [email protected]. Only 2% of eligible NYers donate. Increase the percentage; save a life. Fri. Nov. 6: Putnam Family & Community Services’ Dinner Dance Benefit, including whodunit mystery. 6:30-11pm, Sinapi’s Ceola Manor in Jefferson Valley. $95p/p. Reservations/ sponsorship: Cheryl, 845-2252700, x136 or [email protected]; www.PFCSinc.org.

Sat. Nov 7 - Putnam Hospital Center Gala Dinner and Ball, 6:30pm, Hyatt Regency, Greenwich. Auction, dinner, dancing, raffle for Mercedes. Anita, 845-279-5711, Ext. 2963.

Fri/Sat Nov. 13/14 - Christmas Bazaar, Grace Methodist Church, 339 Peekskill Hollow Rd, Putnam Valley. Hand-made items, gifts, bake table, home-made candy & jams, White elephant & much more. Lunch served. Info: 845-526-3788. Sat. Nov. 14 - Putnam Chorale, celebration of Haydn, 8pm, First United Methodist Church 83 Main St., Brewster. $15, $12/ seniors & students.

Sat. Nov. 14 - St. Columbanus Holiday Craft Fair, 10am-4pm, Church Hall, 122 Oregon Rd., Cortlandt Manor. Homemade baked goods, join Santa from 11-12:30, raffle, etc. 914-7374705. Wed. Nov. 18 - Philipstown Seniors trip to Lincoln Center Theater, NYC to see South Pacific w/ lunch at Carmines. $125/ members, $130/non-members. Eileen, 265-5098.

Sat. Nov. 21 - Jazz Vespers w/ renowned jazz musicians, 5:30pm, free. First Presbyterian Church, 10 Academy St. Cold Spring, 265-3220. The Putnam County News & Recorder is happy to announce your event. A complete listing of Coming Events is on our website at www.pcnr.com. To send your listing: PCN&R, PO Box 185, Cold Spring, NY 10516; fax 265-2144; e-mail, [email protected].

Sat. Nov. 7 - Hudson Valley Hospital Center’s 2009 Auxiliary Ball, 6:30pm, Trump Natl Golf Club, Briarcliff Manor, [email protected] Sat/Sun Nov 7/8 - Museum Gift Shop Trunk Sale, Boscobel, details at 424-3868, www. Boscobel.org Sun. Nov. 8 - Concert: Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet, Rolf Schulte, violin, Aaron Wunsch, piano. A selection of classical music. 4pm, free. Chapel of Our Lady Restoration, 45 Market St., CS, park at Metro-North station. Sun. Nov. 8 - Play reading: Shirley Girl by Tony Howarth, 3pm, Arts on the Lake, 640 Rte 52, Kent Lakes, $10. 845-225AOTL, www.artsonthelake.org Tue. Nov. 10 - Senior Shopping Trip to Danbury Mall sponsored by Philipstown Rec. Free. Limited space. Reg req’d. 424-4618. Fri/Sat Nov. 13/14 - Haldane Drama Club presents The Face on the Bar Room Floor, Haldane Auditorium

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JULIA L. BUTTERFIELD MEMORIAL LIBRARY Rtes. 301 & 9D 265-3040 butterfieldlibrary.org Mon & Wed: 10am-8pm T, T, F and Sat: 10am-5pm Sun. 12-3pm ONGOING PROGRAMS Tuesdays, Bouncing Babies, infants thru age 2; 9:30am Thursdays, Bouncing Babies, infants thru age 2; 1:30pm Wed. October 21-Affordability 101: The Basics of College Financial Aid, 7pm We d . O c t . 2 7 - H i g h l a n d Garden Club Meeting, 1pm, topic: Honeybees PUTNAM VALLEY LIBRARY 30 Oscawana Lake Rd., 845-528-3242 putnamvalleylibrary.org Hours: Sun. 1-5; Mon. 10-6; Tue/Wed 10-8; Thu/Fri 11-5; Sat - 10-5 Book Club 3rd Tues of each month. PUTNAM ARTS COUNCIL Tilly Foster Farm 100 Route 312 Brewster 845-278-0230 putnamartscouncil.com Art Classes for All Ages ongoing thru Fall: pottery, watercolors, oils, chine colle, etc. Sat. Oct 24 - Free Indie film screening, Who Does She Think She Is? 7pm. KENT PUBLIC LIBRARY 17 Sybil’s Crossing Kent Lakes 845-225-8585 kentlibrary.org Mon, Wed 10-8 Tue, Thu, Fri 10-5 Sat, 10-3 Closed most major holidays PUTNAM VALLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Mill St. & Peekskill Hollow

Putnam Valley 845-528-1024 Hrs: T&W 9am-2pm; Sun. 1-3pm.

DESMOND-FISH LIBRARY Route 9D & 403, Garrison 424-3020 dfl.highlands.com Hours: M/ W/F: 10am-5pm Tue & Thu 2-9pm; Sat 10am-4pm, Sun 1-5 Sat. Oct 24 - Library Board Meeting. 11am Sun. Oct. 25 - City of Silverbook talk by author Patricia King, writing as Anna-Maria Alfieri. 2pm. Mon. Oct. 26 - How to Update Your Resume and Find a Job - talk by Liz Taylor of the NY Department of Labor Tue. Oct. 27 - Holistic Moms Network monthly meeting & roundtable discussion. 7-9pm, www.holisticmoms. org, 845-809-5242 PUTNAM COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY & FOUNDRY SCHOOL MUSEUM 63 Chestnut St., Cold Spring 265-4010 pchs-fsm.org M u s e u m h o u r s : We d - S u n , 11am-5pm Office hours: Tues/Fri 10-5 Through Dec. 15 - Exhibit: Traveling the Hudson in the Wake of Robert Fulton: 1,000 Post Cards from America’s First Working River Sat. Nov. 7 - Quadricentennial Lecture, topic tba, 5pm S a t . N o v. 2 1 - A n n u a l Thanksgiving Candlelight Service & Dinner MANITOGA/THE RUSSEL WRIGHT DESIGN CENTER Route 9D, Garrison 424-3812 russelwrightcenter.org Tours on selected weekdays; every weekend at 11am and 1:30pm, res. a must. Grounds open for hiking all year. Sat. Oct. 24 - ‘Cocktail Walk’ 2-4pm, open to the public S a t . O c t 2 4 – Wo o d l a n d Landscape Program with Stefan Yarabek, FASLA, at Desmond-Fish Library, 5pm Sat. Nov. 7 - Family Landscape Day w/ the Osborn family, 9am-2pm, lunch served.

GARRISON ART CENTER Garrison’s Landing 424-3960 garrisonartcenter.org [email protected] Gallery Hours: Tue/Sun 12-5pm Oct. 23 - Nov. 15 - Photocentric juried photography exhibition. Opening reception, Fri. Oct. 23, 6-8pm PARAMOUNT CENTER 1008 Brown Street, Peekskill 914-739-2333 [email protected] T h u . O c t . 2 2 - L i l y To m lin, 8pm FILM: Earth Days - Oct. 23, 24 at 8pm, Oct. 25 at 3pm, Oct. 29 at 8pm FILM: Cold Souls - Oct. 30 at 8pm, Nov. 1 at 3pm, Nov. 5 at 8pm Sat. Oct. 31 - Frankenstein w/ live music, 8pm VAN BRUNT GALLERY 137 Main St.. Beacon 845-838-2995 vanbruntgallery.com Open Thu/ Mon Current exhibit: Cali Gorevic and Colin Barclay

PHILIPSTOWN DEPOT THEATRE Depot Square, Garrison’s Landing philipstowndepottheatre.org 424-3900 Oct 23 - Nov 15 - Musical, Secret Garden, Fridays and most Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm. Sat. Oct 31 performance 2pm only, no evening show. Fri. Nov. 11 - Depot Docs, 7:30pm Sat. Nov. 21 - Music Tracks, Head Soup & Lindy Labriola, 8pm BOSCOBEL Route 9D, Garrison 265-3638 boscobel.org Opendaily except Tues., 9:30am-5pm,last tour 4pm $16/adults, $12/seniors, $7/children, 6-14, under 6/free Sat. Oct. 24 - Ghost Stories 330-430pm, rec. for children 12 & older, $10/adults, $6/ children ages 12 to 14. Sat/Sun Nov. 7/8 - Gift shop trunk show

CHAPEL OF OUR LADY RESTORATION 45 Market St., Cold Spring 265-5537 chapelofourlady.com Sun. Nov. 8 - Concert: Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet, Rolf Schulte, violin, Aaron Wunsch, piano. A selection of classical music.

STONECROP GARDENS 81 Stonecrop Lane Cold Spring 265-2000 stonecrop.org Mon–Fri, plus 1st & 3rd Sat., 10am – 5pm; also open Fri. until dusk through Oct 2; $5/ members - no charge F r i . O c t . 3 0 - O p e n D a y, 10am-5pm, $5/members no charge

HOWLAND LIBRARY 313 Main St., Beacon 845-831-1134 beaconlibrary.org M, W, F: 9:30am - 5:30p Tu & Th 9:30am - 8p Sat.10-4pm, Sun.12-4pm

TILLY FOSTER FARM MUSEUM 100 Route 312, Brewster 845-279-4474 Open every day, 10am-4pm tillyfosterfarm.org

THE HOWLAND CENTER 477 Main Street,Beacon 845-831-4988 Thursdays, 7-9pm - Meditation Classes, drop in, no pre-reg req’d, $8 class Through Nov 1 - John Lennon exhibition Thu. Oct. 22 - Bus trip to Whitney Museum in NYC

HUDSON HIGHLANDS NATURE MUSEUM Wildlife Education Center, Cornwall-onHudson, Fri-Sun, 12-4, 845-534-7781 Outdoor Discovery Center, Cornwall 10am-4pm, Sat-Sun (845) 534-5506 hhnaturemuseum.org

Three outstanding musicians on the worldwide stage, Alexander Fiterstein, clarinet, Rolf Schulte, violin, and Aaron Wunsch, piano, will close The Chapel of Our Lady Restoration’s season on Sunday, November 8, at 4pm. Their program will include Bartok, Debussy’s Premiere Rhapsodie for clarinet and piano, a Mozart sonata, and a Schubert rondo for violin and piano. Mr. Fiterstein has performed with Orchestra of St. Luke’s at Lincoln Center, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Poland’s Kammerphilharmonie, Jerusalem Symphony, Tokyo Philharmonic, and the China National Symphony Orchestra. He has also appeared in recital, and has performed chamber music with Emanuel Ax, Daniel Barenboim and Mitsuko Uchida, among others, and with the American, Daedalus, and Mendelssohn string quartets. He is a graduate of The Juilliard School. Mr. Schulte has performed with the Berlin and Munich Philharmonics, Frankfurt Museums-Orchester, Stuttgart State Orchestra, and Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice, Venice, among others. In America he has performed with numerous symphonies and with the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society. He studied at the

Robert Schumann Conservatory, Düsseldorf, and Accademia Chigiana, Siena, before studying at Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia. He plays a 1780 instrument by Lorenzo Storioni. Mr. Wunsch, praised for bold interpretive skills and sensitivity, is at home in every era, including his own transcriptions of Renaissance composer Palestrina, Baroque harpsichord music, and contemporary music. He has recently performed in the Salle Cortot, Paris, Royal Albert Hall, London, Weill, Avery Fisher, and Alice Tully halls, New York, Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood, and at the Verbier Festival in Switzerland. He was a Fulbright Scholar at the Mozarteum, Salzburg. His master’s and doctoral degrees are from The Juilliard School, where he is a faculty member. The chapel is located at 45 Market Street, Cold Spring. Free parking is available on weekends at the adjacent Metro-North Train Station. The music series is made possible, in part, with public funds from New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization Program, administered in Putnam County by Putnam Arts Council. Individual contributions are welcome.

Howland Chamber Performs Music From Latin America The Howland Chamber Music Circle will present the exciting ensemble CONTINUUM in a program of music by contemporary Latin American composers in the United States. Winner of the prestigious Siemens International Prize for distinguished service to music and four ASCAP/Chamber Music America Awards for Adventuresome Programming, New York-based CONTINUUM— directed by Cheryl Seltzer and Joel Sachs—is now in its 44th season. After a CONTIUUM concert the New York Times wrote, "Simply put, there is no musical organization in New York that produces more intellectually enticing or more viscerally satisfying programs than CONTINUUM... Year after year, its explorations... prove to be not only unusual

and unexpected but also important and enduring...This ensemble has a long history of acting on behalf of composers whom others discover years or decades later." CONTINUUM’s name embodies the philosophy that new music and old form an unbroken tradition, Aiming to expand the audience for this century’s music, it has performed some 130 times in New York and toured forty American states. Thirty-six international tours have taken it to Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Celebrating the music of Latin American-born composers in the U.S. their program includes Conjuration for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano by Jorge Martin; Melodia for violin and piano by Manuel Sosa; Kandinsky for violin, viola, cello, and piano by Roberto Sierra; and more. The concert, sponsored by Shipman Associates, LLC of Garrison, will take place on Sunday, October 25, at 4pm at the Howland Cultural Center 477 Main Street, Beacon. Tickets at $30 ($10 for students) can be reserved by calling 297-9243 or may be available at the door. www. howlandmusic.org

One of the over 2,000 student-created tiles On Sunday, November 8, from 1-3pm, the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art in Peekskill invites children to join in a number of art activities tied in with their Double Dutch exhibition. Family and student craft activities include a ‘tile trail walk’ and treasure hunt through the exhibition. The “Public Tile Project,” begun in 2008, features over 2,000 tiles created by students from across the Hudson Valley. Join in to walk along the one and a half mile path from

the Center to the Peekskill waterfront. Activities at the Center include, from 1 to 2:30pm: create your own Dutch ware and Dutch flag, straw weaving, kaleidoscopes, and decorative paper cutting as well as a tour of the exhibition; 2:30-3: tile trail walk, after which hot chocolate, cider, and donuts will be served at the waterfront. Visit HVCCA.org for more details All events are free and open to the public.

Local Author King Presents Her New Novel, City of Silver Local author Patricia King will talk about her new novel, City of Silver, at the DesmondFish Library in Garrison on Sunday, October 25 at 2pm. This mystery, which takes place in 17th century Peru, was written under the pseudonym of Annamaria Alfieri. City of Silver received a starred review from Library Journal, which said that "In this nail-biting debut thriller ..., an intriguing era in Latin American history comes alive under Alfieri's sure hand. Highly recommended." This presentation is free,

and all are welcome. For more information, please go to Dfl.Highlands.com or call 424-3020.

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Advertising deadline for the Oct. 28 pre-election edition is Monday, Oct. 26, at noon. Call 265-2468 or email [email protected] Don’t Disparage Those Who Will Sacrifice To the Editor: I have read quite a few letters to the PCN&R touting the benefits of the proposed new zoning law, and emphasizing that it has been and will be the product of an open process in which all affected parties will be able to voice their concerns. Wonderful! Nevertheless, there have been some existing commercial property owners who claim—and this claim, to my knowledge, has not been contradicted by anyone—that the proposed zoning changes will have a materially adverse impact upon their property. That is, that the new zoning law will result in a significant diminution in the present or future (resale) value of their holding so that it will be tantamount to the government taking the property (or its value) from them. I am sure a comprehensive zoning law will provide substantial benefits to the entire community. However, since we will all enjoy the benefits from this new law, we should all share equally in the costs of producing those benefits. Let us not impose those costs upon a few people, and then pat ourselves on the back by saying that the process by which those few people were targeted was an open one and that they had every opportunity to complain about the way they would eventually be treated. More importantly, we should not disparage these few by asserting that they are looking out for their own interests, instead of the interests of the community at large. They have every reason to do so, since they are being compelled to pay a price for the benefit of the community at large that none of the rest of us have been asked to pay. Tony DiSarro G arrison

Praising Zoning Changes Letter Originally Sent to Supervisor Mazzuca and Members of the Town Board; reprinted at the request of the author I was an active participant along with many other residents of Philipstown when the Comprehensive Plan was being discussed, researched, and after many meetings and discussion groups, adopted by the community and finally adopted by you, our elected officials. Now you are in the stage of implementing new zoning laws in accordance with what the community worked so hard and long to achieve. Currently you are faced with a small group of business people who reject the vision that we have had and want instead to retain the current zoning code for their own personal ends. Your openness in giving a hearing to that small group is commendable, but our community expressed its wish, worked on the Comprehensive Plan in many committees, devoting many hours over many years to protect Philipstown’s character and idyllic setting. We envisioned keeping the rural and historic character of the town, protecting its eco-

nomic and social diversity and enhancing its environmental health by protecting the trees on steep slopes, wetlands and all other natural gifts that have been entrusted to us. Our plan is a good one; there may be minor revisions necessary here and there, but basically we stand behind what we have created. Those of us who have made our lives here are grateful to you for your efforts to carry out our wishes. Please be assured that we will speak our minds wherever possible to prevent our community from descending into the degradation we see in other communities all around us. Ellin Feld G arrison

This Land is My Land, This Land is Your Land To the Editor: Finally, in last week’s issue of the PCN&R, we saw some well-reasoned thoughts about the seemingly never-ending debate concerning zoning. Of note were letters from Douglas H. Banker, Emily de Rham, Grace Kennedy, and the comprehensive Perspectives article by Andrew Chmar. Unfortunately, the majority of hysterical outbursts come from those with vested interests, like the letter from George Marden, who calls for a “moratorium”—for what? I prefer the KISS approach (Keep It Simple), so why not call for a moratorium on any new building in Philipstown for 3 years, while the dust settles and everyone has a chance to rationally learn and debate the issues. My “hidden agenda” in this proposal is selfish for our community. Let’s get those NYC and Westchester deserters to bypass Philipstown and go further north. I say, let them keep passing us by and leave our bucolic landscape intact. A building moratorium would accomplish that, assuming an economic recovery is in the works. Aw, make it 5 years just for insurance! Regarding any new zoning proposals, I am putting my full faith in the zoning approval process being shepherded by the Town Board, with public input, as well as organizations like the Hudson Highlands Land Trust that work on our behalf to preserve this special place. More of us should support this non-profit organization, created for us and our community with a simple mission of protecting the natural resources, rural character, and scenic beauty of the Hudson Highlands. While I’ll leave the heavyduty work to the supporters of the draft zoning, I’ll fuel the hysteria with My Comprehensive Simple Plan (MCSP). It specifically excludes the complicated issues regarding the residential/commercial aspects related to Route 9. To note, we believe our property taxes will continue to rise regardless of any plan adopted. So that issue is moot as far as this letter is concerned. The MCSP: Five-year moratorium on new building or land acquisition, other than for public use; 5-acre residential zoning; no sub-division regardless of the land purchased; 500 foot set-back from the road; a full “S”-shaped wooded driveway ensuring that the house is not

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visible from the road during the Spring, Summer and Fall; no “Spec” building; no cluster home developments; no condo developments; no shopping malls. Why the 500-foot set-back, “S”-shaped wooded driveway? Very simple: We preserve the landscape to avoid seeing decadent monstrosities like the new Hearst estate. In our community, we don’t care how big and beautiful your home is. Show it off to your family and friends in private—I personally don’t want to see it! Please, build a 5-foot berm and plant 12-foot white pines that grow 12 inches per year. In other words, leave what has already been mauled in its current state, try to rectify the damage, and ensure that land erosion ceases forever. Save our bucolic lifestyle and maintain what is left— serenity! Sid Gibson Garrison

Strident Voices Shouldn’t Influence Our Progress To the Editor: We have been residents of Philipstown for twenty-five years, and love this area as a home, a place of extraordinary beauty, a community of friends. We are thrilled that our town board is moving to adopt the new zoning laws that will preserve our area’s beauty, increase its value, support its local businesses, and make it an even better place to live. It is important not to let a few strident voices—some of whom are unhappy residents of Westchester, others of whom have lived here for months, not years—influence our progress on these matters. The majority of our community fully supports the Philipstown Comprehensive Plan, and after public review, these new zoning laws will help implement the important goals within it, and help preserve the irreplaceable character of this place we share. Irene O’Garden John Pielmeier P h i l ip s to w n

What a Question To the Editor: I wonder if anyone else finds hypocrisy was delivered along with the newest 20092010 Indian Point Emergency Guide? Since I live within 10 miles of Indian Point, I received a booklet from the Putnam County Bureau of Emergency Services entitled “Are You Ready?” What a question? Is anyone ever “Ready” for a Nuclear Power Plant Meltdown? I don’t know how much this cost the taxpayers but it isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on. Experts have told us there is no way out if something happens at IP. According to surveys, bus drivers won’t show up at the schools to bus the children to evacuation centers; their first priority will be their loved ones. Seniors and shut ins will be left behind. Chances are the We s t c h e s t e r C o u n t y b u s e s who are supposed to come into the contaminated area to pick people up at those evacuation “bus stop” signs will never show up. Panic, chaos and highways turned into parking lots will be the reality. If you are one of the lucky ones who wasn’t home during the “incident,” the Price Anderson Act protects the Nuclear Power Plant owners from having to compensate home and business owners for making their properties radioactive for the next 500 years. Now is our chance to shut IP before the NRC relicenses the plant. Get involved and help put an end to this charade. Contact Riverkeeper or your local politicians and

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do something! Entergy, the State and Federal Government can refit the plant for clean energy generation without endangering the lives of 20 million people who live within the 50-mile radius of Indian Point. Are that many people considered expendable? Besides loss of life, think 9/11 times 1,000,000. What touches some people might be the question, what sort of economic disaster will an accident of this proportion cause the entire planet? Surely we can do something besides taking a KI pill or packing our toothbrushes and leaving our neighbors and pets behind. Sorry to be a downer but this gets to me more every year when these booklets arrive. Kathleen Kourie Garrison

Come to the Polls and Vote To the Editor: I’d like to encourage everyone in Philipstown— no, I’m begging everyone—to come to the polls a week from next Tuesday and vote. This isn’t a partisan plea: I just want the process to go as smoothly as possible for all. November 3rd marks the first opportunity for all Philipstown voters to try out the new voting apparatus after generations have used the old lever machines. As a BMD (Ballot Marking Device) Inspector over the past year, I’ve already had the opportunity to answer many questions that have come up for voters in the process, beginning with last year’s general elections (when the new Sequoia Voting Machines were first made available for individuals with a disability) and again recently during the primary when a percentage of Republicans used the scanners for the first time. Most of the questions were answered quickly and easily, with hardly any voters needing to re-vote. Nevertheless, the idea of having a chance for the rest of you (Philipstown voters) to try out the new procedures and scanners during an election with relatively few offices to be filled, rather than waiting for a mid-term or general election with a very full ballot to give it your first try, is something I really want to encourage (BEG) you to do. Susan Peehl C o l d S p r i ng

PO Box 185, Cold Spring, NY 10516 email: [email protected]

Support Our Lady of Loretto Bingo To the Editor: As a volunteer bingo caller and helper at the Thursday night Bingo sessions at Our Lady of Loretto church, it disturbs me that they can’t seem to get a high attendance at these sessions to generate enough money to keep them floating on their own. I love coming down to play bingo because it is a way to escape from all of life’s problems and just have some good fun and see other people as well. There are certain people within the village who want to see this form of gambling shut down for whatever reason, but I am making a stand and I am writing this letter to generate enough support to keep this form of gambling going in the community. Why should we not have bingo played in Cold Spring? There are other communities that have bingo halls and people attend them to have fun and hopefully win some money. Recently, the church bingo group decided to start what is called bonus ball bingo. Every week there is a bonus ball drawn after the early bird game and whoever yells bingo with the bonus ball has a chance of winning extra money on top of the regular listed prize. This was done with the hope of drawing some extra support from the community, but recent attendances have been so low that they can not make enough money to keep this running. If the bonus ball is given a chance to work, I think that the attendances will increase and more people will come to bingo. You can’t just simply stop running an event without giving it a chance. Bingo is a funny game where each week is a different situation and no one can create a perfect model to follow. Secondly, shutting bingo down simply satisfies those who hate bingo or who do not believe in giving it a chance. I feel that six months running is not long enough to shut it down completely. Rather, you review the whole program and make the necessary changes (new games, etc.) to keep this going. I think that the bingo committee should review the games and maybe change it up a bit, or put in a new game completely. F i n a l l y, t h e c o m m u n i t y

needs to support this function and go out to have a good time. If you never played bingo in your life, then come down one Thursday night and give it a try. Those who come every week to bingo enjoy playing the games and having fun, which is something that people need in these crazy times we live in. I like bingo because it is a form of therapy and you can win money. Please tell all of your friends to come to bingo and support the church. Let us all work together and keep this going for those to enjoy. Charles E. Hustis III P h ili pstown

Those Who Oppose, Please Reconsider To the Editor: When I walk through Grand Central Terminal every week, and look up at the zodiac, I am reminded of how it was almost demolished (not so long ago) in an effort to improve the existing property, and how one brave and determined woman saved it. Then, my mind wanders over to the west side of Manhattan and I think of a building that wasn’t so lucky. Penn Station. Now, there sits the monstrosity known as Madison Square Garden. A black cylindrical mess. And I think—was it worth it? Gone are the columns and unique elaborate carvings that made it a beautiful building. I then think back of my kindergarten days going to school at Tokeneke school in Darien CT. One day we read a Dr. Seuss story that left all the children in the class asking in bewilderment why? And how could’ve this happened? Some were crying. It was called The Lorax. For those of you who do not know or remember the story—google it. In this climate (so to speak) of awareness of global fragility, I’m surprised that there isn’t a little more sensitivi t y t o w a r d s t h i s i s s u e . To the citizens of Philipstown who oppose the new amendments to the zoning laws, I ask you to reconsider. If not for yourselves, for your children and their children. Ultimately, this law, if not implemented, is a small decision among us, but a big step in the wrong direction. I write this with profound respect to my countrymen. Charles Cornwell G arrison

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P hiliP hiliPstown hili P stown C andidates F orum featuring

Candidates for supervisor RichaRd Shea

Matthew MaStRantone

Candidates for town Board Four candidates vying for two seats:

Betty Budney

John Van taSSel

JoSelle cunane

teRRy PolheMuS

Monday, October 26 7:00–8:30pm Haldane School Cafeteria Donuts & cider will be served

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BIRD & BOTTLE (Cont’d from front pg.)

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Executive Chef Douglas Gardner prepares Sunday brunch. First on the list of the Fall Prix Fixe dinner menu is the soup du jour, and it does not take the term “seas o n a l ” l i g h t l y. B y w a y o f example, Gardiner points to his butternut squash soup that he emphatically states takes some seven hours to prepare. “Good things take time,” Gardiner points out, adding that when he strains the soup as the final step, “It comes out as smooth as velvet.” Ingredients include cardamom cream, cranberry relish, pumpkin seed oil, and pecans. Other appetizers range from escargot, gnocchi, and crab cakes to a fall or Caesar salad. Entrees are every bit as i n t erestin g . I n a d d i t i o n to t h e Tu n i s i a n p o r k c h o p s the autumn menu includes a catch-of-the-day, duck comfit, chicken breast stuffed with spinach and provolone, filet mignon, a daily seafood selection, and a second variety of pork chop—lightly breaded and stuffed with red onion jam. The Prix Fixe dinner is $48 with a supplemental charge for some offerings. Gardiner is proud of the fact that everything, from the bread, chutneys, and jellies on up, is made at the Inn and he has started an herb garden

on site for even more local flavor. Gardiner is also big on temperature. “I want people to have to wait five minutes to eat. I want their food served that hot.” Wine lovers will be happy to know that the Inn’s wine list has received The Wine Spectator’s Award of Excellence. While the Sunday brunch offers traditional favorites such as eggs, bacon, sausage, potatoes, and the like it doesn’t stop there. Gardiner uses each week’s menu to add to the buffet’s variety and appeal. “Nothing is frozen,” he said, pointing out that this week’s brunch included chicken piccata and ribs. And what would brunch be without a mimosa? Brunch comes in at $30. Tavern Night features casual dining on Thursday evenings, and to honor the Inn’s beginnings, the price is set at $17.61. The menu varies week to week. “People in the kitchen have fun on Tavern Night; it’s not so formal,” Gardiner explained. Offerings may include fish and chips, Italian specialties, or a Jamaican jerk burger. Soup could be French onion or a smoked scallop and corn chowder.

Tavern Night would be an appropriate time to try the small bar’s one draft beer offering—Fuller’s Extra Special Brew, an English ale. The bar exudes history, with its low ceiling, wide wooden-planked floor, and fireplace. It is one place that truly lives up to the description “cozy.” Desserts are also made on site whether it’s sorbet trio du jour, caramelized pear bread pudding, black walnut buckles, or banana crème brulée— and if the warm chocolate torte contained any more chocolate it would definitely be declared illegal. General Manager Andrea Newell expresses great pride in her colleague Doug Gardiner, pointing out that he is being nominated for a James Beard Rising Star Award, a high honor given to up-andcoming chefs under the age of thirty. Newell is also proud of the kind of service that the Inn has come to be known for. “We offer gracious and kind hospitality—whether it’s fine dining, Tavern Night, or Sunday brunch,” before asking, “If you are going to do something, why not do your very best?”

CS BOARD (Cont’d from front pg.) Newell and Gardiner have been teamed up for just eight months but they are already seeing their combined efforts pay off. “It really means something to see the change,” Gardiner said, explaining that a few months ago the dining room may have had a handful of customers. “Last night we had fifty-six,” he said. The Bird and Bottle has also begun hosting special events including a successful “professional singles” night. For $20, singles get to enjoy delicious hors’ d’oeuvres and champagne while socializing. Newell says they could use some more men, while Gardiner says the odds are perfect—with women outnumbering men by about four to one. The next chance to change those odds will be on October 30, when singles are encouraged to come in costume. The Bird & Bottle also features a large festival tent which hosts numerous special events. The Putnam County Historical Society recently held a gathering that attracted 175 guests who enjoyed the outdoor atmosphere. The tent is available for bookings from

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April through October and o ff e r s s p e c i a l m e n u s a n d packages. The inn offers two romantic rooms complete with iron or four poster beds, antique furniture, and working fireplaces. An additional room is available in a building adjacent to the Inn. And finally, a word about the inn’s friendly ghost, Emi l y Wa r r e n , l o n g - d e p a r t e d daughter of the Warren’s Tavern’s original owners. Several photographers have captured her “orb” in photos taken in the Inn. Guests book one particular room because of its reputation for being haunted. Doors lock mysteriously. Curtains open and close without explanation. Even Chef Doug Gardiner is a believer. “One midnight, Andrea, Elaine (owner Elaine Margolies), and I were sitting in the dining room. A woman hollered ‘hello’ from upstairs. But no one was staying upstairs, it was empty.” Perhaps Emily simply has a taste for excellent food. The Bird & Bottle Inn is located on Route 9, south of Route 301 and is open Thursday through Sunday.

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decks “unsafe.” The violation requires that resident use of all decks be discontinued, all decks must be brought into code compliance within 30 days, and that emergency egress be provided during the course of repairs. Although the building inspector has meet with representatives of the condominium board and their attorney and engineer, a plan for corrective action has not yet been received. The highlight of the Police Department report was the apprehension of four suspects in the robbery of village teens at the bandstand. The report praised the efforts of members of the department and the county sheriff’s department for the quick resolution. The report also mentioned that as a result of cooperation between the police department and “younger residents of the village,” calls to the departm e n t f o r “ d i s o r d e r l y s u bjects” have decreased since the beginning of the summer. In other matters, the police department will have use of the county’s DWI car, which has a license plate reader. The plate reader will inform officers if the driver is wanted in connection with a crime or if the car is stolen, as well as other related offenses. Trustee and fire depart ment liaison Ralph Falloon reported that three bids have been received to perform remedial work on the garage floor at the firehouse. All bids received complied with the terms of the bid proposal. The contract will be awarded to Chirico Masonry, which offered the low bid of $9,000. The other bids were $10,056 and $10,300. Mayor Gallagher reported that street paving and sidewalk repairs are continuing throughout the village, specifically identifying completion of the repaving of Cross Street. The mayor was also pleased to report that meetings between the Board of Elections, the Town of Philipstown, and the Villages of

Cold Spring and Nelsonville have resulted in restoration of the North Highlands Fire House as a polling place. Completion of unfinished business included renewal of the lease between the village and the Cold Spring Fire Department for use of the firehouse for a period of five years. In lieu of rent, fire protection services are provided for the village. The board also elected, on advice of Village Attorney Steve Gaba, not to re-bid insulation work for the village hall and firehouse. Instead, as the potential contract amount will be insufficient to require bidding, the board will negotiate with the sole respondent to the previous bid to perform the work. In a similar fashion, the board will negotiate with Pidala Electric (winner of the bid for electrical work) to add the water and sewer plants to their scope of work. The village is able to increase the amount of work contracted because the anticipated costs will fall within the grant monies received by the village. Belvedere Street resident Airinhos Serradas appeared before the board to discuss potential damage that may be caused by a tree near his house, possible pollution caused by deterioration of the roadway, and rainfall run-off. In the first instance, Mr. Serradas disagreed with the opinion of the arborist that the tree in question does not propose any danger, maintaining that it poses a “significant risk.” Speaking for the board, the mayor affirmed their confidence in the arborist and his report. He told Mr. Serradas that dead limbs were removed two weeks ago. Mr. Serradas expressed his belief that this would be insufficient to remove the risk. Trustee Gordon Robertson suggested the village would seek a second opinion the next time the arborist is in the village. Regarding possible pollution and flooding caused by the deteriorated condition of

the street, Mr. Serradas read at length from informational materials he had gathered online, casting it as evidence of village responsibility. He also informed the board of thousands of dollars in repairs to his house caused by water runoff, and his intention to erect a block wall to prevent further water damage. Clearly frustrated and trying to gain some leverage, Mr. Serradas often prefaced his remarks with comments such as “I’m not making any threats, but . . .” The board did not respond to these non-threats and often sympathized with his complaints. They did not disagree with any of the specific items raised relating to pollution or flooding. The Mayor reminded Serradas that while the village was ready and willing to make repairs, it could not proceed until Belvedere Street was deeded to the village by all the residents. “In fact,” the Mayor added, “there is money in the budget earmarked for repairs.” Attorney Gaba added that all residents (of the street) would have to agree and that attorney costs would be incurred in the process and would have to be borne by those residents. Agreement by 100 percent of the residents has been a sticking point since the issue was brought before the board last April. Mr. Serradas was not mollified by anything the board had to offer and the discussion went round and round until Mayor Gallagher finally asked, “What do you want the village to do?” Serradas asked that possible contaminants be removed and that the road be “reduced” until such time as a permanent solution was arrived at. In response, Gallagher reaffirmed that the village could not do anything until the street was deeded to it. Discussion concluded on this note and as there was not other public comment, the board entered into executive session.

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BEEKEEPER (Cont’d from front pg.) The Robertsons process and bottle the honey in their basement. It appeared to be a straightforward and relatively simple process. The workshop consisted of an electrical centrifuge that spins the frames and allows the honey to be gathered into a container, and a sterilizer that heats up the honey to a temperature of 180 degrees where it is then poured into sterilized honey jars. The FDA regulations for the honey business are not too stringent because honey contains a natural antibiotic, so it never spoils. It may become crystallized, but there is no harmful bacteria present in bottled honey. Since the honey is the food for the baby bees that grow in the cells, how are bee body parts and larvae kept from getting into the honey? “That is managed at the hive with specially sized screens that keep the queen bee out of the higher boxes in the stack,” Mr. Robertson said, “This prevents her from laying eggs in the honey that is going to be harvested and processed. Since the worker bees (non-reproducing females) are much smaller than the queen, they can fit through the filter screen and work on making their honey anywhere in the hive.” What about those smokers that beekeepers use? “The smoke makes the bees think that the hive is on fire, so they quickly stuff themselves with the honey that they fear may soon disappear,” Katie said. “Then the bees become sleepy (like we feel after a Thanksgiving dinner) and lethargic. The smokers use cotton plugs for the fuel, something like the stuff that comes out of our home clothes dryer lint filters. It really calms the bees down, so that they don’t attack when the beekeeper opens the hive to gather honey or to inspect t h e h e a l t h o f t h e c o l o n y. B y t h e w a y, t h e s m o k e i s

never harmful to my bees. They soon recover from their drowsiness.” Katie’s father, Gordon (a Cod Spring village trustee),left to set-up the smokers, while Katie and this reporter donned beekeeping suits and screened hats, feeling really safe and secure approaching one of the hives for inspection. Yellow bottles are attached to the front of each hive. According to Katie, the bottles “are filled with sugar water, to satisfy the bees thirst, so that they can spend more time searching for pollen, instead of wasting their energy on finding water. It is a simple way to improve the honey output of each hive.” Katie puffed some smelly, thick white smoke from the smoker into the opening at the bottom of the hive, while many busy bees were coming and going through the entrance. After puffing lots more smoke all around the hive, she finally removed the roof. Inside, the bees were indeed eating their honey hurriedly and seemed very calm. So Katie set to work to unglue the first frame, while explaining that the bees secreted a substance called propolis, sealing holes in the hive and making the frames very sticky and difficult to remove. Using a special tool, she chopped away at the edges of the frame before she could detach one. “We are looking for any problems in the colony before the winter...like mites or viruses,” Katie said. “There are several medications that I could use on the hive to help the bees if they are infected. But, this is a very healthy hive.” Katie said that she has already moved the filtering screen to the top of the hive to allow the queen access to the honey in the boxes above h e r, l e s t t h e q u e e n s t a r v e this winter. “I am not going to harvest

their honey now,” Katie said, noting that it is too late in the season. “I always leave my bees lots of honey to eat throughout the winter”. “This is why I would never buy honey from Canadian beekeepers,” Katie’s father said. “They have a practice of exterminating the whole colony of bees at this time of year and then raiding all the ‘winter honey’ from the hive for big profits. Then they start all over again in the spring by buying new bees.”

“The smoke makes the bees think that the hive is on fire, so they quickly stuff themselves.”

Surrounded by some of her re-energized bees, Katie pulled out another frame a n d s c r a p e d o ff a y e l l o w ish brown waxy substance that had formed between the frames in the box. “This is beeswax, a substance that is secreted from a gland at the top the bees’ foreheads that they use to make the octagonal cells that hold the honey.” She smiled and said, “No one can really explain how they do this, though!” Pointing at the beeswax, Katie noted that “these frames weren’t close enough togethe r, ” l e a v i n g r o o m f o r t h e bees to build up their cells erratically instead of neatly on the frames. “This is such d i s o rg a n i z e d c o n s t r u c t i o n that these cells can’t even hold honey, a waste of time a n d e n e rg y f o r m y b e e s , ” Katie said. “So we’ll just take this inside and melt it down to make candles or maybe we’ll just sell it as beeswax.”

The conversation turned to the downside of beekeeping. What about getting stung? Katie’s advice is to quickly swipe a credit card across the skin to release the bee and the stinger (if you try to pull the bee off, it will only make things worse) and to have on hand a topical analgesic such as “After Bite” to relieve the pain of the sting. Asked if she ever had any trouble with bears raiding her hives, Katie replied, “Oh yes, we had such a problem at our vacation house in the Berkshires this summer that we had to move many of our beehives up into my tree house! It has a spiral staircase, so it is impossible for the bears to get up there. The main honey raiders here in Cold Spring, though, are skunks.” What about swarms of angry bees? “I was called over to Miss Connie’s Pre-School next door one day this summer,” Katie reported, “There was a swarm of bees high up in a tree, buzzing loudly and making everybody nervous. So I got into my beekeeping gear, grabbed my smoker, a ladder, and my special bee collection box and got to work. Once I captured the queen in the box, the drones and workers followed. They weren’t my bees, though. I could tell because they were a different color. I set them up in a hive at my house and they seem to be doing okay.” Right now, “Katie’s Cold Spring Honey” is sold at Highlands Baskets and the Country Goose at 115 Main Street and at The Main Course, Etc at 39 Chestnut Street, in Cold Spring. Katie talked about perhaps renting out her hives to area farmers for pollination of their fruit trees and crops. She also said that she may also consider becoming a supplier of honeybees and s e t t i n g u p a l a rg e a p i a r y, with hundreds of hives, and then shipping her bees around

the world. Or, she could go “retail” and sell her honey at farmers’ markets or on the internet. Even with her limited market exposure, this has been a lucrative enterprise for Katie since she took over four years ago. “More importantly,” Mr. Robertson added, “My wife and I encouraged and supported this because it was an opportunity for Katie to learn a unique skill of her own.” Katie explained that just one healthy hive could produce as much as 60 pounds of honey (about two cases of 8oz. jars) each year. She has bought lots of ski equipment from the profits of her business and is currently restoring her Dad’s old car, a 1970 Volkswagen “Bug,” in anticipation of her 16th birthday when she hopes to get her driver’s permit. Because Katie is a generous beekeeper, who never keeps all the honey for profit, she donates her “Katie’s Cold Spring Honey” to Haldane School’s Annual Ball & Fundraiser Silent Auction, where her honey gift baskets are a big hit, and to the Cape Cod Hospital, where her grandparents live. Katie’s final advice to those who are may be interested in keeping bees: 1. Take a beekeeping course at Glynwood Farm, on Rte. 301, 1 ½ miles east of Rte 9, whose mission is to help communities in the Northeast save farming. 2. Keep it simple: Start with one hive. Call Katie and she will help you set up your first hive! 3. Be kind to your bees: Leave them enough honey to make it through the winter.

Katelyn Robertson at work in her backyard aviary.

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Katelyn explains how smoking the bees works.

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National Trust Presents Trustees Award to Garden Conservancy The Woodland Garden & The National Trust for Historic Preservation presented its Trustees Award for Organizational Excellence to the Garden Conservancy of Cold Spring. The group was one of 23 award winners honored by the National Trust during its 2009 National Preservation Conference in Nashville, TN. This special award goes to a nonprofit organization that h a s d e m o n s t r a t e d e x t r a o rdinary achievement over a long period of time. Founded just two decades ago as the nation’s first nonprofit group dedicated to the preservation of exceptional gardens, the Garden Conservancy has already had a tremendous impact on the way Americans appreciate and preserve historic landscapes. The organization has invested nearly $9 million in the preservation of more than 90 important gardens and currently manages 16 major preservation projects across the nation. Three of the gardens under the Conservancy’s care, including the sunken gardens and rose garden of S t e e p l e t o p , t h e N e w Yo r k home of famed American poet Edna St. Vincent Millay, are National Historic Landmarks, and nine are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Every year since 1995, the Conservancy’s famed Open Days have provided a rare opportunity to experience

hundreds of gardens not usually available for pub lic viewing. In addition, the Conservancy’s lectures and symposia present new concepts and best practices in garden design, development, and preservation, while volunteer opportunities and internships offer participants a chance to gain first-hand experience. A focus of the Conservancy’s efforts is working, sometimes over a period of many years, to develop master plans, establish sound financial practices, and create interpretation programs to enable significant gardens to make the challenging transition from private ownership to public access. In addition, intensive preservation projects have saved and restored treasures as diverse as Longue Vue, a New Orleans garden devastated by Hurricane Katrina; the Japanesestyle Humes Garden in New York State; and the long-lost gardens of Alcatraz Island in San Francisco. “The Garden Conservancy is one of the first organizations in the country to recognize that important gardens are an essential part of our irreplaceable heritage—as much a part of the historic preservation landscape as buildings, birth sites, and battlefields,” said Richard Moe, president of the National Trust for Historic Pres-

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Exterior of the Garden Conservancy’s offices on Route 9. ervation. “Equally important, this dedicated organization has encouraged us all to discover, enjoy, and be inspired by some the nation’s most beautiful places.” The National Preservation Awards are bestowed on distinguished individuals, nonprofit organizations, public agencies, and corporations whose skill and determination have given new meaning to their communities through preservation of our architectural and cultural heritage. These efforts include citizen attempts to save and

maintain important landmarks; companies, and craftsmen whose work restores the richness of the past; the v i s i o n o f p u b l i c o ff i c i a l s who support preservation projects and legislation in their communities; and educators and journalists who help Americans understand the value of preservation. The winners of the National Preservation Awards will appear in the November/ December issue of Preservation Magazine and online at PreservationNation.org/ awards.

Garden Club Asks: What’s G l y n w o o d ’ s B a r n G a l a Happening to the Honeybees? Draws Two Hundred Guests The Highland Garden Club of Cold Spring will hold its monthly meeting on Tuesday, October 27, beginning at 1pm, at the Julia L. Butterfield Memorial Library. The guest speaker is George Kummer, who will update participants on “What’s Happened to the Honeybees?” Only members may attend the business meeting, but the public is invited to attend the

program, which will begin at 1pm. Refreshments follow the program. Hostesses for October are Shelly Hauser, Mary Manglass, and Virginia Tarleton. The Highland Garden Club is a member of the Federated Garden Clubs of New York State, Inc. and The National Garden Club, Inc. For more information, phone Marilyn at 265-4322.

Glynwood recently held its first ever “Boot Stompin’, Black Tie Barn Dance Gala.” Two hundred guests, outfitted in creative ‘farmer black tie,’ were led by a candlelit path to Glynwood’s newly constructed barn to enjoy a d i n n e r o f H u d s o n Va l l e y produced foods prepared by Main Course New Paltz. They danced to the lively tunes of

local band Uncle Wade and Motherlode and participated in a heated auction featuring foods grown and raised at Glynwood Farm. Proceeds from the Gala will help support Glynwood’s programs to help save farming in the northeast. For more information on Glynwood, visit www.glynwood.org.

Noted landscape architect and popular Hudson Valley landscape historian, Stephen Yarabek will trace the development of the Woodland Garden aesthetic in t h e H u d s o n R i v e r Va l l e y at Manitoga’s Third Annual Woodland Landscape Council Public Lecture this coming Saturday, October 24, at 5pm at the Desmond -Fish Library in Garrison. An engaging speaker, Yarabek will show how Russel Wright transformed the native landscape into a modernist icon at Manitoga and discuss the industrial de signer’s connections to the t h e m e s o f H u d s o n Va l l e y landscape history. Stephen Yarabek is known for his award-winning landscape designs at Foundry Dock Park in Cold Spring, and the Tarrytown Conference Center in Tarrytown. He planned historic landscape restoration for Montgomery Place at Annandaleon-Hudson, and has developed site histories and plans for Boscobel, Locust Grove, a n d o t h e r H u d s o n Va l l e y landmarks. As a consultant to Hudson River villages, he has spearheaded landmark legislation preserving historic landscapes, views, and ridgelines along the Hudson shoreline. He is the American landscape architect involved in the creation of the 200mile Prague-Vienna Greenw a y. Ya r a b e k a l s o s e r v e s on the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area Management Committee and is a member of Manitoga’s Woodland Landscape Council. “Called the ‘landscape that made America’ by Congress in 1999, Hudson Valley estates and parks set the themes and practices for American landscape design a c r o s s t h e c o u n t r y, ” s a i d Ya r a b e k . “ A r c h i t e c t s a n d designers practicing here in

the 19th century, such as Alexander Jackson Downing, Calvert Vaux, and Frederick Law Olmsted influenced our assumptions about our relationship to nature and hence the design of our cities and communities. Russel Wright picked up their themes and rethought the same concerns for a mid20th century world becoming modern and beginning to be aware of the role the environment plays in our quality of life.” T h e Wo o d l a n d L a n d scape Council was formed by Manitoga Board member Katy Moss Warner in 2007. A group of noted landscape design professionals assembled through M o s s Wa r n e r ’ s a s s o c i a tions as Director of Landscapes for Disney Florida for more than two decades and President Emerita of the American Horticultural Society, the Council gives direction to the restoration of Russel Wright’s National Historic Landmark gardens in Garrison. Moss Warner has helped Manitoga develop six annual Volunteer Landscape Days that provide learning opportunities about gardening with native plants, tours for national organizations such as the Garden Club of America and the American Horticultural Society, college internships f o r N e w Yo r k U n i v e r s i t y and other schools, and the annual Woodland Landscape Council Public Lecture to help share Russel Wright’s vision. The public is invited to the come by Manitoga from 2 to 4pm for a “Cocktail Walk” prior to the lecture at the Library. Docents will be on hand to guide visitors through the landscape and share Wright’s design philosophy. Visit www.russelwrightcenter.org or call 424-3812 for more information.

Ta l k s G i v e P e r s p e c t i v e o n Hudson Highlands ‘Bioregion’ Get a new perspective on the conservation and education opportunities for the parks in this region. Distinguished scientist and conservation leader Fred Koontz will speak on Thursday, October 29 at 7pm at Denning's Point (part of Hudson Highlands State Park) in Beacon. This talk is a joint presentation of the Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries and the Friends of Fahnestock and Hudson Highlands State Parks. The unique Hudson Hills and Highlands bioregion lies on both sides of the Hudson River, but primarily is in Westchester and Putnam counties and includes all of Fahnestock and Hudson

Highlands State Parks. About 785,000 people share the 936-square-mile area with a rich diversity of habitats, both plant and animal. Dr. Koontz is Executive D irector of Teatown Lake Reservation and is joining forces with other groups and institutions across the bioregion to strengthen the public’s motivation and ability both to conserve biodiversity and to protect the ecological services that nature provides us Arrive by 6:30pm to allow time for a short walk in from the parking area and to enjoy refreshments. Space is limited, so pre-registration i s r e q u i r e d a t w w w. B I R E . org/events.

B e a r M o u n t a i n Tr a i l Receives Federal Funding New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Commissioner Carol Ash recently announced $3.3 million in grants for 32 trail-related projects around the state as part of the Federal Recreational Trails Program. The ongoing rehabilitation of the Appalachian Trail as it winds through Bear Mountain State Park will be funded with support from two awards: (1) Palisades Parks Conservancy: $120,935 The Palisades Parks Conservancy, Inc., in partnership with the NY-NJ Trail Conference and the Palisades Interstate Park Commission, will construct a half-mile accessible trail along the Bear Mountain summit, giving access to an area that is not available to persons with disabilities. (2) New York-New Jersey Trail Conference: $150,000 The original section of the

Appalachian Trail, the nation's first National Scenic Trail, at Bear Mountain is also the most heavily used and degraded. As part of a larger project to rebuild this historic trail to safely accommodate the hundreds of thousands of users annually, this project will open a three-quarter-mile section originating behind the Bear Mountain Inn. The grants will be used for such projects as creating new trails, improving trails, providing connections, and purchasing equipment. Trail development plans must emphasize providing access for people with disabilities and minimizing environmental impact. For more information about the Palisades Parks Conservancy and the Palisades Interstate Park parks and historic sites, please visit www.palisadesparksconservancy.org.

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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Putnam Records First Case of H1N1 by Eric Gross Putnam County has recorded its first case of H1N1 influenza. Health Commissioner Dr. Sherlita Amler brought the news to members of the Putnam Legislature’s Health Committee last week. Dr. Amler said a child was diagnosed with the H1N1 strain of influenza by a local pediatrician and the case was confirmed by the New York State Health Department. Dr. Amler also advised committee members Sam Oliverio, Vincent Tamagna, and Tony Fusco, along with Legislators Mary Conklin, Dan Birmingham, Dini LoBue, and Tony Hay, who were also in attendance, that an “influenzalike illness cluster has been reported in the elementary school where the H1N1 confirmation was made.” Dr. Amler did not identify the school or its location. She said there was “another specimen” pending in a teenager in a different school district. According to the commis-

sioner, New York State is currently experiencing more cases of H1N1 influenza than seasonal flu. No pediatric deaths have been reported in New York State through last week but since September 1, the state has recorded three adult deaths—two between the ages of 18 and 24 and one over the age of 65. In Putnam County, health o ff i c i a l s h a v e v a c c i n a t e d more than 1,300 residents and health care workers against seasonal flu, with a clinic scheduled for today (Thursday) at Carmel Fire Department headquarters. A clinic was also held on Monday in Garrison. Dr. Amler told the lawmakers that the Health Department will be receiving free seasonal flu vaccine from the state in the next week and will be sponsoring large-scale points of distribution in both the Brewster School District and Haldane School District. H1N1 vaccine has begun trickling into the county. Dr. Amler said once enough vaccine is available it will be

distributed. Meanwhile the Centers for Disease Control confirmed this week that 37 states are reporting widespread flu activity with 16 pediatric deaths reported—eleven during the past week—bringing the U.S. total to 92. The number of H1N1 related illness from September 1 through last week nationwide has resulted in more than 16,500 hospitalizations. Dr. Amler has stressed that pregnant women should get H1N1 vaccine when available, along with young children and adults with chronic illness such as asthma, chronic lung disease, and heart disease. The commissioner said senior citizens will not receive the H1N1 vaccine initially: “We are concerned about vaccinating those who are most at risk, and the seniors don’t seem to be having an issue with this strain of flu.” Information is available at the Health Department by calling the Influenza hotline at 845-278-6130.

VILLANOVA (Cont’d from front pg.) response to its request. “If a referendum is appropriate at that time, we’ll go through a referendum,” Tendy says. Villanova points out that the grant request filed with the federal government already certifies that the town has the capability to “pay the nonfederal share of [the] project cost,” which is nearly $4 million. “It is unconscionable in these economic times to try to sneak through two potential projects that can b a n k r u p t P u t n a m Va l l e y, ” Villanova said. “The Town Hall and the Fire Department buildings, certainly within the next ten to twenty years, will need to be renovated or rebuilt.” Tendy maintained. “If they explore a new fire department building, they would give their old building to the town hall (and courthouse). “We would save money by renovating a building that already existed. As it stands n o w, w e h a v e n o s t o r a g e space. We have floods in our basement every time we have a rainstorm. This is a very small building. My office is the size of a walk-in closet. We have to plan ahead.” Villanova maintains that she is a tireless advocate for the taxpayer, acting in the best interests of Putnam Valley, without heeding the proprieties of Putnam Val-

ley’s politics-as-usual. “Just for looking into what they are doing. He [Tendy] is calling

“This is a very small building. My office is the size of a walk-in c l o s e t . We have to plan ahead.” R o b e rt T e n d y me a conspiracy theorist,” Villanova said. Tendy maintains that the Fire Department and the Town Board have been acting responsibly. “We think in terms of 10-30 years down the road, she thinks of this minute,” Tendy said. “To say that we shouldn’t plan to change these facilities in the future would be a dereliction of our responsibilities,” he added. “She grabs something, tries to make everybody look bad, comes up with a conspiracy, and wants an investigation. It’s not responsible”

Putnam Valley Town Board candidate Patty Villanova.

P u t n a m Va l l e y To w n Supervisor Robert Tendy

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Buckley’s Party Still a Factor in NY by Michael Brendan Dougherty New York’s Conservative Party is an institutionalized rebellion. The party was founded by J. Daniel Mahoney, Charles E. Rice, and Charles Edison out of frustration with the Republican Party, then dominated in New York by the progressive wing. Putnam Conservative Party chairman Jim Maxwell recalled, “It was originally a spinoff of the Republican party when Rockefeller was governor. You had some Democrats from the city join, but mostly it was angry Republicans.” The party made its biggest splash in its first decade by running William F. Buckley, Jr., for Mayor of New York City in 1965. Buckley, the erudite founder of the conservative journal National Review, ran to take away votes from liberal Republican John Lindsay, who later became a Democrat. Buckley’s campaign was a kind of right-wing spoof on the liberal establishment. During a debate he refused to use his own rebuttal time, saying, “I am satisfied to sit back and contemplate my own former eloquence.” He received 13 percent of the vote, and Lindsay won anyway. But the joke became much more serious in 1970, when Bill’s brother James won a seat in the United States Senate on the Conservative line. In a three-way race, J ames Bu ckley r eceived a plurality of votes and served one term before being defeated by Democrat Daniel

Patrick Moynihan. Since 1970, the party has exerted a gravitational influence on the New York GOP. In 1994, Republican candidate George Pataki won the governorship by fewer than 200,000 votes. He had won over 300,000 votes on the Conservative

Maxwell said that the Conservative party still stands “for less regulation, smaller government, and less government spending,” party line which endorsed him. Pataki, a moderate conservative to that point in his career, immediately began delivering to his important constituents on the right. He signed into law a death penalty measure that had received 18 consecutive vetoes from his predecessors, and implemented a “no-parole” policy for violent offenders. He also signed a hiring freeze and a freeze on regulations his first day in office. Throughout the ‘90s, the Conservative party promoted positions on crime that were in line with the agendas of Governor Pataki and New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. But the party promoted much tougher lines on social issues.

SETTLEMENT (Cont’d from front pg.) by hanging himself with a sweatshirt. In court papers, the Sinkovs admitted knowing of their son’s drug addiction, testifying that he had been sent for rehabilitation on two occasions. But the suit maintained that the Sheriff’s Department failed to place the inmate on an around-the-clock 24-hour watch even after an evaluation form completed during processing determined he was at risk for suicide. Manhattan attorney Lewis Silverman, who represented P u t n a m C o u n t y, s a i d t h e case was settled “in the best interest of all parties, with no admission of liability on the county’s part.” S i n k o v ’ s a t t o r n e y, K i m Berg, agreed the settlement was agreeable to both parties: “No amount of money

will bring back my client’s son. We want to ensure that tragedies of this type don’t happen again.” Silverman did not divulge the amount his client had s e t t l e d f o r, h o w e v e r, t h e amount will be made public once the county legislature approves it. The attorney noted that insurance will cover the cost of the settlement. Sinkov also settled with S h er iff D o n ald S mith an d corrections staff members Sgt. Louis Lapolla and Officer Joseph Vasaturo, who both processed Spencer Sinkov at the correctional f a c i l i t y. C o u n t y A t t o r n e y Jennifer Bumgarner said the county’s insurance would be paying their portion of the settlement, as well.

To this day the party stands for ending abortion and has campaigned vigorously for informed consent and parental notification laws. The party also supports the deportation of illegal aliens and has agitated against amnesty. In Putnam County the Conservative party has occasionally been as instrumental in electing a candidate as the State party was in the ‘90s. In 2001, the Conservative Party backed Don Smith for Sheriff and beat an incumbent, Republican-endorsed Robert D. Thoubboron. In 2007, the Conservative line provided the margin of victory for Carmel Supervisor (and Republican) Kenneth Schmitt. Maxwell said that the Conservative party still stands “for less regulation, smaller government, and less government spending,” but added that he guards his party’s independence. The party still endorses Democrats, like legislator Sam Oliverio. And it once endorsed Lillian Jones, an active Democrat. “She was the most qualified at the time,” explained Maxwell. Maxwell said that he would like to see his party continue to endorse “the right candidates.” He said that in the coming years the Conservative party will fight to keep taxes from increasing. “There is a lot of fat in the budgets,” Maxwell said, “I don’t like to see people lose their jobs, but there are positions we’d like to see eliminated. There has been a battle, and the legislature is doing okay, but

we think they can do better.” The Conservative Party has maintained about 2,000 voters in Putnam County during the past three presidential election. Though the party is long past its glory days in the late ‘60s and ‘70s, when it received national attention,

and fielded candidates for Washington, the party can exercise a decisive influence in close elections between Democrats and Republicans close to home. “And often enough, we come out on top,” Maxwell said with a smile.

Conservative Party On The Ballot

Sheriff: Donald Smith* Legislator District 1: Vincent Tamagna* Legislator District 4: Mary F. Conklin* Legislator District 7: Daniel G. Birmingham* Carmel Supervisor: Kenneth R. Schmitt* Carmel Councilman: Greg Ellner Frank D. Lombardi Kent Supervisor: Katherine M. Doherty* Kent Town Clerk: Yolanda D. Cappelli* Kent Town Justice: J. Peter Collins* Kevin L. Douchkoff Kent Councilman: Thomas F. Maxson Karl Rohde* Kent Receiver of Taxes: Jean Johnson* Kent Highway Superintendent: Paul C. Roncallo

Patterson Town Justice: John E. King Patterson Councilman: Ernest J. Kassay* Ginny Nacerino* Patterson Receiver of Taxes: Sally Parfitt* Putnam Valley Supervisor: Robert V. Tendy* Putnam Valley Town Justice: Gina Capone* Putnam Valley Councilman: Wendy M. Whetsel* Jacqueline Annabi Putnam Valley Highway Superintendent: Earl C. Smith* Southeast Town Justice: Gregory L. Folchetti* Richard Vercollone* (appt’d) Southeast Councilman: Robert S. Cullen Elizabeth Hudak Southeast Highway Superintendent: Kevin J. Palmer*

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Outsourcing to India Contributes to Demise of Carmel’s Watson Plant by Eric Gross Plans to close Watson Pharmaceuticals, one of Putnam County’s largest employers, continue as the company has announced a new round o f l a y o ff s . Wa t s o n , w h i c h is transferring its Carmel workload to Goa, India, as w ell as two US locations , will be leaving Putnam next year and county officials are hopeful that a new tenant can be found for the corporation’s 110,000-square-foot Carmel plant. Forty-two of the 155 employees still at the plant along Stoneleigh Avenue in Carmel received pink slips advising their positions will be terminated on Dec. 31. The latest round of layoffs follows the dismissal of more than 200 workers in Carmel last summer. K e v i n B a i l e y, p r e s i d e n t of the not-for-profit Putnam County Economic Development Corporation, anticipates the 27-acre Carmel site, consisting of a manufacturing plant as well as a distribution center in Southeast, that closed over the summer would be available for viewing by potential buyers during the first quarter of 2010. Legislator Mary Ellen Odell of Carmel, who last year served as chairwoman of the Economic Development

Committee, told the PCN&R: “For every door that closes another one opens. Putnam recently was awarded an Empire Zone. which will als o help tr emendou sl y t o attract a new company to the site. I feel terrible for the employees who will be losing their jobs, but Putnam must remain positive and confident since this locale is most desirable to locate a large company.” Bailey addressed the Empire Zone designation: “We are talking about new jobs and business being attracted to the county, receiving substantial tax benefits. I am convinced the Empire Zone will allow us to attract a new corporation into the Watson Building when the time comes since the Carmel site is already zoned for industrial use.” Paul Bisaro, president and CEO of Watson, explained his company’s decision to close the Carmel plant, cutting more than 600 jobs, was extremely difficult: “Given the current facilities, the capacity of those facilities, the technology used today, and the age of our plant, Carmel was the logical choice.” B i s a r o s a i d m a n u f a c t u rin g w o u ld b e r elo cat e d t o existing plants in Corona, CA, Davie, FL, and to a new facility that recently opened on the west coast

of India. The site in Goa is one of three Watson facilities that will shoulder the manufacturing load once the Carmel site closes. Wa t s o n s p o k e s w o m a n Patty Eisenhauer said the Carmel plant manufactures capsules and tablets of generic drugs: “At one time, the plant manufactured more than 50 different products but that number has declined substantially as our operations have shifted to other facilities.”

I ro n i c a l l y, Uncle Sam is assisting Wa t s o n w i t h its move to India Putnam Legislature Chairman Tony Hay of Southeast said the departure of Watson Pharmaceuticals was “upsetting for county government. Many of those employees shop locally, which will result in a further decline in sales tax revenue. America has to wake up. Products are being outsourced overseas in large numbers. We

find ourselves behind the eight ball when it comes to illegal aliens infiltrating the U.S. Once again a lack of American ingenuity has resulted in a large company deciding to manufacture its product in a far off land for a much cheaper rate.” Ironically, Uncle Sam is assisting Watson with its move to India, since employees now qualify for a special package of job training and other benefits as a result of the federal Trade Adjustment Assistance Package—an initiative expanded in February under the stimulus program. The stimulus spending plan covers 100 percent of qualified relocation expenses plus a lump sum payment of $1,500 to employees who decide to relocate halfway around the globe. Eisenhauer said her company had offered jobs to employees who wish to work at Watson’s facilities both in and outside of the U.S. The company announced its Carmel shutdown in its fourth quarter 2007 earnings release when the firm reported a loss of $489 million the year before. According to county, town, and school records, Watson paid $299,000 in municipal and school taxes in 2008.

“He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.” B enjamin F ranklin

Putnam Valley Public Weighs in on Proposed Local Laws by Michael Mell The Putnam Valley Town Board began its October 14, 2009, meeting with two public hearings, both about issues related to the health and well-being of the town’s lakes and watershed. The first proposed local law would mandate septic system pumpouts on properties adjacent to lakes and watershed areas to prevent additional pollution of these sensitive environmental areas. The second proposed law would ban the use of fertilizers containing phosphorous, which causes excessive algae growth that chokes the lakes. In both cases, non-compliance would be met with a fine. Supervisor Tendy opened the hearing by acknowledging a letter from Stephen Axinn, president of the Lake Oscawana Civic Association, and asking how he would like to proceed. Mr. Axinn indicated that inclusion of the letter into the minutes of the meeting would be sufficient, but under prodding by Mr. Tendy, addressed the board d i r e c t l y. A x i n n b e g a n b y commenting on a distinction m a d e b e t w e e n y e a r- r o u n d and seasonal use. The draft proposes that septic tanks for year-round residences be pumped out every three years, and seasonal residences every five years. His contention is that an enforceable definition of year-round and seasonal will be difficult, at best, and that the three-year cycle should apply to all lots in the designated zones. Long-time resident Rose Lee David concurred, adding that the larger occupancy seen at seasonal homes, especially d u ri n g t h e s u m m e r, i s , o n average, equivalent to yearround occupancy. Axinn also suggested that upon pump-out the septic systems should be tested to insure proper operation. This could be a dye test or probe, but in no case should it require that any lawn be dug

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up. Lake Oscawana Advisory Committee member Kathleen McLaughlin added that the proposed law should require pump-out and testing by a licensed firm. The board s eemed amen ab le to th es e suggestions. Next to speak was longtime resident and outspoken town board candidate Patty Villanova, who read a prepared statement. The essence of her presentation was that the proposed local law was unenforceable and that there are already laws on the books to protect the lakes. This being the case, she asked “Why should we bother?” Ms. Villanova’s remarks also identified the town as the “worst polluter.” As evidence, she cited recently-installed piping around Lake Oscawana which “directs storm water runoff, with all its pollutants, directly into the lake.” In co n clu s io n Villan o v a s u ggested the town take a page from New York City, which has bought properties surrounding its watershed to prevent development and the consequent possibility of pollution. Supervisor Tendy, who has a stormy history with Ms. Villanova, responded that he had “many disagreements” with her statements. One in particular was her contention that the town intentionally pollutes the lake. Referring to the piping mentioned by Villanova, Tendy stated that the reality was exactly the opposite. “The pipes were put in” he said, “to sequester run off . . . using catch basins” to help alleviate the problem. Moving back to the proposed law, Town Attorney Bill Zutt commented that the intent of the law is to cover all existing and possible fu-

ture conditions regarding i m p a i r e d b o d i e s o f w a t e r. Based upon comments made, Mr. Zutt expressed a desire to revisit and refine the wording of portions of the law. The board agreed, and Supervisor Tendy said that all public and board comments would be evaluated and incorporated into the next draft version. The board would like to have the law enacted by the end of 2009 so that the town can “gear up” for the first g r o u p o f a ff e c t e d p r o p e rties next spring. The next public hearing will be held in advance of the November 18 workshop meeting. The board next moved to the public hearing about banning fertilizer containing phosphates. Kathleen McLaughlin, on behalf of the LOAC, was the first to comment. Referring to a distinction made between application to lawns and indoor use, she suggested that all uses should be included ad it would be very difficult to sort out who was using which kind of fertilizer and where. McLaughlin next addressed references in the law to minimum distances. There may be a possible conflict with wetlands ordinances, which identify a safe distance at 100 feet. “How would these work together?” she asked. Last, she suggested that medallions might be given to residences that are phosphate-free. Used in other counties, these could be a positive incentive. Steve Axinn agreed with Ms. McLaughlin’s comments. He said that he, too, would not wish the new law to undercut existing wetlands standards and suggested the proposed law “adopt and incorporate” those standards. He also pointed out that the current

draft does not speak to commercial applicators which may not reside in Putnam Valley nor buy their fertilizers there. As a remedy to this potential loophole, Axinn requested that commercial applicators be specifically identified and also subject to penalties for use. C o u n c i l m a n G e n e Ye t ter asked Axinn’s opinion about how the town might enforce the law. His initial response was that neighbor complaints would need to be relied on to identify possible use of banned fertilizer products. “Enforcement” he said, “will not be a walk in the park.” He went on to say that whatever can be done to reduce the problem will “make a difference.” Axinn also pointed out that state and federal agencies will be more inclined to provide funding to assist with enforcement if Putnam Valley demonstrates its commitment via this law. Mr. Yetter still seemed concerned that finger pointing could form the basis for enforcement. Supervisor Tendy did not appear as concerned, and weighed in, saying that “public education will go a long way” towards preventive enforcement. The board discussed various methods of public education, including new signage for the entire town identifying it as a “no phosphate area” and adding the new rules as a “crawl” on local cable channel 20 every once and a while. As with the proposed law d i s c u s s e d e a r l i e r, p u b l i c and board comments will be evaluated and incorporated into the next draft, which will also be presented at the November 18 meeting.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Philipstown Students Advance State Study of the Hudson River by Charlotte Rowe and Pete Salmansohn

GARRISON SEVENTH GRADERS: Front row from left to right: students Poppy London, Soibhan Quigley, Emmanuelle Palikuca, Margaret Dupree, Isabella Adler, Allison Clark, Paige O'Toole, and Jordan Erickson. Back row from left to right: Science Teacher Kevin Keegan; student Christopher Bohl; parent and HHLT educator Cathy Bakker, local outdoor educations..

HALDANE AP BIO STUDENTS: Kneeling: Katlyn Mastrantone; First row: Christian Callaghan, Taylor Downey, Angela Claffey, Tatiana Gilmartin, Hannah Diebboll, Grace O’Malley, Marisa Nairn, Bradley Dillon; Back Row: John Nakhla, Tyler O’Toole, Liam Gallagher-Siudzinski, Claire Koepke, Max Mueller, Zak Kane-Seitz, Ben Thomas, James Dain, Biology teacher Mr. Patinella.

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Students from Haldane High School and the Garrison Union Free School waded into the Hudson River’s cold currents in the name of science on the brisk but sunny morning of October 8. With support from local conservation organizations, they joined more than 3,000 students and educators sampling the estuary’s waters at 61 sites from Manhattan to Troy as part of the New Yo r k S t a t e D e p a r t m e n t o f Environmental Conservation’s seventh annual “A Day in the Life of the Hudson River.” Philipstown’s young scientists took water samples, caught fish and recorded their impressions of everything from shipping traffic to mud in order to provide the DEC with a biological, chemical, and physical “snapshot” of the river that day. Their findings will contribute to researchers’ understanding of the river over time and will soon be shared statewide through a database organized by Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Observatory and the DEC. At the Garrison Landing, some 31 GUFS seventhgraders, many wearing waders and carrying clipboards, gathered for their hands-on science lesson. Their team was led by Kevin Keegan, the Middle School Science teacher, and first-grade parent Cathy Bakker, a certified teacher and naturalist with the Hudson Highlands Land Trust. The Constitution Marsh Audubon Center and Sanctuary’s Rich Anderson and Charlie Wilkerson con tributed both their extensive expertise and research equipment for the Garrison students to use in their field work. Upriver at Little Stony Point, about 18 seniors in Mark Patinella’s AP Biology

class set up their own data collection stations with direction from HHLT educators Pete Salmansohn and Lisa Mechaley, with assistance from Haldane parent Jeanne Fitzgerald. Educators from the Taconic Outdoor Education Center were also on hand and provided valuable expertise. Tidal currents were measured by tracking brightly-colored oranges pitched in the water and, with assistance from the Garrison Landing Association and t h e G a r r i s o n Ya c h t C l u b , students performed a battery of chemical tests on sediment samples to get a sense of the human impact on the river. “I liked going in the mud and doing the project,” noted GUFS seventh-grader S o i b h a n Q u i g l e y. “ I l i k e d actually seeing what we’re learning instead of reading about someone else doing it.” Both groups seined the river with large nets. Among the more than a dozen species of fish documented were white perch and spottail shiners and a freshwater smallmouth bass. The influence of saltwater flowing in from the Atlantic Ocean was revealed by the pres ence of scuttling blue crabs, translucent bay anchovies and a tough-looking summer f l o u n d e r. “ I t ’ s t h e b e a u t y of the tidal system and the currents that you could get a freshwater fish and a saltwater fish in the same net, and the kids got to see that,” noted Mrs. Bakker. Although most students were not sure of the identities of the fish they were catching, they soon learned how to tell one from the other using a s p ec ial ‘ f is h k ey ’ b o o k let developed by the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater organization. The day’s results will be posted on the observatory’s website at www.ldeo.columbia.edu/edu/k12/snapshotday

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ZONING (Cont’d from front pg.) protection zone in the Route 9 business corridor. Additionally, the board will soon commission an economic impact study. “If this turns out to be a complete economic disaster,” Shea said, then the town won’t go through with it. The town has not yet decided who will undertake the economic impact study, which, among other things, should provide an estimate of what the probable tax increase would be. The deputy supervisor said he was pleased that citizens are now involved in the process, but cautioned against those who would ascribe bad motives to the town board. The zoning review committee developed the plan, spent three years crafting their proposal. All of their proceedings were open to the public. Shea acknowledged that some changes should be made to the zoning proposals. He said that neither he nor Budney received the document until August, and even now, “I can’t refer to sections of it myself and I’ve been into this for weeks.” Shea added that even those on the zoning review committee, including the planning consultant, had concerns about the document. “Should the document have come out [when it did]? I don’t know,” he said. “I feel like I’ve been upfront about this,” Shea added. “We’ve had piecemeal zoning for years. [Everyone should] sit down with the document and get familiar with [the new document].” It was only in recent months that sizeable crowds have showed interest in the proposals. In September, the town hall was inundated with Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) requests for copies of the comprehensive plan draft and of the zoning proposals. At the time, town clerk Tina Merando said in her 17 years there she had never seen that much interest in a document. Shea suggested that those filing FOIL requests might have been a bit overdramatic, noting that there was no need to file such a request. Shea said that the town board

will meet in the coming weeks with the planning consultant Joel Russell. At that point, the board will modify the document and then the maps will be redrawn. Russell, a 1972 alumnus of Harvard, is a Massachusettsbased urban planner and land use attorney who has been hired by Philipstown as a consultant during the redrafting of the town’s comprehensive plan. “[Joel Russell] clearly has a position about what he does; his website reflects his position about how the world should be,” said a man in the audience. “How do you find the middle ground when you’re working with someone who thinks a certain way? You’re getting one-sided advice.” Shea responded by saying the planning consultant is very intelligent and balanced. But the interlocutor was not convinced. “Can you rely on him (Russell) to provide the best direction?” he asked. “[His website] smacks of activism.” “When you hire a consultant, you’re looking for a view,” Shea said. “I think [Russell] is pretty balanced. I think he’s a good adviser.” Also at the meeting, Shea spoke about a “green flyer” that has been circulating in some area businesses. He described it as a “thumb in the eye,” and said it contained inaccurate statements about the proposed zoning changes. He underscored the need for civility and said, “If this sort of thing continues with green sheets flying around, it doesn’t help us.” When a man asked Shea about the logistics of the “open space overlay,” Shea said, “You’re getting into specifics. We’re here to discuss process. I can’t do it without the whole board.” Later on, when another resident spoke of overlays in a more general matter, Shea said he couldn’t comment because “You’re talking in generalities,” though he added, “In general, I will support overlays.” Some expressed concern that changing the status quo will only make it more difficult

for citizens to expand their businesses. A man in the audience who said he is trying to change the pitch of his roof said residents currently must meet relatively onerous requirements if they seek to make changes to their homes and businesses. “If this level of being denied exists already, how will it be in the future?” Shea saw it differently, saying that in the current system, “a lot of people think they have more rights than they really have,” which, in the previous discussions, disturbed some because they thought they had the right to do with their property whatever they chose. “The rights you have today these are the rights I’m going to push for going forward,” Shea said. Seeking to illustrate some of the broader regulatory confusion residents currently face, Shea cited the county department of health. “We (Philipstown) lose home rule to the board of health,” he said. “They approve things that shouldn’t be approved,” such as some septic systems in Continental Village. Tyler Gagnon, an executive member of the Concerned Citizens of Philipstown, said in his introduction that many members of the group “work late and don’t have time to go to meetings.” The group was formed, he said, to keep property owners and business proprietors informed of changes in the law that could affect the value of their properties and their quality of life. He encouraged all present to be civil while asking their questions, and there were no disruptions during the evening. “We are about protecting property we have purchased,” Gagnon said. The night ended with a cliffhanger question. A woman in the audience, expressing the populist sentiment in the room, asked whether the zoning can be brought to referendum. Shea said, no, that is not possible under New York State law. “Is there any way of getting around that?” she asked.

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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Presentation on Bannerman Stabilization Current Topics for Galef’s Cable Shows

Beneath Breakneck’s Stateliness Lies an Ominous Reputation (part 1 of 4)

Conservation and preservation issues were, during the early 1830s, beginning to be looked upon much more seriously in the Hudson River Valley Highlands. Back then negative quarrying activity had been creeping more perceptively into the consciousness of public awareness. Disfiguring of certain Highlands regions was fast becoming a frightening norm. In a no more naturally superb setting was the huge bulk of a fabled mountain in the northwestern extremity of the Town of Philipstown. “Breakneck” was, and remains, unchallenged master of all it surveys, including the then miniscule hamlet of Cold Spring, two miles south, on river’s edge, in Putnam County. Yet, lying beneath its prevailing stateliness, “Breakneck” continues maintaining its ominous reputation as a demanding attraction to any intrepid enough to attempt its craggy heights. A devastating upheaval of horrid defacement transpired in 1846, when a Captain Deering Ayres, in the employ of the “Harlem High Bridge Co.,” detonated a furious explosion that ripped from the mountain’s soul the natural striking sculpture of a human face. Known locally, and to hundreds of passersby from steaming pleasure boats and excursion vessels, as “Turk’s Face” or “Anthony’s Face,” this chiseled marvel of na-

ture’s genius was, in a flash second, erased forever from the Highlands anatomy. Certainly not for reasons conforming to public outrage with quarrying in the Hudson Valley Highlands, nor in atonement for having unconscionably betrayed the beautifulness of the Highlands natural environment, quarrying on Breakneck was halted during the 1850s. It can be speculated with a credible degree of probability that cessation of quarry ing operations on Breakneck at that time would event u a l l y, s o m e y e a r s h e n c e , be directly responsible for making way for a colossal engineering undertaking. On the draughtsman’s table were being created plans for an enormous aqueduct system from the Catskill Mountain environs to New Yo r k C i t y ; a c o n s t r u c t i o n task in which Breakneck Mountain would perform a dramatically decisive role. Although the water pipeline system at Breakneck wouldn’t begin until the early 1900s, there was, imaginably, very early concern on the part of state, county, town, and public authorities that any further quarrying activity on the mammoth precipice could seriously undermine, disrupt, impair, an d mak e ex t r em el y m o r e challenging the already complex and monumental proportions of the proposed aqueduct system.

Learn about the plans for the emergency stabilization of the former Bannerman Residence on Pollepel Island. On November 5, 2009 at 7pm, the Bannerman Castle Trust will host a public will host a public presentation of The Bannerman Island Residence Historic Structures Report and Stabilization Design at Beacon Institute’s Center for Environmental Innovation and Education, located on Denning’s Point in Beacon. Michael Devonshire and Kurt Hirschberg of Jan Hird Pokorny Associates will discuss historic and current photos and architectural drawings and details that will reveal the construction history of the Bannerman Residence and their plans to protect it from further deterioration. The presentation will be a great opportunity to get a first hand look at our plans for Bannerman Island and will also provide the public with an opportunity to get involved with the project. Jan Hird Pokorny Associates of New York City was originally retained by the Bannerman Castle Trust, Inc. to prepare an

Historic Structures Report for the Bannerman Residence. The report was funded through a generous grant from the Dyson Foundation and was a critical first step to amass data on the history and construction of the building in preparation for stabilization planning. Subsequently, the Bannerman Castle Trust, Inc. received a matching Environmental Protection Fund Challenge Grant for $350,000 to stabilize the Bannerman Residence. The Trust has raised over $220,000 and needs to raise additional funding of at least $130,000 to realize the potential total of $700,000 for design and construction, including the matching grant. Current sponsors for the project are Senator Steven Saland, who provided $50,000 for masonry repairs; the Dutchess County Industrial Development Agency, which donated $100,000; as well as many private foundations and individual donors. Jan Hird Pokorny Associates and their engineering team partner, Old Structures, were selected by the Trust to design the emergency stabilization

for the residence. Their stabilization design, which will be described at the presentation, has been approved by the New York State Department of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation, and it is hoped that work will begin in the spring of 2010 following an upcoming open selection process to retain a construction contractor. Jan Hird Pokorny Associates is a full-service architecture firm focused on the preservation of historic buildings. Supporters of the preservation of Bannerman Castle may make donations for this project online by going to www.bannermancastle.org. The structures on Bannerman Island are in dire need of stabilization and contributions will help to save Bannerman Castle, a unique Hudson Valley Landmark. There is limited seating for the Bannerman Residence presentation. Please call Neil Caplan for a reservation at 845-234-3204, or email your seating request to neilcaplan@ aol.com.

How to Update Your Resume and Find a Job O n M o n d a y, O c t o b e r 2 6 at 2:30pm, Liz Taylor of the New York State Department of Labor will present a free workshop on “How to Update Your Resume and Find a Job” at the Desmond-Fish Library in Garrison. Come to this workshop to get expert, personal advice on

how to make your job search effective and successful. All are welcome. Advance reservations are not required. This program was made possible by the Putnam County Legislature. The Desmond-Fish Library also has many books and books on CD on this subject which

can be borrowed, including Power Interviews, Gallery of Best Resumes, and What Color is your Parachute? A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career Changers. Visit dfl.highlands.com or call 424-3020 for more information.

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Montrose V.A. Hospital Assemblywoman Sandy Galef hosts Gerald Culliton, director of the VA Hudson Valley Health Care System, on her television show Dear Sandy. The discussion includes why the hospital is so important to today’s veterans, and

how the role of the hospital has changed over the years. Recently rehabilitated buildings add to the hospital to better target today’s common ailments. Culliton urges friends and family members to encourage veterans to seek treatment if needed.

“The VA Hospital is important in helping our veterans readjust to society,” Galef said. “Soldiers come back from service and need a place to turn. That is when they need our help the most.” This edition will be shown on October 23 and 30.

Working for Community Change Assemblywoman Galef hosts founding member and co-chair of Kent Fiscal Watch Joyce Mitchell and the Ossining School Board’s Citizen’s Budget Advisory Committee member Daysi Briones on her television program Speak Out with Sandy Galef. Briones and Mitchell discuss their work

with grassroots community groups and the reforms that these groups are trying to effect in their local municipalities and school districts. Galef’s guests talk about how they first became in volved with their committees and watchdog groups, the obstacles, and the successes.

In addition, Galef, Mitchell, and Briones explore the role that state government can play in assisting grassroots activists and local communities in reforms. “Citizens Working for Community Change” airs on Channels 15 and 21 on October 28 & November 4.

Tamagna on Shared Services Assemblywoman Galef hosts Putnam County Legislator Vincent Tamagna and Ossining Town Supervisor Catherine Borgia on Speak Out with Sandy Galef, to discuss sharing and consolidating services in municipalities

and county government. In this episode, Tamagna a n d B o rg i a i l l u m i n a t e t h e areas where they, and their governments, are working to consolidate and share. The three consider the necessity a n d e ff e c t i v e n e s s o f s t a t e

grants for sharing, as well as the public’s interest in this issue. “Working Hard for Shared Services” airs on November 11 & 18 .

The channels and usual air times are as follows: - Ossining and Peekskill, (for most of Garrison) Channel 15, Wednesdays at 8pm - Wappingers Falls Channel (for most of Cold Spring) 21, Wednesdays at 7:30pm -Yorktown Channel 74, Wednesdays at 7:30pm - Carmel, Kent, Mahopac, and Putnam Valley, Channel 8, Wednesdays at 7:30pm - Verizon FIOS customers should check their local listings

Kent Man Charged with False Reporting Sheriff Donald B. Smith reports the arrest of a Town of Kent man on charges of falsely reporting an incident and providing a false written statement after the man fled the scene of a traffic accident and then reported his car stolen. On October 15, 2009, at 2:44am, Deputy Sheriff Edward Kennedy responded to a report of a stolen vehicle at the Xtra Mart convenience store at 89 Gleneida Avenue in the Town of Carmel. Upon arrival, the deputy was approached by James M. Viola, 20, of Kent. Mr. Viola reported

to the deputy that he had left his vehicle unattended in front of the convenience store while he went inside, and that when he exited the store, the vehicle was gone. Mr. Viola provided a written statement to the deputy in which he reported the car stolen. At that point, officers from the Town of Carmel Police Department located Mr. Viola’s vehicle unattended at the intersection of Routes 6 and 52. An investigation revealed that Mr. Viola had been involved in a one-car collision, had left the scene of

the accident and then falsely reported the vehicle as stolen. The deputy arrested Mr. Viola and charged him with Falsely Reporting an Incident in the Third Degree and with Making a Punishable False Written Statement, misdemeanors. The defendant was released to the custody of his mother pending a November 16, 2009 appearance in the Town of Carmel Justice Court to answer the charges. If found guilty of the misdemeanor charges, the defendant could face up to a year in jail and a fine of up to $1,000 for each charge.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Explore Fort Montgomery by Lantern Light On October 6th of 1777 a brutal fight for the control of the Hudson River was waged a t F o r t M o n t g o m e r y. T h e battle raged all day and many fell killed and wounded. The struggle finally ended that night. Join members of the 5th New York Regiment and Fort Montgomery State Historic Site Staff, for a respectful, yet haunting, candlelight tour of the battlefield. The tour will depart from the Fort Montgomery

It’s Never Too Early for Halloween Halloween arrived a few weeks early at Butterfield Library’s recent Halloween party for the younger set, but none were heard complaining as they searched high and low for the not-so-hidden candy loot.

Vi s i t o r ’ s C e n t e r a t 6 : 3 0 , 7, and 7:30pm this Friday, October 23. Admission is free; donations graciously appreciated. Cider and donuts will be provided by the Fort Montgomery Battle Site Association. The Fort Montgomery site is located at 690 Route 9W, 1/4 mile north of the Bear M o u n t a i n Tr a f f i c C i r c l e . For more information about the event, please telephone: 845-446-2134.

The Halloween season’s ‘Main Event’—the C h a m b e r o f C o m m e rc e ’ s p a r a d e d o w n M a i n S t re e t , w i l l b e h e l d o n S a t u r d a y, October 24. Gather at 5 p m i n f ro n t o f S t . M a r y ’ s Church; the walk down to the bandstand begins at 5:30.

Patrol Washington’s Quarters with the Night Watchman A-haunting you will go when you accompany the watchman on his nightly inspection of Washington's Headquarters State Historic Site, Newburgh. Make reservations for A Night At The Headquarters on Friday, N o v e m b e r 6 o r S a t u r d a y, November 7. Be careful, though, you may come across things that go bump in the night. Call 845-562-1195 to make reservations for a thirty minute tour. The first reserved

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tour begins at 5pm. A new tour starts every 20 minutes, with the last reserved tour starting at 7:30pm. Reservations accepted up to November 5. Summon up your courage and head to the Museum to join the night watchman and begin your adventure. It's said there's safety in numbers. Who knows...? Admission is $4 per person, children 6 and under are free.

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‘Boo House’ Opens its Haunted Doors for Halloween The 'Boo House' will be celebrating its 8th year as a Carmel Halloween treat. The free haunted house has become a neighborhood tradition. It started with father and son hiding behind a tree to greet trick or treaters and has grown each year. The house this year is planned to be over 200 feet long from start to finish and is guaranteed to be a fun experience for the whole family. 'The Boo House' is located at 73 Dingley Road in Lake Carmel, off of Towners Road. It is open on Halloween night only and begins at dusk. There is no definite end time so come early. In past years the festivities typically went

until 10pm or so based on attendance. The Boo House is run by Robert Oliveri and John-Michael (JM) Denaut. Notes Denault: “We spend about 3 months on the house. We begin planning the house in August and spend all of October constructing it. All for one night. But we do it because we love it, and so do the kids. This year we have made the house even larger. We added a new section and spent a lot of time on our props and effects. It is sure to be a frightful delight to your senses.” Check out photos and videos from past years at www.TheBooHouse.com

Hudson Highlands Nature Museum Cries “Wolf!”

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On Saturday, November 21 at 4pm and again at 5:30pm, the Hudson Highlands Nature Museum will be hosting a special benefit for the Museum: Meet Atka—a live gray wolf at the Wildlife Education Center, 25 Boulevard, Cornwall-on-Hudson. This program will include an awe-inspiring up-close encounter with this important but misunderstood preda-

tor. Guests will learn about the history of wolves in the United States, the importance of wolves in a healthy ecosystem, and the efforts to save these magnificent creatures for future generations. Cost: $22 adults, $16 children 12 and under. Pre-paid reservations are required as there is limited space.. Call 845-5345506, ext. 204. Visit www. hhnaturemuseum.org.

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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Putnam Reader

‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’ Installment Three in which we meet Brom Bones

The pedagogue’s mouth watered as he looked upon this sumptuous promise of luxurious winter fare. In his devouring mind’s eye, he pictured to himself every roasting-pig running about with a pudding in his belly, and an apple in his

WASHINGTON IRVING mouth; the pigeons were snugly put to bed in a comfortable pie, and tucked in with a coverlet of crust; the geese were swimming in their own gravy; and the ducks pairing cosily in dishes, like snug married couples, with a decent competency of onion sauce. In the porkers he saw carved out the future sleek side of bacon, and juicy relishing ham; not a turkey but he beheld daintily trussed up, with its gizzard under its wing, and, peradventure, a necklace of savory sausages; and even bright chanticleer himself lay sprawling on his back, in a side dish, with uplifted claws, as if craving that quarter which his chivalrous spirit disdained to ask while living. As the enraptured Ichabod fancied all this, and as he rolled his great green eyes over the fat meadow lands, the rich fields of wheat, of rye, of buckwheat, and Indian corn, and the orchards burdened with ruddy fruit, which surrounded the warm tenement of Van Tassel, his heart yearned after the dam-

sel who was to inherit these domains, and his imagination expanded with the idea, how they might be readily turned into cash, and the money invested in immense tracts of wild land, and shingle palaces in the wilderness. Nay, his busy fancy already realized his hopes, and presented to him the blooming Katrina, with a whole family of children, mounted on the top of a wagon loaded with household trumpery, with pots and kettles dangling beneath; and he beheld himself bestriding a pacing mare, with a colt at her heels, setting out for Kentucky, Tennessee,—or the Lord knows where!

which he achieved as easily as a man would carve his way to the centre of a Christmas pie; and then the lady gave him her hand as a matter of course. Ichabod, on the contrary, had to win his way to the heart of a country coquette, beset with a labyrinth of whims and caprices, which were forever presenting new difficulties and impediments; and he had to encounter a host of fearful adversaries of real flesh and blood, the numerous rustic admirers, who beset every portal to her heart, keeping a watchful and angry eye upon each other, but ready to fly out in the common cause against any new competitor.

When he entered the house, the conquest of his heart was complete. It was one of those spacious farmhouses, with high-ridged but lowly sloping roofs, built in the style handed down from the first Dutch settlers; the low projecting eaves forming a piazza along the front, capable of being closed up in bad weather. Under this were hung flails, harness, various utensils of husbandry, and nets for fishing in the neighboring river. Benches were built along the sides for summer use; and a great spinning-wheel at one end, and a churn at the other, showed the various uses to which this important porch might be devoted. From this piazza the wondering Ichabod entered the hall, which formed the centre of the mansion, and the place of usual residence. Here rows of resplendent pewter, ranged on a long dresser, dazzled his eyes. In one corner stood a huge bag of wool,

Among these, the most formidable was a burly, roaring, roystering blade, of the name of Abraham, or, according to the Dutch abbreviation, Brom Van Brunt, the hero of the country round, which rang with his feats of strength and hardihood. He was broadshouldered and double-jointed, with short curly black hair, and a bluff but not unpleasant countenance, having a mingled air of fun and arrogance. From his Herculean frame and great powers of limb he had received the nickname of BROM BONES, by which he was universally known. He was famed for great knowledge and skill in horsemanship, being as dexterous on horseback as a Tartar. He was foremost at all races and cock fights; and, with the ascendancy which bodily strength always acquires in rustic life, was the umpire in all disputes, setting his hat on one side, and giving his decisions with an

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ready to be spun; in another, a quantity of linsey-woolsey just from the loom; ears of Indian corn, and strings of dried apples and peaches, hung in gay festoons along the walls, mingled with the gaud of red peppers; and a door left ajar gave him a peep into the best parlor, where the claw-footed chairs and dark mahogany tables shone like mirrors; andirons, with their accompanying shovel and tongs, glistened from their covert of asparagus tops; mock-oranges and conch-shells decorated the

From his Herculean frame and great powers of limb he had received the nickname of BROM BONES, by which he was universally known. mantelpiece; strings of various-colored birds eggs were suspended above it; a great ostrich egg was hung from the centre of the room, and a corner cupboard, knowingly left

open, displayed immense treasures of old silver and wellmended china. From the moment Ichabod laid his eyes upon these regions of delight, the peace of

his mind was at an end, and his only study was how to gain the affections of the peerless daughter of Van Tassel. In this enterprise, however, he had more real difficulties than generally fell to the lot of a knight-errant of yore, who seldom had anything but giants, enchanters, fiery dragons, and such like easily conquered adversaries, to contend with and had to make his way merely through gates of iron and brass, and walls of adamant to the castle keep, where the lady of his heart was confined; all

air and tone that admitted of no gainsay or appeal. He was always ready for either a fight or a frolic; but had more mischief than ill-will in his composition; and with all his overbearing roughness, there was a strong dash of waggish good humor at bottom. He had three or four boon companions, who regarded him as their model, and at the head of whom he scoured the country, attending every scene of feud or merriment for miles round. In cold weather he was distinguished by a fur cap, surmounted with a flaunting fox’s tail; and when the folks at a country gathering descried this well-known crest at a distance, whisking about among a squad of hard riders, they always stood by for a squall. Sometimes his crew would be heard dashing along past the farmhouses at midnight, with whoop and halloo, like a troop of Don Cossacks; and the old dames, startled out of their sleep, would listen for a moment till the hurry-scurry had clattered by, and then exclaim, “Ay, there goes Brom Bones and his gang!” The neighbors looked upon him with a mixture of awe, admiration, and good-will; and, when any madcap prank or rustic brawl occurred in the vicinity, always shook their heads, and warranted Brom Bones was at the bottom of it.

Editor’s Note: The PCN&R is serializing “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” published in 1820.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

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Support Groups at Putnam Hospital for Pulmonary Patients and Those Grieving

Legal Notices LEGAL NOTICE Pursuant to provisions of section 4-120 & 4-122 of the State of New York Election Law, official notice of the General Election publication by Putnam County Board of Elections is hereby given: General Election, Tuesday, November 3, 2009 Polls are open from 6:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M. All polling places in Putnam County are open for voting. PROPOSAL NUMBER ONE, AN AMENDMENT Amendment to section 1 of article 14 of the Constitution, in relation to the use of certain forest preserve lands by National Grid to construct a 46 kV power line along State Route 56 in St. Lawrence County. The proposed amendment would authorize the Legislature to convey up to six acres of forest preserve land along State Route 56 in St. Lawrence County to National Grid for construction of a power line. In exchange, National Grid would convey to the State at least 10 acres of forest land in St. Lawrence County, to be incorporated into the forest preserve. The land to be conveyed by National Grid to the State must be at least equal in value to the land conveyed to National Grid by the State. Shall the proposed amendment be approved? YES [ ] NO [ ] PROPOSAL NUMBER TWO, AN AMENDMENT Amendment to article 3 of the Constitution, in relation to authorizing the Legislature to allow prisoners to voluntarily perform work for nonprofit organizations. The proposed amendment would authorize the Legislature to pass legislation to permit inmates in state and local correctional facilities to perform work for nonprofit organizations. Shall the proposed amendment be approved? YES [ ] NO [ ] Copies of the above proposals may be obtained at: Putnam County Board of Elections 1 Geneva Road. Brewster, NY 10509 (845) 278-6970 or online @ WWW.ELECTIONS.STATE.NY.US PROPOSAL NUMBER THREE, COUNTY PROPOSITION NUMBER ONE The County Executive has the power to initiate reductions in appropriations when budgeted revenues are insufficient. Should the Legislature be given the same power? YES [ ] NO [ ] JUSTICE(S) OF THE SUPREME COURT 9TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (Vote for four) Francesca E. Connolly David Steinberg James Hubert Jeffrey A. Cohen Orazio R. Bellantoni Charley Wood Charles E. Stewart William L. Maher James Alexander Burke Mary N. Clark Stasia T. Vogel COUNTY SHERIFF (Vote for one) Kevin J. McConville Donald B. Smith Jim Borkowski COUNTY CORONER (Vote for one) Michael J. Nesheiwat LEGISLATOR DISTRICT #1 (Vote for one) Vincent M. Tamagna LEGISLATOR DISTRICT #4 (Vote for one) Mark R. Armon Mary F. Conklin LEGISLATOR DISTRICT #7 (Vote for one) Daniel G. Birmingham

DEM/WOR DEM /WOR DEM/IND/WOR DEM/IND/CON/WOR REP/IND/CON/RTL REP/IND/CON REP/ CON REP RTL RTL RTL DEM REP/IND/CON WOR REP/IND/CON REP/IND/CON DEM/IND REP/CON REP/IND/CON

TOWN OF CARMEL SUPERVISOR (Vote for one) David M. Wilson DEM/WOR Kenneth R. Schmitt REP/IND/CON COUNCILMAN (Vote for two) Suzanne F. McDonough DEM/IND Marc K. Pekowsky DEM/WOR Greg Ellner REP/CON Frank D. Lombardi REP/IND/CON TOWN OF KENT PROPOSAL NUMBER FOUR, TOWN PROPOSITION NUMBER ONE SHOULD THE TERM OF OFFICE OF SUPERVISOR OF THE TOWN OF KENT BE EXTENDED FROM TWO YEARS TO FOUR YEARS COMMENCING JANUARY 1, 2010. YES [ ] NO [ ] SUPERVISOR (Vote for one) Katherine M. Doherty Yolanda D. Cappelli TOWN JUSTICE (Vote for two) J. Peter Collins Kevin L. Douchkoff Maureen A. Fleming Joseph Esposito, Sr. COUNCILMAN (Vote for two) Edward C. Durkee Jeff Green John A. Greene Louis D. Tartaro Thomas F. Maxson Karl R. Rohde Receiver of Taxes (Vote for one) Joyce Mitchell Jean R. Johnson HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT (Vote for one) Anthony F. Caravetta Cris Dellaripa Paul C. Roncallo

REP/IND/CON/ROK REP/IND/CON/ROK DEM/REP/IND/CON/ROK DEM/REP/IND/CON/ROK WOR WOR DEM/IND/WOR DEM/IND/WOR REP REP/ROK CON/ROK CON DEM/IND/WOR REP/CON/ROK DEM/IND REP/ROK CON/WOR

TOWN OF PATTERSON PROPOSAL NUMBER FOUR, TOWN PROPOSITION NUMBER ONE SHALL THE ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION OF THE TOWN OF PATTERSON FOR THE PATTERSON LIBRARY BE INCREASED BY EIGHTY THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED NINETY THREE ($80,293) TO THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED FOURTEEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED NINETY THREE DOLLARS ($514,293) ANNUALLY? YES [ ] NO [ ] TOWN JUSTICE (Vote for one) TOWN CLERK (Vote for one) John E. King DEM/IND/CON COUNCILMAN (Vote for two) Kevin Burns DEM/IND Patricia E. Ploeger DEM Ernest J. Kassay REP/CON Ginny Nacerino REP/IND/CON RECEIVER OF TAXES (Vote for one) Sally A. Parfitt DEM/IND/CON Nanci Kalbfell REP TOWN OF PHILIPSTOWN SUPERVISOR (Vote for one) Richard R. Shea DEM/IND/CON Matthew Mastrantone REP COUNCILMAN (Vote for two) Betty L. Budney DEM/IND John J. VanTassel DEM/IND/CON Joselle L. Cunane REP Theresa J. Polhemus REP/CON ASSESSOR (Vote for one) Brian J. Kenney REP/CON

TOWN OF PUTNAM VALLEY SUPERVISOR (Vote for one) Dawn V. Powell DEM/IND Robert V. Tendy REP/CON JUSTICE (Vote for one) Gina Capone DEM/REP/IND/CON COUNCILMAN (Vote for two) Christopher Lieberman DEM/IND Wendy M. Whetsel DEM/CON/WOR Jacqueline Annabi REP/CON Patty Villanova REP Samuel E. Davis IND HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT (Vote for one) Earl C. Smith REP/CON Mark H. Pawera IND TOWN OF SOUTHEAST TOWN JUSTICE (Vote for two) Gregory L. Folchetti REP/IND/CON Richard W. Vercollone REP/IND/CON COUNCILMAN (Vote for two) Robert S. Cullen REP/CON Elizabeth D. Hudak REP/IND/CON Joseph P. DePaola IND HIGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT (Vote for one) Kevin J. Palmer DEM/IND/CON Michael E. Bruen REP VILLAGE OF BREWSTER MAYOR (Vote for one) James J. Schoenig REP/BFB VILLAGE JUSTICE (Vote for one) Richard L. O’Rourke REP TRUSTEE (Vote for two) Christine M. Piccini REP/BFB Teresa P. Stockburger REP/BFB LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE TO BIDDERS TOWN OF PHILIPSTOWN HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT Sealed proposals will be received by the undersigned Town Clerk of the Town of Philipstown at her office in the Town Hall, 238 Main Street, Cold Spring, New York 10516 until 2:00 PM on October 28, 2009 when the same will be publicly opened and read aloud for the sale to the Town of Philipstown of B I T U M I N O U S CONCRETE FURNISHED, DELIVERED & LAID IN PLACE B I T U M I N O U S CONCRETE FOB CALCIUM CHLORIDE DELIVERED WA S H E D SAND DELIVERED & FOB #2 FUEL OIL DELIVERED D I E S E L F U E L DELIVERED BANK RUN DELIVERED & FOB FILL DELIVERED & FOB TAILINGS DELIVERED & FOB I N S T A L L AT I O N O F GUIDE RAIL AND FURNISHING OF GUIDE RAIL MATERIAL WA S H E D C R U S H E D STONE DELIVERED & FOB M A N U FA C T U R E D CRUSHED ITEM 4 DELIVERED & FOB STONE FILLINGS DELIVERED & FOB Meeting the specifications of the Town of Philipstown highway Department. 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 awarded pursuant to this notice shall be subject to the provisions of Section 103 A, 103 B and 103 D of the General Municipal Law. DATED: October 14, 2009 TINA MERANDO TOWN CLERK TOWN OF Philipstown

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY C O M PA N Y. N A M E : KAHLUA BAILEY RILEY, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State o f N e w Yo r k ( S S N Y ) o n 10/02/09. 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 Saidel & Saidel, P.C., 3565 Crompond Road, P.O. Box 308, Yorktown Heights, New York 10598. Purpose: For any lawful purpose. LEGAL NOTICE Notice of Formation of KAPLAN’S KOSHER KART L L C . A r t s . o f O rg . f i l e d with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/24/09. Office location: Putnam County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process t o : M i c h a e l T. L a m b e r t i , Esq., 180 Froehlich Farm Blvd., Woodbury, NY 11797. Purpose: any lawful activity. LEGAL NOTICE Liz's Chemo Survival Kits, LLC filed on June 30th, 2009. Office location, Putnam County, NY. SSNY is designated as agent upon process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process against the LLC to 63 Hamlin Road, Mahopac NY10541. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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LEGAL NOTICE Notice of Formation of ALLEGIANCE STRATEGIES, LLC, a NYS Limited Liability Company (LLC). Arts. of Org. filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/19/09. 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 C/O JEFF COOK, 10 GROVE C O U RT, C O L D S P R I N G , NY 10516. Purpose: Any lawful activity. LEGAL NOTICE Notice of Formation o f B E Q U I TA , L L C , a NYS Limited Liability Company (LLC). Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 09/04/2009. Office location: Putnam County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her is: C/O Rebecca M. Bardes, 32 Bank Street, Cold Spring, NY 10516. Purpose of LLC: to engage in any lawful act or activity. LEGAL NOTICE Notice of Qualification of HUDSON EAGLE LLC. Authority filed with Secretary of State of NY ( S S N Y ) o n 0 9 / 11 / 2 0 0 9 . O ff i c e l o c a t i o n : P u t n a m C o u n t y. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 09/09/2009. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 31 Private Way, Garrison NY 10524. Address to be maintained in DE: 160 Greentree Dr., Ste. 101, Dover DE 19904. A r t s . o f O rg . f i l e d w i t h D E S e c y. o f S t a t e , 4 0 1 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activities.

LEGAL NOTICE Loftus Associates, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) on 9-15-09. Office in Putnam County. SSNY design .Agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to United States Corporation Agents, I n c . , 7 0 1 4 1 3 t h Av e n u e , Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any lawful activity. LEGAL NOTICE Notice of Formation of Marvik Solutions, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 9/22/09. Office location: P u t n a m C o u n t y. S e c . o f State designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to the principal business address: 30 Ivy Hill Rd., Brewster, NY 10509. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

LEGAL NOTICE Notice of Formation of PROFITABLE VENTURES, LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 08/04/2009. Office location: Putnam County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 20 Cliffside Court, Garrison, NY 10524. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held before the County Executive of the County of Putnam at Room 3 0 0 o f t h e C o u n t y O ff i c e Building, 40 Gleneida Avenue, Carmel, New York 10512 on the 20th day of October, 2009 at 2:22 P.M. concerning: A LOCAL LAW To A m e n d C h a p t e r 4 1 , Section 41 5 of the Putnam County Code Entitled "Designation of Official Depositories", as well as Section 41 10 Entitled "Purchase of Investments" adopted by the Putnam County Legislature on, October 6, 2009, Resolution R#277. This Local Law designates the following banks and trust companies for deposit of monies up to a maximum amount of $30,000,000 per company: JP Morgan Chase, TD Bank, HSBC, Key Bank, M&T Bank, Wells Fargo; and the following banks and trust companies up to a maximum amount of $6,000.00: Mahopac National Bank, Provident Bank, Putnam County Commercial Bank (a subsidiary of Putnam County Savings Bank), and We b s t e r B a n k . I t f u r t h e r amends Section 41 10(A) (2) by authorizing the Commissioner of Finance to contract for the purchase of investments by utilizing N e w Yo r k L i q u i d A s s e t Fund Cadre Securities Inc, in which can be invested a maximum amount of $10,000.00. Copies of the Local Law are available at the Office of the Putnam County Legislature, Room 313, 40 Gleneida Avenue, Carmel, New York 10512. At the aforesaid time and place all persons interested in the subject matter thereof will be heard concerning same. This Local Law shall take effect immediately. Dated: Carmel, New York October 9, 2009 Jennifer S. Bumgarner Putnam County Attorney

LEGAL NOTICE Notice of Formation o f S TAT H E A LT H C A R E SOLUTIONS LLC, a domestic LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 08/24/2009. Office location: Putnam County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 530 Saw Mill River Road, Elmsford, NY 10523. Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose. Latest date upon which LLC is to dissolve: 12/31/2034.

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY C O M PA N Y. N A M E : P U T N A M P R O P E RT Y GROUP LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State o f N e w Yo r k ( S S N Y ) o n 04/16/09. 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, 2 Fair Street, Carmel, New York 10512. Purpose: For any lawful purpose.

LEGAL NOTICE Notice of Formation of JDO Properties LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/6/09. Office location: Putnam Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: James O’Hagan, 21 Shallow Stream Rd., Carmel, NY 10512, also registered agent. Purpose: any lawful activities.

• Putnam Hospital Center’s Pulmonary Support Group will hold its next meeting on Monday, November 9, from 1 to 2pm, in the PHC conference room adjacent to the Michael T. Weber Auditorium at the hospital, which is located at 670 Stoneleigh Avenue in Carmel. Allison Stowell, a nutrition coordinator and registered dietitian with Hannaford Supermarkets, will be the guest speaker. The group is designed for patients and families of those living with pulmonary issues/ conditions/diseases. Registration is not required for the free group meetings. For further information, please call 845-279-5711, Ext. 2482. • The holidays are always a stressful time but especially so when you are trying to cope with the loss of a loved one.

Learn how you can gain support and comfort during this difficult time. Hospice Care in Westchester & Putnam, Inc., and Putnam Hospital Center are cosponsoring two free workshops on coping with the holidays when you are grieving. The two separate sessions will be held on Monday, November 9, and Monday, November 23, both from 6:30 to 8pm at Putnam Hospital Center, which is located at 670 Stoneleigh Avenue in Carmel. The programs will be pres e n t e d b y Va l e r i e B r a u n , L M S W, B e r e a v e m e n t C o ordinator, Hospice Care in Westchester & Putnam, Inc. The workshops are free but pre-registration is required by calling 914-666-4228, ext. 492.

Legal Notices LEGAL NOTICE WT 10/2009 October 19, 2009 Notice is hereby given t h a t t h e To w n o f P u t n a m Va l l e y h a s r e c e i v e d a wetlands application from the following applicant: WT 22/09 Michael Starn 1Chippewa Road TM# 51.81-1-37 LEGAL NOTICE Public Notice: Vi l l a g e o f C o l d S p r i n g Planning Board will be meeting at the Village Hall, 85 Main Street, Cold Spring on Tuesday, October 27 at 7:30 pm to conduct a public hearing on the the intended construction of an addition to the building at 144 Main Street and the intended change in the use of the building. After the public hearing, the Planning Board will continue its discussion on the development of a Planning Board application that would assist community members in navigating the planning process. LEGAL NOTICE TOWN OF PUTNAM VALLEY ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS N O T I C E Work Session Beginning at 6:30 PM – Communications Notice is hereby given to interested parties that a Public Hearing will be held by the Putnam Valley Zoning Board of Appeals on Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 7:30 PM at Town Hall, 265 Oscawana Lake Road for the purpose of considering the following petitions and requests together with all other matters that may properly come before the Board at this time. AGENDA Held over case 1)Acosta, Anthony 20 Rockhill Rd 62.11-1-67 R3 Request a side yard variance to construct a metal storage building. 2) Piotrowski, Craig 123 Lake Front Rd 62.10-2-2 R3 Request variance under Article XI, Section 16544A(1) & (2) of the Zoning Ordinance to increase livable space by more than 20% and height for proposed addition, and lake front variance. New Applications 3)Kuttruf, Bruce & Jennifer 10 Coleman Lndg 62.14-1-23 R3 Request front yard variance to construct a roof over existing deck. 4)Ronald, Kevin 141 Wood St 74.19-2-17 R1 Requesting a side yard variance to replace two existing sheds with one large shed. 5)Lantz, Michael Irma Dr 73.17-1-30 R2 Request a 280 A and a rear yard set back to construct a single family residence. 6)Starn, Douglas 1 Chippewa Rd 51.81-1-37 R3 Request 2 side yard variances, a lakefront variance, lot coverage, height within setback and an increase of livable space over 20%. 7)Maragni, Flora 51 Pembrooke Ct 92.-1-77 R1 Request variance under Zoning Ordinance Article XI, Section 165-9D to legalize a finished attic. 8)Glenn, Craig 6 Lee Ave 62.17-2-29 R1 Request variance to increase building volume, dormers, in non-conforming setbacks. Miscellaneous: 9) Warex Terminal Corp. 157 Bryant Pond Road 74.1-60 Open for discussion.

LEGAL NOTICE Please be advised that the Planning Board will be meeting on October 24, 2009, at 10 am with Applicant Dino DeRiggi, Peekskill Hollow Road, TM# 73.-2-21. The Planning Board will be conducting an on site visit. LEGAL NOTICE ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed bids will be accepted by the Village of Cold Spring up until 2:00 P.M. on Friday, the 6th day of November, 2009 for labor and materials required for the "Energy Conservation Project" proposed for the Wastewater Treatment Plant, 53 Fair Street, Highway Garage, 49 Fair Street and Wa t e r Tr e a t m e n t P l a n t a t 200 Fishkill Road, Cold Spring, New York. The labor and materials required for the Energy Conservation Project include: replacement of all e x i s t i n g f l u o r e s c e n t T- 1 2 lamps and magnetic ballasts with T-8 lamps and electronic ballasts, replacement of all incandescent lamps with compact fluorescent lamps at the village of Cold Spring Wastewater Treatment plant, Water Treatment plant and Highway Garage. A written statement of the work involved in the Energy Conservation Project and of bid requirements is on file with Village Clerk. All bidders may schedule and attend a pre-proposal "walk through meeting" at the above mentioned locations prior to submitting their bids. Copies of the written statement of the Energy Conservation Project and bid requirements are available from the Village Clerk on request. Bidders should contact the Village Clerk to schedule a date and time for a pre-proposal walk through meeting. Addenda, if any, will be issued only to those persons whose names and addresses are on record as having requested written statement of the Energy Conservation Project. Bids will be publicly opened and read at 2:00 P.M. on the 6th day of November, 2009 at the offices of the Vi l l a g e o f C o l d S p r i n g , Village Hall, 85 Main Street, Cold Spring, New York. BY ORDER OF VILLAGE BOARD VILLAGE OF COLD SPRING MARY SAARI, VILLAGE CLERK Dated: October 19, 2009

LEGAL NOTICE Notice of Formation of I. Michael Danoff LLC. Arts. of Org. Cued with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9 / 2 8 / 0 9 . O ff i c e l o c a t i o n : Putnam County. Principal business location: 42 F a r R e a c h Tr a i l , P u t n a m Va l l e y, N Y 1 0 5 7 9 . S S N Y designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Jo Backer Laird, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, 1133 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY 10036. Purpose: the provision of art advisory services, and any other purposes permitted by applicable law.

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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Haldane Varsity Football 9/11/2009 9/17/2009 9/26/2009 10/3/2009 10/10/2009 10/17/2009 10/23/2009

L, 28-14 @ CHESTER L, 18-13 PUTNAM VALLEY L, 18-14 LINCOLN HALL L, 18-0 @ TUCKAHOE L, 30-7 CROTON-HARMON L, 23-7 @ HASTINGS 7:00 PM @ VALHALLA

Putnam Valley Varsity Football 9/17/2009 9/26/2009 10/2/2009 10/9/2009 10/17/2009 10/24/2009

W, 18-13 @ HALDANE L, 47-30 HASTINGS L, 23-8 ALBERTUS MAGNUS W, 30-18 IRVINGTON L, 41-6 @ CROTON-HARMON 1:00PM @ DOBBS FERRY

Yellowjackets Trip Up Haldane Gridders PV Smacked By Croton, Dobbs Is Next

FROM THE FIELD by Alex Basso When a football team such as Putnam Valley gets moved down from Class B to Class C and they are having some success, they begin feeling very confident and even unbeatable. Then, meeting high-powered Class C teams such as Hastings and Croton, their confidence quickly

B.J. O’B R i E n

by B.J. O'Brien Despite playing well in the second half, the Haldane High School football team fell to a tough Hastings Central High School team 23-7 on Saturday. The loss dropped the Blue Devils to 0-6 on the season. Hastings improved to 5-1. Hastings scored early in the first quarter on an 11 yard touchdown pass from Luca Cobucci to Kevin Flaherty. The two-point conversion attempt was successful and made the score 8-0. I n t h e s e c o n d q u a r t e r, Brandon Abrahante scored on a one-yard touchdown run. The two-point conversion attempt was successful once again and Hastings extended its lead to 16-0. The Yellowjackets scored again later in the quarter on

another 11-yard touchdown pass from Cobucci to Flaherty. The score was 23-0 after a successful point-after kick attempt. Despite being down by such a big deficit, the Blue Devils showed a lot of heart in the second half and didn't allow Hastings to score any more points for the remainder of the game. Haldane scored its only points on a one-yard touchdown run by John McGuire. That was followed by the extra-point kick by Rafael Famighetti to make the score 23-7. Blue Devils head coach Tony Percacciolo was proud of the fact that his team didn't give up despite falling behind by such a large deficit in the first half. "They raised their intensity level up," he said.

He didn't think his team played that badly considering that injuries have forced them to play quite a few players who don't have much experience. The coach pointed out that eight starters on offense were sophomores. The biggest scare in the game came when quarterback Raf ael Famig h etti, wh o is a l s o a l i n e b a c k e r, s p e c i a l teams player, and started the se a so n a s a r u n n i n g b a c k , was down on the field with what appeared to be a knee injury. However, after sitting out a few plays he was back under center. "He is like Gumby," Coach Percacciolo said, adding that he wasn't worried at first when he saw one of his best players laying on the field because he knew he would b o u n c e b a c k a n d b e o k a y,

Philipstown Little League 2009 - 2010 General Meeting & Board of Directors Voting Thursday, October 29th 2009 at 7:30 p.m. North Highlands Fire House – Community Room All Parents, Players, Managers, Coaches and Community Members are invited to attend this very important meeting. The League President, Eddie Barry will provide a current status of the league, summarize successes & disappointments of 2009, review preparations for 2010 and advise of proposed upcoming long-term capital improvements. Afterward, an open forum will be moderated for all league participants – parents, players, managers and coaches. This is your chance to comment on where you would like to see the league improve. The meeting will close with the 2010 PLL Board of Director Voting. Please attend this meeting and let us know how we can make our league the best it can be for your children.

Support your local Little League! Support your Board of Directors! Pizza and soft drinks will be served.

just like he has in the past. "He will run through a wall for you," s aid Coach Percacciolo. GAME NOTES: The Blue Devils will travel to Valhalla Friday night. The game starts at 7pm. Although the Vikings are 5-0, Coach Percacciolo believes his team can beat them. That is because Haldane has had to play a tougher schedule. "I feel we are prepared," he said. Running back Derek O'Dell was in uniform for Haldane against Hastings but was held out of action because he has been banged up. Coach Percacciolo pointed out that he could possibly play against Valhalla.

depletes. After defeating Irvington last week at the homecoming game, the Tigers felt like they could give Croton a good fight and possibly a win to grab a share of the league title. When the Tigers found out that Croton’s starting fullback would not play they were going into this game with their eyes on a league championship, but Croton would not let them off too easily. During the week leading up to the final game the Tigers had a bunch of enjoyable practices and seemed extremely prepared for this game. “Monday was a fun day of conditioning, Tuesd a y a n d We d n e s d a y w e r e double practices of offense and defense, and Thursday was nasty outside so the coaches let us out early and we watched a lot of film,” said tackle Gerardo Alvarez. “All together it was a fun week of practice and we were ready for this

game.” Entering this game the Tigers sounded ready for Croton and they were ready to grab hold of this league and secure a top seed in the sectional playoffs. From the opening kicko ff u n t i l t h e fi n a l w h i s t l e Croton executed every play and completely dominated Putnam Valley on all sides of the ball. The Tigers just could not get anything going, and after the first quarter they were already down 210 . “ We g a v e u p m u c h t o o early, we were down 21-0 after the first quarter. After a start like that it’s tough to stay in the game and stay positive,” said Marcus Givan. The team just gave up early and once they were down they knew they could not come back, and when your team has that sort of attitude you will never get back into the game. The Tigers were defeated 41-6, and were given their third loss of the season, f i n i s h i n g 3 - 3 . Wi t h t h a t

Croton is the league champ and Putnam Valley will be facing an extremely tough opponent in Dobbs Ferry on Saturday in the first round of the playoffs. Once the Tigers got down they just gave up and let Croton do whatever they wanted and they never had a chance to win from the start. Putnam Valley will need to put this game behind them as Saturday begins the playoffs and they really need to get prepared because Dobbs Ferry will be just as tough as Croton, if not tougher. “The second the Croton game ended were looking into next week” Givan said. “ We p l a y D o b b s , a t e a m just as tough as Croton. We can’t give up yet, we have one more game to play” said Marcus Givan. Well, as PV had hoped, the season will continue and they will be in the playoffs, and they will need to improve this week or Saturday will end their season.

P u t n a m Va l l e y X C Put Valley Volleyball Struggles but Has Fun Comes Up Short by Mike Horton

“We have a young girls team. I am excited to see how we The Putnam Valley HS boys grow the rest of this season, and girls cross country teams and next year, as well.” ran twice this week. Saturday It was not exactly a great the Tigers competed in the finish, but all five girls who Green Mountain Invitational in participated turned in career Pawling, and Wednesday Put best times. Casey Leake finValley ran in the league meet ished 12th at 25:25 and Siobhan at Croton Point Park. Divernieri finished 14th with The Green Mountain Invita- a time of 25:35; both won Alltional at Lakeside L e a g u e h o n“We have a Park went well ors. Audrey for the Tigers. “I Malek’s time young girls was pleased with of 26:40 was team. I am the way they ran,” good for 17 th , Shelley Spersaid Coach Jerry excited to see ling finished Zupan. “We are gohow we grow 22nd with a ing to come back to time of 27:55, Lakeside Park in the rest of this and Amanda two weeks for the season, and Hefner was Northern County 25th at 30:14. Championships next year, The boys ran and I wanted to give as well.” well in the race them a chance to run for the league here before then.” The Tigers were missing a championship. Putnam Valley few runners but still managed beat out Hen Hud, Croton, and to end up with a sixth place Peekskill, however they could not beat Ossining. 49-48 was finish out of 12 teams. Fortunately for Putnam Val- the final score to a great race ley, Jim Hertzel was there, and between the two teams. “We he led the Tigers, finishing 3rd had a great lead over them,” with a time of 17:12. Richie said Zupan. “But Ossining has Cianelli came in 19th with a a great pack running mentality time of 18:33, Logan Bagarozy and that gave them the win.” Hertzel, who has been strong finished 25th with a time of 18:47, Max Ringbom finished all year for the Tigers and is 63rd at 20:59, Austin Levesque shooting for a second straight finished 68th at 21:13 and state championship appearRobert Tendy finished 74th ance, notched a first place finish with a time of 17:10. at 21:51. The girls did not have enough Richie Cianelli placed third runners to place in the event, at 17:58, Logan Bagarozy finbut Casey Leake paced the ished 5th with a time of 18:02. team and finished with a time Tom Faraone finished fourth at 18:55. of 27:11. The Tigers will compete next At Croton Point Park, the girls finished fourth out of four in the Coaches’ invitational at teams. “I was very pleased with Bowdoin Park on Saturday. the girls’ times,” said Zupan.

by Mike Horton The Putnam Valley HS volleyball team dropped its last three games. Monday brought a loss to Ossining, Friday to Pawling, and Tuesday to Croton. Despite the sub-par play so far this year, there have been some bright spots to the season. Put Valley traveled to Ossining for a league game and lost in three straight games. “We played really well in the third game,” said coach Heather Henkels. “I thought we would be able to win it and force a fourth game. But Ossining finished up strong.” Nicole Turner had two aces, four kills, nine assists, and seven digs in the loss. Amanda Davoli had three kills, seven digs and Amanda Materasso also played well, adding four kills and five digs. On Friday Put Valley lost a tough game to Pawling in

five games. “They took the first game but we responded well in the second game,” said Henkels. “We played very well in the second, third, and fourth games, it just got away from us in the last game.” The Tigers got stellar play from Davoli, who had 15 digs, Turner added 11 kills to go with her 13 digs, and Carey Berry had four kills and five blocks. Cassandra Girvalo also played well with six kills and 11 assists. League opponent Croton hosted Putnam Valley on Tuesday, and the Tigers lost again in straight games. Davoli had another solid game with 14 digs, and Turner was good, as well, adding four kills and nine assists. “Every game somebody did something to show me they got better,” said Henkels. “We played hard all year, and we had fun.”

Put Valley Girls’ Soccer Team Drops Two Games by Mike Horton The Putnam Valley High girls soccer team lost its two games last week. It’s been a tough year for the Tigers so far, and they only have a few games left to add on to their one win this season. Friday Putnam Valley went up against league opponent Hen Hud, which has been one of the better teams in League D all year long. The Tigers were shut out, 9-0, by

a good team looking to get a good playoff spot. Goalie Kim Schneider had 21 saves in the loss. The Tigers did a bit better last Tuesday, but not by much. PV went up against another strong team in Haldane and lost, 6-1. An unassisted goal by Ashley Marks and 15 saves by Schneider were the only bright spots in the loss. The Tigers have their last game today (Thursday) at home against another tough opponent in Westlake.

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SPORTS A Good Week For The Blue Devils Mixed Results, High Emotions PVHS Gets Festive Moves Them Towards Sectionals During Spirit Week

Fred Kohut Annie Chesnut

The Haldane JV Boys’ Soccer team had three games this past week: a thrilling 2-2 tie against Putnam Valley with two 4-minute overtimes, a 7-2 win against Pawling and a 0-6 loss against North Salem. Pictured from left, front row: Matt Marino, Aidan Draper, Jack McCann, Trevor Van Brunt, Ander Stebbe-Glorius; back row: Coach Ahmed, Jake Heitman, Edmund Fitzgerald, Simon Close, Aidan Gallagher, Jay Marchese (on the net), James Rubino, Johnny Rotando, Ciaran Dillon, Robby Schartener, Jason Kane-Seitz, Jack Quigley, Patrick Daponte. Not pictured: Albert Bajsicki.

Tigers FH Ends Stellar Week with Loss by Mike Horton

Fred Kohut

Top Above: Katlyn Mastrantone drives upfield against Pawling. Above: Tatiana Gilmartin stops Dover as the team went 3 for 3 this week with wins of 6-1 over Putnam Valley, 5-2 over Pawling and 4-2 over Dover. The Blue Devils get ready for Sectional action with games against North Salem on Tuesday and Kennedy Catholic on Thursday.

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The Putnam Valley HS field hockey team beat Yorktown and Walter Panas High Schoolsthis past week, but dropped a game to Lakeland on Saturday. This weekend Putnam Valley hosted the first Cortesi Classic, a tournament held for teammate Kelly Cortesi, who passed away in July of 2008. Fox Lane, Lakeland, and Walter Panas all competed in the event that was funded

almost completely by the Putnam Valley field hockey team. Saturday the Tigers faced Lakeland in the tournament’s championship round. Put Valley was shut out 5-0. Emma Bozek had two goals and an assist for the Hornets. Megan Bozek added a goal and two assists, Bridget McGovern had a goal and an assist and Shannon Scavelli added a goal as well. Goalie Tianna Daley made 18 saves for Putnam Valley.

The Tigers beat Panas 2-1 on Friday to reach Saturday’s championship game. Hannah Tavella and Amanda DeChent each scored unassisted goals. Daley had six saves in the win, and Panas got its only goal from Kerri Rabbit. Putnam Valley took a trip to Yorktown Tuesday and came back with a 1-0 victory. DeChent scored the lone goal, which doubled as the game winner. It was unassisted.

Football and basketball star Marcus Givan, left, poses between class with class advisor and high school health teacher, Kurt Worell, both wearing their yellow T-shirts. by Annie Chesnut Putnam Valley High School celebrated its annual Spirit Week from October 5 through 9. In addition to the traditional pep rally and bonfire, followed by a spirited football win over Irvington, there was a powder-puff football game, an art challenge, and each day was a separate celebration: Monday was Wild Wild West day; Tuesday was Twin Day; Wednesday was Superhero Day; Thursday was Blue & White Day; and Friday was Color Wars. Members of the senior Class of 2010, whose class color is yellow, festooned the high school building entrance in the early hours of October 9 with streamers, metallic gold and bright yellow

balloons, posters, banners, and more. Most of the seniors wore every yellow-colored item in their respective wardrobes, topped off by bright yellow class T-shirts emblazoned with the words “Life’s a Beach.” The now ten-year-old school has never been short on spirit, with well over half of its students participating in interscholastic athletics, a strong student government, a tradition of volunteerism, and a core group of enthusiastic staff advisors who steer each class’s activities. The high school’s main hallway was a sea of yellow streamers. Other designated halls were decorated in red, green, and purple, the class colors of the junior, sophomore, and freshman classes.

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REAL ESTATE

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KC PAINTING - Interior & Exterior painting - sheet-rocking - taping - plaster repair. References, insured. PC #260. 265-3291. TRANSPORTATION AW Limousine. Affordable rides in luxurious Towncars to all airports & NYC. Professional courteous drivers. 1-866304-LIMO (5466) METICULOUS HOUSE Cleaning. Affordable rates, reliable, excellent refs. Insured. Call 845-590-7146 HOMETOWN HANDYMAN painting, dry wall, all your maintenance, repair & improvement needs. No job too small. Courteous dependable, affordable service. Refs available. PC lic #2807-A. Call George 845265-4710 LOCAL LOCKSMITH Services. Licensed Bonded Insured 24 Hr. emergency service. Security since 1970 locks, safes, camera systems and more. Call 845-528-5021. www.allalertalarm.com NAIRN CONTRACTING CO., LLC. Remodeling - Building Renovations - References - Insured - PC#441 Est 1987 845265-7810 MELLON ELECTRIC Residential - Commercial. New homes & additions. Service upgrades & generators. No job too small. PC#4409 845-4462579 Bob PC COMPUTER HELP NOW! Windows slow? computer crash? We can help! virus removal, performance tuning, upgrades, Wi-Fi, backups, lost pictures, lost music, iPod/ iPhone/Blackberry sync. Call us for all your computer needs, we service individuals and businesses. MS Cert. MAC to. In biz for 20+ years . 1(845) 2842390 KIMMEL BUILDERS ALL phases of construction. Large and small projects. many satisfied customers. view our website, kimmelbuilders.com 845-656-4956 lic PC941 ADULT CAREGIVER available. Exp, drive to all appts. Dispense meds. Companion. Call Ray 845-265-3769 PAINTING AND PLASTER Repair, Interior, 22 yrs exp. George Kimmel 845-831-8723 FINE ART PRINTMAKERS Hi res scans of originals up to 6 X 8ft. Color and B&W Archival inks, papers, and canvas. Any length X 64"W. State of the art digital since 1997. 845-809-5174 www.thehighlandstudio.com

HOME IMPROVEMENTS Kitchens, bathrooms, playrooms & tile work. Licensed & insured. Call 845-849-2299 for free estimates by Nick Mastrantuono. TUTOR All ages. Seventeen years teaching all subjects, including Spanish, Writing, Math, SAT plus College Essay prep. Weekly Art + Spanish Classes Frank Ortega 845-265-4236 DOWNEY OIL 90 YEARS of Warm Service. Visit our Web Site. DowneyOilNY.com 845-265-3663 SAVE ENERGY NOW! Home energy audits at reasonable rates. Call Home Energy Conservation Services at 914805-7787 or E-mail [email protected] Lic. and insured PC#5017 EXPERT GROUNDS MAINT Gardening, planting, landscape designs plus installation, stone walls, paver, walkways, patios. New lawns installed/maintained. Lic/Insured. www.create-a-scape.us 845424-2323 F.S. BROTHER'S CO Decoration of Beautiful Homes. Painting, molding, tiling, flooring. Good price. Good Refs Cold Spring 845-265-9354 HOUSECLEANING AVAIL houses, offices, apartments. Local references. call 845-8095336 or 845-787-8050 PC COMPUTER TROUBLE Repair/Instruction/Upgrade needed? We can help, reasonable rates 845-265-3089 HANDYMAN, HIGH QUALITY work, reasonable rates. Refs. Call 914-879-7904 leave message. HOUSEKEEPING AVAIL European woman will clean your house, office, apt. Long term local refs. Call Zuzana 914-469-1594 WWW.MIMISBASKETS.COM Now open for business! Mimi's Baskets - perfect for Holidays, Birthdays for Children/Parents/ Kids in College/Friends/Family for all giftgiving needs! YOGA CLASSES FOR HEALTH & Well-Being taught by Kathy Barnes (CYT) Mondays 7:30pm 10/26-12/14 VFW Hall Cold Spring $65. Register now 845-424-4669

RENTALS

REAL ESTATE NEEDS Limited Editions Realty 21 Main Street, Cold Spring. Call 845-265-3111 or go to limitededitionsrealty.com

COLD SPRING MAIN ST store for rent 1000 sq ft. Great location 1 block RR $1600/mo. Incl heat 845-528-1975

COLD SPRING VILLAGE Home: 3BR, 1+1/2 BTH, FPL, Hd Wd Flrs, Garden, Off St. pkng, + detached 2 story garage w/500 Sq Ft. office/artist studio. Great location, walk to train and shopping. $385,000. by appt only 845-265-2944

COMMERCIAL SPACE avail at 3021 Rte 9, Cold Spring. Warehouse 1,600 sq. ft. with office 300 sq ft. $2,000 a month. Great for any type of contractor. Utilities not incld. Pls call 845-265-3434

OWNER OPEN HOUSE Sat Oct 24th 1-4pm. Lovely 3BR/2.5 bath home on 1.94 private wooded acres across from protected land. Close to Cold Spring train and shops. Move-in condition. $475,000.81 Healy Road (off Rte 301) 845-265-3462 for more info and directions.

GARRISON 3BDRM 2BATH house renovated 1860 farm house, beamed ceilings, skylites, sub zero. Unique inholding in Fahnestock State Park amid 3500 acres of forest, lakes, water falls, meadows. Garrison school, lawn care, lake & beach permits incld. $2400/mo 845-265-2519

MISC

PETS

BIJOU GALLERIES LTD New vintage jewelry and books plus other items. Come visit at 50 Main Street Cold Spring Daily 11-5 Bijougalleries.com

LOST OR FOUND PET? Call Dog Control Officer, 265-4732. Call Sheriff's Dept., 225-4300 only in an emergency.

COLD SPRING/BEACON 9D Mins, DIA, I84, RR, 70 NYC, Hudson Views, Boats, 3bdrm, den, 2 bth, $1600 914-5847137 or 914-960-0069

FREE FURNITURE, SOME NEW some old, 10/24 9am-11am, come prepared to haul away. 134 Hustis Road.

TAG SALE CONTRACTOR SALE 9-4PM 10/24, 2 Division Street Nelsonville, follow signs scaffolding, saws, ladders, too many tools to lift.

VOTE RICHARD SHEA for Philipstown Supervisor. More at sheaforsupervisor.com andphilipstowndc.wordpress.com

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 NATURE POET W/GOOD refs seeks room to rent or caretaker position in a quiet place near the woods (from Nov/Dec 09) to April, 2010. email: [email protected] 845-265-1076

HELP WANTED NEWSPAPER LABELER on Wed morning from 9am until finished. Must be dependable and fast worker. Duties include labeling, bagging papers, bundling papers, occasional inserts and delivery to PO. Call Put Co News 845265-2468 ask for Carol. SERVER POSITION AVAIL at Hudson House River Inn, Cold Spring. Call Richard 845265-9355

PUTNAM VALLEY Dog control office operates small impound. Please contact them if your dog is missing and might have travelled into Putnam Valley. 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 [email protected] 845-424-6017 John Funck 43 Cutler Lane, Garrison A NEW LEASH ON LIFE Pet Care. dog walking and pet sitting 4th generations area res. Reliable, dependable, great w/ animals! Exc refs avail. Call 845-625-4481 DINGO: THIS HANDSOME Carolina mix dog was brought to the shelteer because his family could no longer keep him. due to circumstances, they were losing their home and had to move where they couldn't take Dingo. He is very well behaved, loves to play with other dogs and is wonderful with children. He has a ball in the dog park but he does chase cats. Dingo is perfect for a family who is looking for a playful, well trained dog. He is 3 years old, up to date on vaccinations, neutered and microchipped. Adoption fee is $120.Putnam Humane Society Old Route 6, Carmel 845-225-7777 Mon-Fri 10-6pm Sat/Sun 10-4pm. Come to our adoption event Sat Oct 24 from 11am-2pm at North West Restorative Therapy & Nursing Home, 3550 Lexington Ave, Mohegan Lake.

GARRISONPROFESSIONAL Office Rental at The Stone House. Excellent Location, Rt 9 at Putnam/Westchester border. $475 Mo. Includes heat, electric, parking. 1 Mo FREE RENT + $250 lease signing bonus for credit worthy tenant. Ref, Sec. Indian Brook Properties 845-788-4191 OFFICE SPACE AVAIL for Healthcare Professional in Cold Spring. 845-265-2275 GARRISON CHARMING 3 bdrm 1 bth apt on horse farm. Hiking & trails. $1800/mo inclds utils 845-424-3324 THREE TO FOUR BDRM house on large estate. Access to trails, boat, dock, peaceful, private setting. $2,000/mo + utils. One mo Sec + last mo. 914-621-8599 STORE FOR RENT IN THE heart of Main Street Cold Spring. $950/month 845-4243478 ONE BDRM STUDIO COTTAGE w/loft. Newly renovated. Avail Nov 1, $1,000/mo + utils. Close to train, Refs. 845-424-2323 COLD SPRING VILLAGE Riverview apt, large 1BR, LR w/fplce, lots of closet space, central air, whirlpool tub, 1 large deck directly facing river, 1 private deck off BR in back. 3 min walk to train and shops. Outdoor assigned pkng spot incld. Sec entrance, elevator, laundry room. $1625/mo + 1 mo sec/no fee. Avail Nov 1. Laurie 914-906-3563

COLD SPRING VILLAGE 2 BR cottage, New kitchen appliances, cabinets, sink. Window AC, ceiling fans. Newly painted interior. Small yard. 1 year lease. Ref, Sec, Fee. $1000/mo. Indian Brook Properties 845-788-4191

ANTIQUE SALE FARM tables old or custom made. Adirondack chairs, dressers, wash stands. Lots more. Wholesale prices. Sun 11-5pm or by appointment. Tompkins Corners on Peekskill Hollow Rd, Putnam Valley 845-225-6068

SECOND FLOOR STUDIO w/private entrance; Cathedral ceiling; brick wall; spiral staircase to loft; w/w carpeting; ample closets; renovated kitchen; walking distance to RR/Stores/Restaurants; HW incld; No pets/smoking. Sec/ Refs. 845-265-9124

FIREWOOD SEASONED split hardwoods, Oak, Maple, Ash, Locust. $200 full cord, delivered. Stacking avail 914490-6310

1 BDRM APT COLD SPRING $650/mo. Refs/Sec. Heat incld. 845-265-2151 or 845-702-1303 LARGE STUDIO APT available in Cold Spring village. Utilities incld. 914-7795999 $800/month

FOR SALE 2000 PONTI FIREBIRD T-Top Silver/Black interior, auto, 6cyl, 55,000mi, nice condition. $7300. 914-980-8063 2 WALL FURNACES/PROPANE Empire direct Vent lg DV351SG w/fan Sm DV2157 sg w/fan. Working Order from Synergy RT9. Best Offer 917940-7125

IMAGE 15.5 S TREADMILL Excellent condition, lightly used. Asking $100. Originally $375. 845-809-5155 GIRLS WHIMSICAL BDRM set. Perfect cond. Twin Bed + mattress set. Desk + Book hutch w/chair, dresser/mirror $700. 845-424-4029

LOST BLACK CAT MALE 1yr old not neutered. No collar last seen Parrott St, Cold Spring. Name is Pluto. Cal 845490-0892 FOUND ON 9D NEAR Manitoga. Black cat with orange spots (tortoise shell) and bright green eyes. Flea collar but no ID collar. 845-424-6075

SELLING A LARGE AMOUNT of plumbing supplies, including copper tubing and lots of fittings of various sizes. too much to list. Call Dennis 845-424-4251 BRAND NEW, NEW ENGLANDER Pellet Stove, never used. Heats up to 2200sq. ft. $1700. Call 845-424-4251 DOUBLE NICHE AT ROSE Hills Memorial Park, Putnam Valley, $1500 in section Lakeview 5. Must sell. Live in Florida 727-545-5713

STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP MANAGEMENT AND CIRCULATION The Putnam County News & Recorder Publication No. 605-240 Weekly: Published Wednesdays at 86 Main Street Cold Spring, NY 10516 Publisher: Elizabeth Ailes 86 Main Street,PO Box 185 Cold Spring, NY 10516 Editor: Joseph P. Lindsley Jr. 86 Main Street,PO Box 185 Cold Spring, NY 10516 Managing Editor: Elizabeth Ailes 86 Main Street,PO Box 185 Cold Spring, NY 10516

Owner: Roger Ailes 86 Main Street, PO Box 185 Cold Spring, NY 10516 Owned by The Putnam County News and Recorder, LLC Total number copies printed: 3300 Paid circulation, vendors, etc.:1200 Mail Subscriptions: 1872 Free Distribution: 42 Total Distribution: 2799 Copies not distributed: 186 Total: 3300 Elizabeth Ailes Publisher