The
PUTNAM C OUNTY NEWS
CXLIII
No. 14
Outward Bound Eyes Move From Garrison Notes of Change in the Village Hall
by Joe Lindsley Jr.
The dirt road identified as
“Mystery Point,” off of Route
9D between Garrison and
the Bear Mountain Bridge,
is appropriately named. A
long and winding driveway
cloaked under a canopy of
thick woods and foliage leads
down to an old brick man-
sion, which, since 1993 has
served as the headquarters of
Outward Bound, USA, which
is known for offering wilder-
ness education programs from
Colorado to Maine.
Scenic Hudson, which owns
the property, originally leased
the house, the former home
of the Swinburne family, to
Outward Bound, with the un-
derstanding that the organi-
zation would own it in 40
years. But with the house in
need of repairs and donations
dwindling, Outward Bound
has decided to relocate to
its New York City offices,
and Scenic Hudson has put
the mansion on the market.
“It is an outstanding piece of
land,” said Outward Bound’s
national president, John Read,
of the tract on which the house
sits. “The natural setting is so
consistent with what Outward
Bound is about. We use the
wilderness as a classroom.”
But he said they would need
(See Mystery on Page 8)
Disturbance on Cold Spring’s Main Street
A police SWAT van races around a corner in Cold Spring, en route to a disturbance on
lower Main Street. A number of police agencies enlisted in the effort to subdue a village
resident who had been shouting from his rooftop.
Philipstown to Bondi: Don’t Privatize Nursing
by Michael Turton
Opposition to a plan that
would privatize home health
care in Putnam County ap-
pears to be mounting. In his
recent State of the County
address, County Executive
Bob Bondi proposed issu-
ing a Request for Proposals
(RFP) for providing home
health care services. Home
health care includes a wide
range of service--from simple
changing of dressings to home
hospice care--and is currently
provided by nurses with Put-
nam County’s Department
of Health.
Putnam County Legislator
Vinny Tamagna attended the
April 2, 2009, meeting of the
Philipstown Town Board and
asked trustees to join in op-
position to the privatization
proposal. Tamagna said that
the Putnam County Legisla-
ture would vote unanimously
against Bondi’s plan to issue
the RFP.
“This is one of the most
necessary services we can
provide,” Tamagna comment-
ed. “The dedicated staff that
We are 143 years old but new every Wednesday
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A L o n g T r a i l A-W i n d i n g
Mystery Point Road winds down the steep hill from Route 9D to the Outward Bound
headquarters on the shores of the Hudson.
Outward Bound Brings Vets to Great Outdoors Putnam County Courier John Marcinak’s Murder?
by Joe Lindsley Jr.
The Sierra Club is not fre-
quently associated with the
American military. As an en-
vironmental group, the club
promotes the “responsible use
of the earth’s ecosystems and
resources.” But in their mis-
sion to encourage people to
provides this service are our
neighbors and friends. In our
greatest time of need they
give us the service we need,”
he said. Tamagna added that
more than 20 county employ-
ees would lose their jobs if
the program is privatized.
Tamagna also argued that it
makes economic sense to keep
the program under c o u n t y
auspices, indicating that 91
percent of program costs are
recovered through outside
revenue from such sources
as Medicare and Medicaid.
He also stated that privatiz-
ing home health care would
jeopardize the Health Depart-
ment’s state license to offer
such services as WIC (Women,
I n f an ts an d C h ild r en ) a n d
immunization programs.
In his State of the County
address County Executive
Bondi said, “our decision to
do this RFP does not implic-
itly mean that we are adamant
on selling our license and
discontinuing our ability to
offer this program; it simply
means that we are interested
in seeing whether or not there
is an organization that can
and RECORDER
PCN&R Owners Revive Was There a Witness to
appreciate and enjoy the out-
doors, they recently partnered
with the wilderness educa-
tion program Outward Bound
to offer free expeditions for
veterans returning from Iraq
and Afghanistan.
Outward Bound, which be-
gan as a way to help British
merchant marines survive life-
supply this service in a better,
more cost-efficient manner.”
Regarding the loss of jobs,
he went on to say that “the
nurses that the county would
lay off by eliminating the
Home Health Agency would
have the best chance of gain-
ing employment with the new
provider…this could very
Deputy
Supervisor
Richard Shea
reports a
significant drop
in heating oil
consumption
thanks to town’s
new boiler.
possibly be another one of
those “win-win” situations.”
The town board did not deal
with the issue that evening
but in a meeting the follow-
ing day passed a resolution
opposing privatization of
Putnam County’s Certified
Home Health Agency.
Anyone who has owned an
threatening conditions, has
long served Vietnam veterans
by offering structured wilder-
ness courses as a means of
helping servicemen recover
from the horror of war. As
T.S. Eliot once wrote, “the
whole earth is our hospital,”
and Outward Bound believes
( S e e Ve t s o n P a g e 8 )
by Joe Lindsley Jr.
On Thursday, April 2, there
was a spectacle on Cold
Spring’s lower Main Street.
While a crowd peered over the
fence from the other side of
the tracks, an obviously dis-
traught village resident who
once ran for mayor shouted
from the rooftop of his home
while police cordoned off the
surrounding blocks. The area
was soon filled with armed
law enforcement officers rep-
resenting agencies ranging
from the state environmental
conservation police to the
county sheriff’s department.
At one point, a SWAT van
came careening down Main
Street.
That morning, the Cold
Spring village police had
received a 911 call regarding
an “emotionally disturbed
(See Incident on Page 14)
older home knows of the chal-
lenges that these homes pres-
ent, especially when it comes
to heating. A town hall built
in 1867 is certainly no less
challenging. Deputy Super-
visor Richard Shea reported
that the recent installation of
a new boiler and insulation
is paying dividends. Shea
reported that a recent analysis
showed a 45 percent decrease
in the amount of heating oil
being used since the improve-
ments were made. The town
has received approval on a
series of state funded grants
to upgrade the aging building.
In other business Del Kar-
len, president of Garrison
Station Plaza Inc., owners
of the building that for many
years housed Guinan’s Coun-
try Store and Pub, briefly
addressed the board. The
Philipstown Planning Board
recently asked the Garrison’s
Landing group to rethink its
plans to convert the building
to offices and apartments.
Several local residents also
spoke against the change in
use at a recent Planning Board
(See Philipstown on Page 6)
Wednesday, April 8, 2009 Philipstown 50¢
Gallagher begins tenure as Cold Spring’s first new mayor in 16 years
by Joe Lindsley Jr. Spring’s parking conundrum, positive way. But you can’t
restoration of the waterfront, change everything.”
As a kid growing up in Nel- and making it easier to start The son of politically-in-
sonville, Seth Gallagher never businesses on Main Street. volved parents, Gallagher said
aspired to be a mayor or a Gallagher, who grew up he has always been “natu-
bagpipe maker. Today he is within sight of the Nelsonville rally drawn” to politics. At
both. On Monday, April 6, village hall, recalls walking Haldane, he served as vice
2009, the village trustee who to Cold Spring to see movies president and president of
won the election on March and hang out at the waterfront the student council, where
18 against Anthony Phillips as a kid. “I probably didn’t he had his first exposure to
by 59 votes, was sworn in as know that there were two vil- “what people can do work-
Cold Spring’s first new mayor lages,” he said in an interview ing together” and where he
in 16 years. A father of two, last week, noting that part of worked on everything from
the new mayor is a world- the reason why he ran was to setting up dances to getting
renowned musical pipe maker, bring back some of what he the bathrooms fixed.
and counts a famous Irish says the village has lost. He then attended Tufts Uni-
musician among his clients. He remembers the days when Mayor Seth Gallagher is sworn versity in Medford, Mass.,
Speaking frequently of the waterfront was a place in, while nephew Noah Gallagher where he studied international
“change,” Gallagher says his to gather and several gen- holds the Bible. relations. A study-abroad pro-
first priority is seeking some eral stores operated on Main gram in Seville, Spain, led
change for the village, in the Street. But, he said, “you’ll America changes and the world Gallagher to develop an ap-
form of federal stimulus funds. never recreate the perfect era changes. There are certain preciation for the period of
Longer-term goals include of the past, and it probably things you can do in govern- relative civility and tolerance
finding a solution to Cold wasn’t perfect at the time. ment to move forward in a (See Gallagher on Page 14)
by Eric Gross Reaction to the Courier’s by Michael Turton with me because of the lack
anticipated return was met of progress in the investiga-
Roger Ailes, a prominent with great expectation and There may have been a tion,” she commented.
Putnam County entrepreneur, enthusiasm this week. witness to the New Year’s Marcinak said that her
completed the purchase of Elected officials such as Eve murder of Garrison resi- children have stayed very
the Taconic Press from the County Executive Robert Bon- dent John Marcinak. Around involved since their father’s
bankrupt Journal Register last di, District Attorney Adam noon on December 31, 2008, death, erecting signs in front
Friday. The Putnam County Levy, Legislator Dan Birming- Marcinak was shot and killed of Garrison Garage honoring
Courier, considered to be the ham and Carmel Supervisor in front of Garrison Garage, their dad and helping to dis-
gem of the eight weeklies Kenneth Schmitt heralded the the Route 9 towing business tribute posters promoting the
that constituted the Taconic announcement. that he owned and operated. $20,000 reward being offered
Press, will be published this
Thursday.
Ailes said his prime concern
Executive Bondi said the
“closing of the Courier was
a great loss to all of us. We
In an interview last week,
Marcinak’s wife Janet told
the PCN&R that during a
for information leading to the
conviction of the murderer.
“When the kids are involved
was to resurrect the Courier counted on the paper for ac- March 27, 2009, meeting with they feel good about it,” Mar-
immediately. He is not focus- curate reporting and for pre- Putnam County Investigator cinak said, “So I suggested
ing on the other weeklies at senting the positive side of Robert Ferris, she and her that they call the Sheriff to
this time. Mr. Ailes will not the story.” children were told that a bus hear about the investigation
be involved in the day-to-day D.A. Levy noted that the driver, returning to his home first-hand.” Her nine-year-
activities of the paper. Courier was “Putnam’s voice in Poughkeepsie after work, old son John made the call,
Senior executive duties of in the press. The Courier cov- saw John Marcinak fall to identified himself and very
the Putnam County Courier ered everything from a heinous the ground in front of the politely asked for an appoint-
will be handled by Mrs. Eliza- crime committed locally to a garage right around the time ment to talk about the status
beth Ailes. She will serve as high school play in Brewster, of the murder. According to of the investigation. “I was
publisher and executive editor Carmel, or Mahopac. It’s good Mrs. Marcinak, the witness so proud of him,” she said.
of the paper, as well as pub- to have the paper back again.” also told police that he saw Marcinak was impressed
lisher of the Putnam County Legislator Birmingham a silver Toyota parked on with the way her children
News & Recorder. agreed calling the Courier the shoulder of Route 9 in were treated in the meeting,
Mrs. Ailes graduated with “Putnam’s ally in the me- front of Garrison Garage. The which at her request, involved
a degree in journalism from dia. Reporting was always passerby thought nothing of only one Sheriff’s deputy. She
Southern Connecticut State done with style and grace the incident at the time but said that Investigator Ferris
University and is a veteran and although accurate never called police when he heard explained that the investiga-
of the communications in- to purposely embarrass any of Marcinak’s death. tion is a very difficult one, in
dustry. She served as chief public official.” The meeting with the Sher- part because no one disliked
of programming for CNBC, Supervisor Schmitt said he iff’s deputy came about at John Marcinak. He told the
overseeing a wide variety of could always call on the Cou- the request of the Marcinak family about the potential
news and business venues and rier to “assist with a local news children. Janet Marcinak witness and indicated that
vice president of programming story. The paper covered not said that while she has kept billboards may be used to en-
for America’s Talking, the just the bad and ugly but the in regular contact with the courage more people to come
forerunner of MSNBC. good news stories as well. I S h e r i ff ’ s o ff i c e s i n c e h e r forward with information.
The Ailes’ have been resi- anticipate this will continue.” husband’s death, the pro- “The children were en-
dents of Putnam County for School officials also re- cess has proven frustrating couraged,” Mrs. Marcinak
several years and last July joiced over the paper’s re- to her children. “I would reported. She said that she
relay information to them and her children had held a
purchased the Cold Spring- turn. Mahopac Superintendent
based Putnam County News Dr. Robert Reidy said area as I received it, but the kids family meeting beforehand.
and Recorder. (See Courier on Page 6) were actually getting upset (See Marcinak on Page 14)
Passover and Holy Week Jim Guinan
Passover begins at sundown tonight.
Christians commemorate the Passion
of Christ beginning Holy Thursday.
See page 3 for
worship service listings.
In Sports
Ray Gallagher on Putnam Valley
lacrosse and Haldane baseball;
plus the “Putnam Sportsman,”
Lynn Greenwood,
Comes to Putnam Valley
See page 10
Public Notice
There will be NO pickup of recyclables in the
1925 - 2009
Village of Cold Spring on Friday, April 10th. “May the road rise to meet you, may the wind be always
The regular pickup schedule will resume on at your back, and until we meet again may God hold you
April 17th. in the palm of His hand.” See obituary on page 3
Page 2 T HE P UTNAM C OUNTY N EWS A ND R ECORDER
Did you put your snow shovels away? Spring truly
is a little late this year.
The big news “in the news” is that the Putnam County
News and Recorder and the Putnam County Courier
are now under the same ownership. The first issue of
the “new” Courier will be out on Thursday, April 9th.
We feel this will build a stronger connection between
both sides of the county and we will have the ability
to run not only articles but also announcements, com-
ing events, classifieds, legals, and sports articles--
just about everything in both editions.
Birthdays this week include Natasha Kapadia, Nick
Nastasi, Clea Trenner, Richard Wallin, Danny Vallone,
Rebecca Saran, Kate Johnson, Katherine Campbell,
Justin Booth, Katherine Chapman, Jack Villetto, Nikesh
Dalal, Fran Brooks, Sierra Lombardi, Matt Faherty,
Fr. Brian McSweeney, Michael Moran and one of our
favorite “town dogs” Tara (the Goose) Burton. Happy
Anniversary to Cynthia and John Vergilii. And we
wish a Happy Passover and Happy Easter to all during
this holiday season.
Meetings This Week
THURSDAY 4/9
7:00 PM - Cold Spring No Meetings Scheduled
Comprehensive Plan Special Board
7:00 PM - Cold Spring Recreation
7:00 PM - PV School Board
8:00 PM - Philipstown Town Board
Monthly Meeting
GUFS Welcomes
Review of Budget
Information
To the Editor:
Since 1997, the Garrison
School Board has encouraged
community members and teach-
ers to join us as we formulate
the annual budget; this group
is the Budget Advisory Com-
mittee. Each year, we provide
Committee participants with
detailed information about the
budget, and they provide input
and valued advice by review-
ing all of the information in-
volved in the development of
the budget for the upcoming
school year.
On April 15, 2009, the School
Board will consider adopting
the 2009-2010 Budget for the
Garrison School, a 0.3% in-
crease over the previous year,
which will result in a tax levy
increase of 0.12%. This pro-
posed budget, which incorpo-
rates many suggestions made
by the Budget Advisory Com-
mittee participants, balances
support of the district goals and
educational programs while
considering the needs of the
district’s taxpayers. This was
an extraordinary challenge in
these difficult economic times.
In fact, this is the third consecu-
tive year that Garrison’s esti-
mated school tax rates are an-
ticipated to be less than the tax
rates of the 2006-2007 school
year.
FRIDAY 4/10
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
The school budget is an in-
formed estimate of the antici-
pated expenditures and revenue
for the upcoming school year.
Our budget numbers are con-
servatively estimated. While
employee contracts are being
negotiated, it is fiscally respon-
sible to anticipate changes in
personnel costs and budget ac-
cordingly. Those changes have
been appropriately included in
the instructional component of
the budget document, and this
practice has consistently been
discussed publicly in Budget
Advisory Committee meetings
and announced in public bud-
get and School Board meetings
in the past.
The School District’s attor-
neys and auditors are aware of
this recommended practice.
This year, the District was also
routinely audited by the Office
of the New York State Comp-
troller whose report indicated,
“Our review of the district’s
budgets did not disclose inap-
propriate budgeting practices,
and revenue and expenditure
projections were reasonable.”
We welcome you to review
our audited financial state-
ments, which are available by
request from the
superintendent’s office. Bud-
get and election information is
also provided on the School
District’s web page at
www.gufs.org. Questions and
requests for additional informa-
tion about the budget are always
MONDAY 4/13
12 Noon - CS Swearing-In Ceremony
7:00 PM - Cold Spring ZBA Workshop
welcomed. Contact Superinten-
dent Gloria Colucci at 424-3689
or e-mail at gcolucci@gufs.org.
Carol McCullough,
Chairperson, Budget
Advisory Committee and
Garrison School Board
Member
Anita Prentice, President,
Board of Education
Gloria J. Colucci,
Superintendent
Abolish the State
Police
To the Editor:
Based on recent experiences,
it occurs to me that the State
Police could be abolished, sav-
ing millions of dollars. Elected
sheriffs are capable, enhanced
by local police and the National
Guard.
The FBI can be engaged when
appropriate. Would the FBI
casually dismiss as “a prank”
the hate crime where a Hispanic
family was victimized three
times with destruction of lawn
displays for Christian holidays?
Barracks K troopers termed it
“a prank.”
My own involvement with
Barracks K concerned a road
rage incident on the Bear Moun-
tain Parkway. I was menaced
by a Nissan SW trying repeat-
edly to force me off the road.
We were the only two cars on
the road. Minutes later, emerg-
ing from a stop sign on Route
9, he slammed on brakes, in-
viting me to ram him. My pas-
senger got the plate number.
Barracks K was uncoopera-
tive, refusing to give us owner’s
identity, which we later obtained
through a detective agency. The
plate number matched the car.
Finally, under Freedom of In-
formation, for $15 we obtained
TUESDAY 4/14
7:00 PM - Haldane Board Meeting
(Budget Discussion)
7:00 PM - Putnam County Legislature
Monthly Mtg
7:30 PM - Cold Spring Planning Board
Monthly Mtg
7:30 PM - Cold Spring Bd Wkly Wkshp
a heavily edited copy of the
police report.
The State Police captain dis-
agrees with my contention that
road rage is attempted murder.
He agrees that the incident hap-
pened, but dismisses it, refus-
ing an arrest, because “there was
no contact between the cars.”
State Police do not come up
for reelection. That is why 1
support Putnam County Sher-
iff Donald Smith. We can use
less duplication in government
and save dollars by eliminat-
ing a segment unresponsive to
the people.
Burton R. Laux
Garrison
District Must
Freeze Staff
Salaries
To the Editor:
After an intensive, cogent,
and sometimes tumultuous
2009-2010 GUFSD budget
development process, the re-
vised plan calls for a .12 per-
cent tax increase due to in-
creased state aid. This is com-
mendably well below the ap-
proximate 3.4 % hike on the
table a few weeks ago.
But if in turn late autumn
STAR rebate checks have been
eliminated, where’s the beef?
To achieve true not faux tax-
payer relief, the district will
have to get down to the busi-
ness of freezing staff salaries
and benefits, at least for those
making more than $60,000.
Until the recession is over, re-
negotiating all contracts is the
fair, even moral, thing to do.
Goldee Greene
GUFSD Budget Advisory
Committee
School Challenge second is the allowed 4% gen-
eral fund for unexpected events,
Ahead but earmarked. The third fund,
To The Editor: about $560,000, was mentioned
We are glad that there will briefly. There is a legal payment
be almost no tax increase in the pending. It would be sensible
Garrison School budget for to consider all this information
2009-10. It has taken much in budget meetings. The teacher
patience, persistence, and grace contract is in negotiation, but
on the part of Superintendant the issues are unknown, let alone
the desired outcome.
Colucci to reduce the original
It seems customary to bud-
budget amid a number of con-
flicting opinions and requests. get for a surplus every year, as
The whole budget committee typically $250,000 to $350,000
worked hard. is left over. When the surplus
accumulates, it is used for a so-
There is, however, a monu-
mental challenge ahead: to con- called worthy cause – but with-
tinue our standards of educa- out open, public long-range
tion while the economy contin- planning. Especially in this
ues to disintegrate. This year economy, taxpayers must agree
we’ve been assisted by the state. to the creation of a surplus and
But the state pays little of the how it is used. All these issues
school costs in Garrison; the affect the community. The
taxpayers are responsible for School Board takes on a great
almost all. As a taxpayer, I responsibility, and as very few
would like to know exactly what community members appear at
our situation is. Thanks to in- Board meetings, what can the
tense concern over a tax in- Board do but follow their own
crease, this year more financial views?
information came to light. Finally, there is one additional
However, it is all still puzzling. piece to this puzzle: the intrac-
There are three funds that we table issue of locked-in yearly
know of outside the budget. One teacher raises. The raises are
fund is money is set aside for set by a combination of three
retroactive teacher raises. A factors: the step is a raise for
WEDNESDAY 4/15
7:00 PM - PV Town Board Hearing
7:30 PM - Garrison School Board
7:30 PM - Philipstown Bd wkly wkshp
8:00 PM - CS Historic Review Board
Cold Spring Winter
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ST. MARY’S EPISCOPAL
CHURCH IN THE
HIGHLANDS
1 Chestnut Street,
Cold Spring
Fr. Shane Scott-Hamblen,
Rector, 265-2539
Mr. Ron Greene, Senior
Warden, 265-3624
www.stmaryscoldspring.
dioceseny.org
Thu. Apr. 9 - Maundy Thurs-
day, service at 7pm, 9pm-mid-
night: Eucharistic Watch
Fri. Apr. 10 - Good Friday,
service at 12 noon
Sat. Apr. 11 - Easter Vigil,
service at 7pm, w/ open bap-
tism
Sun. Apr. 12 - Easter Sunday,
services at 8am and 10:30am,
followed by Easter egg hunt
GRACE UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
337 Peekskill Hollow Road,
Putnam Valley
Pastor Tony Mecca
845-526-3788
Sunday Service & Sunday
School: 10 am.
Prayer Service w/ Com-
munion: Tues 7 pm. “Tuesdays
w/ Tony” - Discussion group,
9am.
FRANCISCAN FRIARS
OF THE ATONEMENT
Route 9, Garrison
424-3671
graymoorcenter@
atonementfriars.org
Wed. Apr. 8 - Sacred
Triduum, 8pm
Thu. Apr. 9 - Mass of the
Lord’s Supper, 8pm
Fri. Apr. 10 - Celebration of
the Lord’s Passion, 3pm; Sta-
tions of the Cross, 8pm
Sun. Apr. 12 - Sunrise ser-
vice, 6:22am; Sunday Eucha-
rist, 11am
Sunday Eucharist - 11am,
Pilgrim Hall.
Daily Mass - Mon. - Sat.
11:30am.
Mondays - Holy Hour, 8pm.
Centering Prayer - 8pm.
Monthly Prayer Meeting 2nd
ST. LUKE’S LUTHERAN
CHURCH
65 Oscawana Lake Rd.,
Putnam Valley
www.stlukesputnamvalley.org
528-8858,
mail@stlukesputnamvalley.org
Sunday Worship - Service:
9am, Coffee hour: 10:15am,
Family Communion Service
including Sunday School:
10:30am
Thu. - Prayer Service, 8pm
Free Seminar on Wills Hosted
by Putnam Valley Lions
Robert A. Cinque of
Goldsand & Cinque, Esqs. will
address the Putnam Valley
Chapter of the Lions Club In-
ternational on the topic of “Wills
– And Why You Need One” on
Monday, April 13, at 7:30pm
at the PV Firehouse located at
12 Canopus Hollow Road next
to Town Hall.
Mr. Cinque represents clients
in estate and litigation matters,
as well as in the preparation of
wills, trusts, and other testamen-
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“The Funeral Home”
New York State law mandates that all contracts for prefunded funerals
executed by applicants for or recipients of Medicaid be irrevocable.
OUR LADY OF
LORETTO CATHOLIC
CHURCH
Fair Street, Cold Spring
(845) 265-3718
www.ourladyoflorettocs.com
Fr. Brian McSweeney,
Pastor
Masses: Sat. 5:30pm, Sun.
7:30am, 9, & 11:45am., Week-
days: 8:15am, St. Joseph’s -
Sun., 10:15am. Holy Days:
8:15am & 7:30pm Mass, Holy
Day Vigil: 530pm
Confessions: Sat., 4:30-5pm
Thu. Apr. 9 - Holy Thursday
Tenebrae Service, 8:15am;
Mass of the Lord’s Supper,
7:30pm
Fri. Apr. 10 - Tenebrae Ser-
vice, 8:15am; Stations of the
Cross, 12pm; Veneration of the
Cross, 3pm; Good Friday Pro-
cession, 7:30pm
Sat. Apr. 11 - Tenebrae Ser-
vice, 8:15am
Sun. Apr. 12 - Easter Services:
7:30am, 9am, 11:45am in Cold
Spring; 10:15am at St. Joseph’s
in Garrison
ST. PHILIP’S CHURCH IN
THE HIGHLANDS
1101 Route 9D, Garrison
stphilips.highlands.com
Rev. Francis H. Geer, Rec.
424-3571 - e-mail:
stphilips@highlands.com
Fri. Apr. 10 - St. Philip’s
Choir in concert, 7:30pm
Sat. Apr. 25 - Valley Improv
Group comedy show benefit,
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; same
time on Easter Sunday
DREW UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
28 Gleneida Avenue,
Carmel
Rev. Karen A. Burger
(845) 225-2019
www.drewumc.org
BEACON HEBREW
ALLIANCE
Conservative Synagogue
331 Verplanck Ave., Beacon
Rabbi Josh Wohl
Cantor Ellen Gersh
845-831-2012
www.beaconhebrewalliance.org
Fri. night Shabbat services
7:30pm
Sat. morning Shabbat services,
9:30am
tary documents. He is a mem-
ber of the Putnam Valley Town
Board and the Putnam County
Bar Association.
The Putnam Valley Lions
Club takes pleasure in hosting
this free seminar for area resi-
dents, and cordially invites you
to attend a complimentary buf-
fet-style dinner. If interested
please call 914-227-6053 by
April 10, 2009, to reserve a
space.
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Post Office Box 104
Corner of Parrott & Pine Streets
Cold Spring, New York 10516
(845) 265-3333 Fax (845) 265-7953
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH OF
PHILIPSTOWN
Academy & Cherry Streets
Cold Spring - 265-3220
Rev. Leslie Mott, Pastor
www.presbychurchcoldspring.org
email: FPCP@verizon.net
Worship Service: 10:30am
Thu. Apr. 9 - Maundy Thurs-
day Tenebrae service, 7:30pm
Sun. Apr. 12 - Family service,
9am; Easter egg hunt, 10am;
Celebration service, 10:30am
Chancel Choir Rehearsal:
Wednesdays 7pm
Office Hours: Monday and
Wednesday 9-11:30, Tues. and
Thurs. 9-2
Food Pantry: Saturdays 9-10am
UNITED METHODIST
CHURCHES OF COLD
SPRING & SOUTH
HIGHLAND (Garrison)
(265-3365)
South Highland UMC,
19 Snake Hill Rd. Garrison
Cold Spring UMC,
216 Main Street
Pastor Timothy Henderson
South Highland in Garrison
worship service at 9:30am. Cold
Spring worship service at 11am.
Sunday School occurs during
worship service time through
June 2009.
Thu. Apr. 9 - Holy Thursday
Service, 7pm, Garrison
Sun. Apr. 12 - Easter services:
9:30am at Sth Highland; 11am
at Cold Spring
St. Philip’s Choir to Perform Good Friday Concert
On Good Friday, April 10, at
7:30pm, the St. Philip’s Church
Choir will present for the
Philipstown community two
20th century choral works:
“Rejoice in the Lamb” by Ben-
jamin Britten, and the
“Chichester Psalms” by
Leonard Bernstein. The two
works were commissioned
twenty years apart by the same
man, the Rev. Walter Hussey,
an Anglican clergyman in En-
All Welcome at Graymoor’s
Holy Week Observances
The Franciscan Friars of the
Atonement will initiate the
Sacred Triduum on Wednes-
day, April 8, 2009 at 8pm, with
a Communal Celebration of
Penance in Little Flower
Chapel.
On Holy Thursday, April 9,
the Mass of the Lord’s Sup-
per will be celebrated at 8pm
in Pilgrim Hall followed by
the traditional procession to
the repository (St. Pius X
Chapel) where eucharistic
adoration takes place until
midnight.
On Good Friday, April 9,
the liturgical Celebration of
the Lord’s Passion will be held
at 3pm in Pilgrim Hall. The
Stations of the Cross will be
held outdoors at 8pm. In case
of inclement weather, the Sta-
tions will be held indoors in
Pilgrim Hall
On Holy Saturday, April 10,
the most important night of
the church year begins out-
doors (weather permitting) for
the blessing of the new fire,
the lighting of the paschal
candle, the singing of the
Exsultet, the service of read-
ings, the renewal of baptis-
mal promises, and the Easter
T HE P UTNAM C OUNTY N EWS A ND R ECORDER
PHILIPSTOWN REFORM
SYNAGOGUE
P.O. Box 94
Cold Spring, NY 10516
Unless otherwise indicated,
all services take place at St.
Mary’s Parish House, Cold
Spring.
Thu. Apr. 9 - Passover Seder,
6pm, St. Mary’s Parish House.
Led by James Thomashower &
Sharona Berken. Full meal, all
welcome, res. req’d. Call
Rhoda/265-4185 or Barbara/
897-5875
REFORM TEMPLE OF
PUTNAM VALLEY
362 Church Road
Putnam Valley
Rabbi Allen Darnov
(845) 528-4774
www.rtpv.org
Shabbat Services: Fridays,
8pm; Young people’s service-
third Friday of the month, 7pm.
Hebrew School, ages 3+
Thu. Apr. 9 - 2nd night Pass-
over seder, 6:30 pm, RTPV
Social Hall, $10/adult, $5/child,
$30/family
COLD SPRING
BAPTIST CHURCH
(American Baptist
Churches, USA)
Paul Laurelli
(Interim Pastor)
245 Main St., Cold Spring
265-2022
Sunday Services, 10:30am
Wednesdays: Prayer- Fellow-
ship time, 7pm
gland with a great fondness for
the arts.
Benjamin Britten, (1913-
1976) wrote the festival can-
tata “Rejoice in the Lamb” for
Rev. Hussey in 1943 for the 50th
anniversary of St. Matthew’s
Church in Northampton, where
Hussey was vicar. For his text,
Britten took material from the
poem “Jubilate Agno” by Chris-
topher Smart, (1722-1771).
Smart had suffered from what
Eucharist. The Graymoor
Chorale supports the congre-
gation in song. Refreshments
follow.
On Easter Sunday, there will
be a sunrise service at 6:22am
near the St. Francis Chapel
bell tower as well as the regu-
lar 11am Sunday Eucharist in
Pilgrim Hall.
For more information about
Holy Week services, call the
Graymoor Spiritual Life Cen-
ter at 424-2111. Graymoor is
located on Route 9 in Garri-
son.
James “Jim” Guinan
James Guinan passed away
peacefully on April 1, 2009, in
Tampa, Florida. He was born
in Birr, Co. Offaly, Ireland, to
John and Kathleen Guinan. He
emigrated to England to find
work and it was there he met
and married Margaret “Peg”
Curnyn. Seven years and four
children later, they made their
move to America. They made
their home in Garrison, and in
1959 they bought a store in the
Depot and named it Guinan’s
Country Store. He and Peg
operated the business until Peg
passed in 1988. With the help
of his family and friends, Jim
continued to run the business
until closing it in 2008.
“Jim” was a founding mem-
ber of the Garrison Volunteer
Ambulance Corps, a member
of the Garrison Volunteer Fire
Dept., and the Garrison Fish and
Game Club. He was part of the
crew that built the marina in
Garrison and had been the dock
master for the Garrison Yacht
Club since that time. Over the
years, he was recognized by
many organizations for his ‘giv-
ing back to the community,’ and
was the honoree at several
lunches and dinners. Jim re-
ceived numerous letters of rec-
ognition, plaques, and awards
for his generosity and kindness
– colored pictures from many
children and the ‘Sword of the
Cadets’ from the USMA Cadet
Corps.
Jim was preceded in death by
his wife, Margaret (Peg) in
1988, and son, John, in 2008.
He is survived by his son, James
of San Francisco, California;
was described at the time as
“religious mania,” and wrote the
poem during a period of incar-
ceration in a mental asylum
sometime between 1759 and
1763. Commenting on Smart’s
poem, the Rev. Hussey said,
“The main theme of the poem,
and of the cantata, is the wor-
ship of God, by all created be-
ings and things, each in its own
way.”
“Rejoice in the Lamb” will
be accompanied by guest or-
ganist Jimrae Lenser, with so-
los by Janet Entrekin, soprano,
Anne Osborn, alto, Gregory
Gunder, tenor, and Michael
McKee, bass.
Leonard Bernstein (1918-
1990) wrote the “Chichester
Psalms” for the Rev. Hussey in
1965 for the Chichester Sum-
mer Music Festival, in which
the combined choirs of
Chichester, Salisbury, and Win-
chester Cathedrals joined
forces. By this time, Rev.
Hussey was Dean of Chichester
Cathedral. The piece is notable
for its sensitive wedding of
music with the text of the
Psalms. Sung in Hebrew and
rhythmically complex, the work
Obituaries
two daughters, Margaret of
Westchester, New York and
Christine and husband, Michael
D’Onofrio of Lutz, Florida;
daughter-in-law, Mary Jane
Guinan of Fishkill; five broth-
ers, John, Terrance and Brian,
all of Ireland, and Bernard and
Donald of England; five sisters,
Kathleen, Sheila, Mary, and
Bridget of England and Phyllis
of Louisville, Kentucky; eight
grandchildren and one great
grandchild; and numerous
nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be at Clinton
Funeral Home, 21 Parrott Street,
Cold Spring, on Monday and
Tuesday, April 13 and 14; 2-
4pm and 7-9pm both days. A
Mass of Christian Burial will
be held on Wednesday, April
15, at 10am at Our Lady of
Loretto Church, 24 Fair Street,
Cold Spring, with interment at
the Cold Spring Cemetery.
Jim was involved with many
organizations and if you would
like to make a donation, in lieu
of flowers, please consider one
of the following: the James &
Peg Guinan Family Community
Award fund at the Garrison
Union Free School - established
in 2006 to honor the GUFS stu-
dent who most strongly exhib-
its leadership by giving back
to their community during the
school year (for more informa-
tion please contact Sue Huetter
@ 845-424-3689); The Garri-
son Volunteer Fire Department;
the Garrison Volunteer Ambu-
lance Corp. or the American
Diabetes Association in his
memory.
has a wide dynamic and emo-
tional range.
The “Chichester Psalms” has
three distinct movements. The
second movement, based on
Psalm 23 and four verses of
Psalm 2, begins and ends with
a haunting solo. In his forward
to the work, Bernstein point-
edly states that this solo “must
not be sung by a woman, but
either by a boy or a counter-
tenor.”
The “Chichester Psalms” will
be accompanied by Jimrae
Lenser, organ, Joy Plaisted,
harp, and Rick Barbour, per-
cussion. Soloists are Shaun
Sharifi, treble, Shelagh Speers,
soprano, Elizabeth Kimmel,
alto, Paul Phillips, tenor, and
Fred Osborn, bass.
The choir will be conducted
by Dr. Durward Entrekin, Di-
rector of Music at St. Philip’s.
The concert will take place in
St. Philip’s Church, Route 9D,
Garrison (across from Garrison
School) on Good Friday, April
10, at 7:30pm. Admission is free
and all are welcome. Donations
to support the music program
at St. Philip’s are suggested and
greatly appreciated.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Emma R. Lindros
Emma R. Lindros, age 94,
died at her home in Garrison
on Saturday, March 28, 2009.
She was born in the Bronx on
August 14, 1914, to Charles and
Rosa Gilles. She and her late
husband, Leonard W. Lindros,
Sr. also maintained a home for
many years in Lake Worth,
Florida, where she was very
active in local clubs.
Emma worked for Macy’s in
New York City before marry-
ing. The Lindros’ bought their
property in Garrison in 1946
and moved there permanently
from Mt. Vernon in 1956. Af-
ter moving to Garrison, Emma
worked part-time for
Fleischman’s in Verplanck.
Elizabeth E. Lusk
Elizabeth E. Lusk, age 83,
lifelong resident of Cold Spring,
died on Tuesday, March 31,
2009 at Hudson Valley Hospi-
tal Center in Cortlandt Manor.
Born February 24, 1926, she
was the daughter of the late
Edward M. and Rose M. (Julian)
Engelbride.
Mrs. Lusk, a parishioner of
Our Lady of Loretto Church in
Cold Spring, worked as a fac-
tory worker at the former Mara-
thon Battery plant in Cold
Spring and later as a receptionist
at the Beacon Opportunity
Center in Beacon.
She was predeceased by her
husband, George B. Lusk, in
October of 1977. She is survived
Raffle Winners Announced
by St. Philip’s School
The St. Philip’s Nursery
School White Elephant Sale
held on March 28 was a huge
success. Many thanks to all
who supported the sale by con-
tributing their “gently used”
white elephants, manning the
tables, helping clean up, or
buying a treasure or delicious
baked goods.
They are indebted to local
business owners who donated
raffle prizes. Prizes and win-
ners include: golf for 2 at the
Highlands Country Club won
by Diane Stropoli; a $50 gift
certificate to Riverview Res-
taurant won by Eugenie
Milroy; 3 bottles of Italian
wine from Il Barilotto won by
Donald Kimmel; 2 bottles of
Spanish wine donated by
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Before moving to Florida,
Emma was an active member
of St. Philip’s Church and the
Putnam County Historical So-
ciety.
She is survived by her son,
Leonard and his wife, Karen,
as well as granddaughter Sheryl
L. Dolan and her husband,
Reilly, of Washington, D.C.;
grandson, Leonard III, and his
wife, Kim, of Marietta, Geor-
gia; and 3 grandchildren, Tho-
mas and J. William Dolan, and
Emelia Lindros. A memorial
service for her will be held at
St. Philip’s Church, Garrison,
in May, with the date to be
announced.
by three children, George H.
Lusk of Newburgh, NY, Donald
D. Lusk of Cold Spring, and
Donna Cataldo of Cold Spring;
one brother, Edward F.
Engelbride of Cold Spring; six
grandchildren; and five great
grandchildren. One daughter,
Margaret Lusk, and two sisters,
Marian Calvert and Sylvia
Lyons, predeceased her.
A Mass of Christian Burial
was celebrated on Friday, April
3 at 10am at Our Lady of Loretto
Church, 24 Fair St, Cold Spring,
followed by interment at Cold
Spring Cemetery. Friends called
on April 2, at the Clinton Fu-
neral Home, Cold Spring.
Yannitelli Liquors won by
Susan McKell; a $25 gift cer-
tificate to Country Goose won
by Sue Ellen Nelson; a $25
gift certificate to Foodtown
of Cold Spring won by Joyce
Hanson; a $20 gift certificate
to DP Mart won by Angela
Tinsley, and a $10 gift cer-
tificate to The Main Course
won by Elisia Tuttle.
All proceeds from the sale
will go to benefit St. Philip’s
Nursery School, a non-profit
preschool established by St.
Philip’s Church in the High-
lands in 1960. The Nursery
School currently enrolls 41
children ages three to five
from Philipstown, Fishkill,
and Putnam Valley.
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This Week:
Thu. Apr. 9 - Cold Spring Area
Chamber of Commerce Board of
Directors meeting, 6pm, Butterfield
Library
Wed. Apr. 15 - Senior Sing-A-
Long, Philipstown Community
Center, 12:30-2pm. Free. Res-
ervations suggested. 424-4618.
Coming Up:
Fri. Apr. 17 - Sandhurst Royal
Military Academy Choir in per-
formance to benefit St. Mary’s
steeple fund. 7:30pm, St. Mary’s,
Cold Spring. $20/adults, $15/
seniors & students, tickets at door.
Fri. Apr. 17 - “Fulton, Livingston
& the Steamboat” Travis Bow-
man, lecturer. Fulton’s trip up the
Hudson on a steamship in Au-
gust of 1807. 7pm, Beacon Sloop
Club, next to the ferry dock. Free.
www.beaconsloopcub.org, 845-
265-2969.
Fri. Apr. 17 - Wine Tasting and
Silent Auction Fundraiser for
Caitlyn Bagnato, PV High
Schooler w/cancer, 7-10pm, Co-
lonial Terrace. $25/advance, $30/
at the door. All proceeds to help
pay medical expenses. Tickets thru
Marco’s Vino, 914-526-9463.
Sat. Apr. 18 - Manitoga Volun-
teer Landscape Day: The Wood-
land Paths w/ Landscape Designer
Grace Kennedy. 9am-2pm, lunch
served. Route 9D, Garrison.
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Sat. Apr. 18 - Little League open-
ing day ceremonies, 10am, 9D
fields.
Sat. Apr. 18 - Shredder Day at
The Nest, across from Foodtown,
Cold Spring. 9am-1pm, spon-
sored by the Cold Spring Lions
Club. Philipstown residents can
bring personal and confidential
papers; stop identity theft, shred
them for free.
Sat. Apr. 18 - Glynwood work-
shop w/ Dave Llewellyn on Or-
ganic Gardening. $30, reg. req’d.
Participants should expect to walk
about a mile during this work-
shop, some uphill.
www.glynwood.org or 265-3338.
Sat. Apr. 18 - Spring Garden
School: One Day University for
Homeowners – Emergency Ser-
vices Training Center, Old Route
6 Carmel. 8:30am-4pm. $45.
www.cce.cornell.edu/Putnam or
278-6738.
Sat. Apr. 18 - HH Land Trust Take-
a-Hike: Black Rock Forest. Bring
bag lunch. Meet: 9am Black Rock
Forest Lodge, Cornwall. 2-4 hrs,
moderate. www.hhlt.org, 424-3358
Sun. Apr. 19 - Concert: Fred
Katzenberg, oboe & Gary Klein,
piano. 4pm, free. Chapel of Our
Lady Restoration, 45 Market St.,
CS, park at Metro-North station.
Showroom
On Premises
Sun. Apr. 19 - Mt. Beacon Hike
& Historical Tour - Raises aware-
ness of incline project. 9am, meet
at Gateway to Mt. Beacon Park,
Rt. 9D. 3 hr hike up to old trol-
ley: moderate to difficult. Bring
water/snacks/lunch. 845-297-
0677.
Sun. Apr. 19 - Earth Day riverfront
Clean-up at the Beacon waterfront.
2pm, Music, snacks & gloves
provided to volunteers. 845-542-
0721, www.beaconsloopcub.org
Mon. Apr. 20 - Putnam County
Youth Forum. Series of workshops
chosen by teens for teens on top-
ics of their concern. Over 150 youth
from 7 area high schools attend.
Cornell Cooperative Extension
278-6738
Wed. Apr. 22 - Viet Vet Info Day,
sponsored by VA Hudson Valley
Health Care System, 11am-3pm,
2094 Albany Post Road, Montrose,
NY, Bldg 15, Room 16. Advice
offered from on numerous top-
ics of interest.
Thu. Apr. 23 - Philipstown Rec
sponsored event: The Smothers
Brothers at the Paramount The-
atre. Transportation provided from
Philipstown. $20/residents; $35/
non-residents and/or under 55.
Reservations required through
Rec: 424- 4618.
Thu. Apr. 23 - Healthy Garden
- Healthy Children - Healthy Planet.
Mahopac Public Library. 7-
8:15pm. Free, Presented by Cornell
Cooperative Extension 628-2009.
How to use organic and least-toxic
methods to have a healthy, eco-
logically sensitive garden your
children can enjoy.
Thu. Apr. 23 - Cold Spring Area
Chamber of Commerce Monthly
Mixer. Details tba.
www.coldspringchamber.com
Thu. Apr. 23 - Bingo is Back at
our Lady of Loretto Parish.
Doors open 6pm, first game be-
gins 7:15. $1,500 in Total Cash
Prizes. Concessions available.
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Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Fri. Apr. 24 - Philipstown Gar-
den Club Workshop sponsored
by Cornell Coop Extension.
Putnam County Emergency Train-
ing Ctr., Don Smith Campus, 112
Old Route 6, Carmel.
www.cce.cornell.edu/ Putnam or
845-278-6738.
Sat. Apr. 25 - Garrison Volun-
teer Fire Co Auxiliary’s Bus Trip
to Mohegan Sun. Depart 7:30am,
ret. 7:30pm. $40p/p. Res. & pay-
ment must be received by 4/8.
424-4406, ext. 5.
Sat. Apr. 25 - Valley Improv Group
benefit for St. Philip’s’ outreach
programs. 7pm, $10/adults, $7/
s e n i o r s .
www.stphilips.highlands.com
Sat. Apr. 25 - Spring Fling hosted
by Meadow Creek Farm and the
Horse Sense 4-H Club, Tilly Fos-
ter Farm, Brewster. 11am - 4pm.
Open to the Public. Draft horses,
pony rides, demos, fire safety. 661-
6108.
Sat. Apr. 25 - Sustainable Land-
scaping workshop. Emergency
Services Training Center, Old
Route 6 Carmel. 9am-12 noon.
$25. Make your property more
beautiful with low-maintenance,
earth-friendly methods. Cornell
Cooperative Extension 278-6738.
Sat. Apr. 25 - HH Land Trust Take-
a-Hike: Swamp Monsters Adven-
ture w/ Pete Salmansohn. Space
ltd., reg. req’d. 10am Garrison
School Forest, 2.5hrs, Easy/Fam-
ily-friendly/No strollers.
www.hhlt.org 424-3358
Sun. Apr. 26 - Benefit concert
for Graymoor Sisters featuring Irish
tenor Anthony Kearns with pia-
nist and composer Patrick Healy.
2pm, Paramount Center, Brown
St., Peekskill. $25, tickets on sale
at The Sisters’ Gift Shop, Graymoor
or call 845-230-8228.
TEL/FAX (845) 265-5565
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Sun. Apr. 26 - Magnanini Farm
Winery Gnocchi Party, six-course
dinner family style. Entertainment
for listening and dancing pleasure.
“Philipstown Seniors,” members
$51, non-members $56. Reserva-
tion deadline March 26. Eileen,
265- 5098.
Sun. Apr. 26 - Autism Walk &
Expo of the Hudson Valley, 9am-
2pm, rain or shine, Dutchess County
Fairgrounds, 845-226-7525 or
www.autismwalkhv.org.
Tue. Apr. 28 - Roundtable dis-
cussion on ways to spend less on
household expenses and low-cost
things to do with kids hosted by
holistic moms’ network. 7-9pm.
Desmond-Fish Library program
room. www.holisticmoms.org.
Wed. Apr. 29 - Hudson Valley
Food & Wine Experience, ben-
efiting Putnam/NW Women’s
Resource Ctr, 6-9pm, Villa Barone
Manor, Mahopac. Artisan food
& wine, auction, raffle, $75.
(845)628-9284 or contact:
jschweigler@pnwwrc.org.
Wed. Apr. 29 - Bird walk in honor
of Audubon’s birthday, hosted by
Constitution Marsh Audubon
Center & Sanctuary. 7:30-9am.
Free, limited space, res. req’d before
noon on 4/28:
mcharbonneau@Audubon.org or
265-2601, ext. 10.
Thu. Apr. 30 - Hotsy Totsy Fol-
lies, Philipstown Community
Center,1-2:30pm. Free. Reser-
vations suggested. 424-4618.
Fri. May 1 - Songs for Autism
benefit concert. Performances by
Caravan of Thieves, Marc Von Em,
David Kraii, Stacy Labriola, more.
Towne Crier Café, 130 Rt. 22,
Pawling. $25/advance, $35/at
event. Doors open 5pm, show at
7:30pm. www.PutnamARC.org,
845-278-PARC, x287.
Fri. May 1 - GUFS 8th grade play:
Twelfth Night, 7pm, Garrison
School gym.
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Sat. May 2 - Manitoga Camp Open
Day, 2-4pm meet camp staff, ex-
plore site and learn about pro-
gram; also Philipstown Day at
Manitoga, Route 9D, Garrison.
Discount tour rate of $8 for resi-
dents. Tours at 11am and 1:30pm,
limited space, res. required.
www.russelwrightcenter.org.
Sat. May 2 - 4-H Puppeteers Players
performance. Butterfield Library.
11am. Free. Young children and
families invited to meet the pup-
pets after the show. Cornell Co-
operative Extension, 278-6738
Sat. May 2 - Capuchin Youth &
Family Ministries Awards & Schol-
arship Dinner Dance. 6-11pm,
Crystal Bay on the Hudson,
Peekskill. Res. deadline Apr. 21.
www.cyfm.org or 424-3609.
Sat. May 2 - HH Land Trust Take-
a-Hike: Song Birds of Spring w/
Audubon’s Lew Kingsley. Bring
binoculars. 8am parking area at
corner of Dennytown & Sunken
Mine Roads, 2 hrs., easy/family-
friendly, www.hhlt.org, 424-3358
Sun. May 3 - Constitution Marsh’s
Annual Spring Fundraiser, 4-7pm,
265-2601.
Tue. May 5 - Hudson Valley Hos-
pital Center’s 32nd Annual Golf
Tournament, Hudson National Golf
Club, Croton. 18 holes of golf,
lunch, cocktail party, dinner, raffle,
live auction. 914-734-3862 or
lsandick@hvhc.org.
Wed. May 6 - Shop Putnam Busi-
ness & Home Expo, 10am-6pm,
Villa Barone, 466 Rt. 6, Mahopac.
Breakfast, 8-10am, Rotary Club
luncheon, 12-1:30pm.
www.shopputnamexpo.com, 845-
628-5553.
Fri. May 8 - Philipstown Com-
munity Blood Drive at Garrison
Fire House Rte 9, 2:30-8pm. Co-
sponsored by local Girl Scout troop
2504 and Jaymark Jewelers.
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Fri. May 8 - “Eeels, Aliens and
Shipwrecks: Updates in river
Science” with Chris Bower. 7pm,
free. Beacon Sloop Club, next to
the ferry dock.
www.beaconsloopcub.org, 845-
265-2969.
Sat. May 9 - Highland Garden
Club’s Annual Plant Sale, details
tba.
Sun. May 10 - Mothers Day High
Tea Luncheon, Horton House
Family Center, 1540 Rt. 376,
Wappingers. High Tea luncheon,
homestead tour and serenade by
tenor John Vergil. 12 noon and
4pm seatings, $35.
www.HortonHouseFamilyCenter.com,
845-463-3088.
Sun. May 10 – Sunset Series:
Readings at Chapel of Our Lady
Restoration. Poet Jeffrey
McDaniel. 4pm. Free, wine &
cheese reception follows. Free,
park at Metro-North station.
Tue. May 12 - St. Christopher’s
Inn Centennial Gala, 6:30pm,
University Club, NYC. Hon. Chairs
Gov. & Mrs. Pataki, MC: Scott
Clark of ABC News. Tickets:
Anthony Gallicchio, 845-335-
1005 or
agallicchio@atonementfriars.org
Tue. May 12 - Mohegan Sun &
Cornerstone Production “Seaside
Rendezvous” Live entertainment,
with good old-fashioned fun.
Snack pack box lunch for the trip
home. “Philipstown Seniors,”
members/$30, non-members/$35.
Reservation deadline April 10.
Eileen, 265- 5098.
Wed. May 13 - Leukemia and
Lymphoma Society’s Team in
Training information meeting,
6pm, Courtyard Marriott, 2641
South Rd., Poughkeepsie.
Raise money while training for
long distance running.
www.teamintraining.org.
Thu. May 14 - Cold Spring Area
Chamber of Commerce Board of
Directors meeting, 6pm, Butterfield
Library.
Sat. May 16 - Friends of
Fahnestock & Hudson Highlands
State Park Picnic at Canopus Lake/
Winter Park area. 12-4pm, free.
Pre-reg req’d by Apr. 25. Rain or
shine. $10/person, $15/family.
www.fofhh.org/picnic
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265-3827 or 265-3840
Sat. May 16 - Kids’ Day at Putnam
Hospital Center. 12 noon-4pm.
Hands-on demonstrations, health
and safety exhibits, kids’ crafts
and games, vendors, penny so-
cial. Free. 845-279-5711, ext. 2453.
Sat. May 16 - HH Land Trust Take-
a-Hike! Bird Walk to the Boardway
w/ Marsh Exec. Dir. Eric Lind.
Bring binoculars, 8:30am, Con-
stitution Marsh parking area. 1.5
hrs., moderate w/ some steep
inclines. www.hhlt.org, 424-3358
Sat. May 16 - Master Gardener
Plant Sale, Tilly Foster Farm, Route
312, Brewster, 8:30am – 12:30pm.
Cornell Cooperative Extension,
278-6738 or www.cce.cornell.edu/
putnam.
Sun. May 17 - Mountain Laurel
Outdoor Rec Fest, 9am-3pm,
Taconic Outdoor Education Center,
75 Mountain Laurel Lane, Cold
Spring. Learn about birds,
orienteering, kayaks, adventure
challenges. Live wildlife presen-
tation. $2/adults, $1/kids.
Sun. May 17 - Concert: Louigi
Boccia, tenor & Arthur McManus,
piano. 4pm, free. Chapel of Our
Lady Restoration, 45 Market St.,
CS, park at Metro-North station.
Sun. May 17 - Walkabout at Tilly
Foster Farm. Guided historical
tours, 1pm. Reservations rec, space
ltd. 845-279-4474,
www.tillyfosterfarm.org.
Wed. May 20 - Senior Bruncheon,
Philipstown Community Center,
10am-1pm. Free. Philipstown
residents only. Reservations re-
quired. Registration will be taken
beginning April 20. 424-4618.
Thurs. May 21 - Shade Garden-
ing, Mahopac Public Library, 7-
8:15pm, free. Perennials, shrubs
and trees for the shaded wooded
areas of your property. For info
call 628-2009
Sat. May 23 - Manitoga Land-
scape Day Volunteer Landscape
Day: Mary’s Meadow w/ Darrell
Morrison. 9am-2pm, lunch served.
www.russelwrightcenter.org or
424-3812.
DRYER
VENTS
CLEANED
(914) 736-0173
Est. 1981

Cultural
Events
JULIA L. BUTTERFIELD
MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Rtes. 301 & 9D
(845) 265-3040
www.butterfieldlibrary.org
Mon & Wed: 10am-8pm
T, T, F and Sat: 10am-5pm
Sun. 12-3pm
Sat. Apr. 11 - Silent Film: The
Kid, 7pm
Fri. Apr. 17 - EcoKids hike,
3:15, meet at trailhead Moun-
tain Ave & Cedar St.
Fri. May 15 - EcoKids hike,
3:15, meet at trailhead Moun-
tain Ave & Cedar St.
HUDSON HIGHLANDS
NATURE MUSEUM
Wildlife Education Center,
Cornwall-on-Hudson,
Fri-Sun, 12-4,
(845) 534-7781
Outdoor Discovery Center,
Cornwall
10am-4pm, Sat-Sun
(845) 534-5506
www.hhnaturemuseum.org
Afterschool programs for chil-
dren throughout the year
Sat. Apr. 11 - Incredible Eggs,
10am, ODC
Mon/Fri Apr. 13/17 - Spring
Break Discovery Days, WEC
PUTNAM VALLEY
LIBRARY
30 Oscawana Lake Rd.,
(845) 528-3242
www.putnamvalleylibrary.org
Hours: Sun. 1-5; Mon. 10-6;
Tue/Wed 10-8; Thu/Fri 11-5;
Sat - 10-5
Book discussion group 3rd Tue.
of each month, 7:30pm
PUTNAM ARTS
COUNCIL
Tilly Foster Farm
100 Route 312
Brewster
(845) 278-0230
www.putnamartscouncil.com
Art Classes for all ages. Spring
Classes begin mid-April
Apr. 17/May 3 - 36th Annual
Putnam County High School
Student Art Show, opening
recpetion: Fri. Apr. 17, 2-5pm
DESMOND-FISH
LIBRARY
Route 9D & 403, Garrison,
(845) 424-3020
http://dfl.highlands.com
Hours: M/ W/F: 10am-5pm
Tue & Thu 2-9pm;
Sat 10am-4pm, Sun. 1-5pm
Closed for Easter on Sunday,
April 12
Thu. Apr. 9 - Energy Healing
Workshop, 7-8:30pm
PUTNAM COUNTY
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
& FOUNDRY SCHOOL
MUSEUM
63 Chestnut St., Cold
Spring
(845) 265-4010
www.pchs-fsm.org
Office hours: Tues/Fri 10-5
Galleries Re-open to the pub-
lic April 18
CONSTITUTION ISLAND
West Point, NY
(845) 446-8676
www.constitutionisland.org
Public tours from June through
September, Wed & Thu at 1 and
2pm, leaving fm South Dock
at West Pt. Res. req’d.
VANBRUNT GALLERY
137 Main St.. Beacon
*Note new address
(845) 838-2995
www.vanbruntgallery.com
Gallery open Thu/Mon
11am-6pm
Through Apr. 27-Exhibit:
Quad Show
COUNTY PLAYERS, INC.
2681 West Main Street
Wappingers Falls
(845) 298-1491
www.countyplayers.org
Fri./Sun. May 14/16 - How to
Succeed in Business Without
Really Trying - Fridays & Sats.
at 8, Sun. May 10 only at 2pm
PUTNAM VALLEY ARTS
(845) 528-7420
www.putnamvalleyarts.com
PVArts1@aol.com
Meets the third Tuesday of
the month
GARRISON ART
CENTER
Garrison’s Landing
(845) 424-3960
garrisonartcenter.org
info@garrisonartcenter.org
Gallery Hours: Tue/Sun 12-
5pm, closed Mondays
(classes only)
Through Apr. 13 - High
School Invitational Theme
Show Art Squared
Apr. 18/26 - Elementary &
Middle School Invitational
Theme Show Art Squared;
opening reception Sat. Apr. 18,
2-4pm
Thursdays, 9:30am-12pm -
Experimental drawing classes
with Jaanika Perna
PARAMOUNT CENTER
1008 Brown Street,
Peekskill
Office: (914) 739-2333
tickets@paramountcenter.org
Wed. Apr. 15 - Buddy Guy,
8pm
Sat. Apr. 18 - “Mufaro’s Beau-
tiful Daughters” by Dallas
Children’s Theatre on Tour,
2pm
Thu. Apr. 23 - The Smothers
Brothers, 7:30pm
CHAPEL OF OUR LADY
RESTORATION
45 Market St., Cold Spring
845-265-5537
www.chapelofourlady.com
Sun. Apr. 19 - Concert: Fred
Katzenberg, oboe & Gary
Klein, piano. 4pm, free.
Sun. May 10 - Sunset Read-
ing Series: Jeffrey McDaniel,
poet, 4pm, free
STONECROP GARDENS
81 Stonecrop Lane
Cold Spring
(845) 265-2000
www.stonecrop.org
Mon. – Thurs., & 1st & 3rd
Sat., 10am – 5pm, Fri.,
10am – dusk, $5/ members -
no charge
Tue. Apr. 14 - Guided Garden
Tour - Spring Bulbs, 6pm–7pm,
$10/members - no charge
BOSCOBEL
Route 9D
Garrison
(845) 265-3638
Fax: (845) 265-4405
www.boscobel.org
Open every day except
Tues., 9:30am-5pm,
last tour at 4:15pm.
T HE P UTNAM C OUNTY N EWS A ND R ECORDER
PHILIPSTOWN DEPOT
THEATRE
Depot Square, Garrison’s
Landing
philipstowndepottheatre.org
(845) 424-3900
Fri/Sun May 1/24 - The
Miracle Worker; Fri & Sat at
7:30pm, Sun at 3pm
Sat. May 30 - Depot Docs
presents Gimme Shelter, 3pm
Sat. May 30 - Music Tracks:
Peter Calo & Rob Mosberger
MANITOGA/THE
RUSSEL WRIGHT
DESIGN CENTER
Route 9D, Garrison
(845) 424-3812
russelwrightcenter.org
Tours begin again on May 1;
grounds open for hiking all
year.
Sat. Apr. 18 - Volunteer Land-
scape Day: The Woodland
Paths of Manitoga w/ Grace
Kennedy, 9am-2pm
US MILITARY
ACADEMY BAND
West Point
(845) 938-2617
www.westpoint.edu/band
Sun. Apr. 19 - West Point Band
Chamber Music Series – Acad-
emy Clarinet Quartet; 3pm in
the West Point Jewish Chapel,
free.
THE HOWLAND
CENTER
477 Main Street,Beacon
(845) 831-4988
Thursdays, 7-9pm - Medita-
tion Classes, drop in, no pre-
reg req’d, $8 class
Through Apr. 26 - Members’
Art Exhibition; reception Sat.
Apr. 4, 3-5pm
Fri. Apr. 10 - Pianist Geir
Henning Braaten, 7:30pm
Thu. Apr. 16 - The Callen Sis-
ters, 7:30pm
Sun. Apr. 26 - Zuill Bailey,
4pm
PUTNAM VALLEY
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Mill St. & Peekskill Hollow
Putnam Valley
(845) 528-1024
Hrs: T&W 9am-2pm;
Sun. 1-3pm.
Schoolhouse Museum exhibit
“Ethnic Diversity in Putnam
County”
New Netherlands Subject
of “Dutch Treat” Talks
Boscobel will host a three-
part Friends of Boscobel Lec-
ture Series beginning Saturday,
April 18. Entitled “Dutch
Treat,” the series, designed to
help celebrate the
Quadricentennial Celebration
of the Hudson River, will fo-
cus on the influence the Dutch
have had throughout the Hudson
Valley region. The series, spon-
sored in part by the New York
Council for the Humanities, is
free and open to the public.
On Saturday, April 18, at
10am, historian Dr. Dennis
Maika will present “The Dutch
in America - Why We Should
Care and What We Share.” Dr.
Maika, a Fellow of the New
York Academy of History, is a
history teacher at Fox Lane High
School in Mt. Kisco. He re-
ceived his Ph.D in history from
New York University and at-
tributes his interest in the Dutch
influence on New York history
to his doctoral dissertation on
Manhattan merchants in the
17th century. “In order to un-
derstand the history of New
York you have to know Dutch
history,” says Dr. Maika. He is
widely published and appears
frequently on panels and as a
guest lecturer throughout the
United States and Europe. His
fields include Atlantic History,
17th century Manhattan, New
Amsterdam, Manhattan’s Mer-
chant Community, and the
Dutch in America.
On Saturday, April 25, at
10am food historian Peter G.
Rose will present the second
lecture, “Dutch Influence on the
American Kitchen and Life.”
Taconic Opera’s Season Ends
With a Double Bill
The Taconic Opera season
will draw to a close with a
double bill, as Giacomo
Puccini’s Il Tabarro and Gian
Carlo Menotti’s The Medium
will be presented at The
Yorktown Stage on Saturday
April 25 at 8pm and Sunday
April 26 at 2pm.
Sweeping music accompanies
Il Tabarro, an opera that many
believe to be Puccini’s best. In
Il Tabarro a man discovers his
wife’s unfaithfulness, which
leads to one of the most chill-
ing finales in opera repertoire.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009 Page 5
With Drama, We All
Take a Risk
Recipient of the 2002 Alice P. by Ian Berger
Kenney Award for research and
writing on food customs and
diet of the Dutch settlers in the
New Netherlands, Ms. Rose has
lectured on a variety of topics
related to Dutch-American cu-
linary history at, among oth-
ers, The Smithsonian Institu-
tion, the National Gallery of Art,
the Culinary Institute of
America, New York University,
and the New York Historical
Society. This lecture is spon-
sored by the New York Coun-
cil for the Humanities
On Saturday, May 2, at 10am,
the final lecture in the series
“Patroons and Plowmen: Dutch
Settlers in the Hudson Valley Two years ago Garrison blocking, and stage fighting. A
in the 17th and 18th Centuries” school decided that it wanted week before the performance,
will be presented by Firth H. to incorporate drama into the the students’ excitement was
Fabend. Ms. Fabend is an in- curriculum. As the middle palpable. The students, now
dependent historian with a
school English teacher, it was actors-in-training, were fright-
Ph.D. in American Studies from
my job to make that real. It ened. I understood. It’s scary
New York University. Her fields
occurred to me that the sixth to expose yourself in from of
are New Netherland studies, the
grade Greek mythology unit people and become a character
Dutch Colonial experience in
might be a perfect place. Our just as it’s scary to write some-
the 18th century, and the Dutch
tradition of drama began in thing and have it hundreds of
in New York and New Jersey
ancient Greece with the festi- people read and see it. To the
in the 19th century, with an
val of Dionysus, so tacking on “actors” credit, they realized
emphasis on family life and the
a play to the study was com- that I, as their teacher and di-
Reformed Dutch Church. Firth pletely appropriate. rector, had as much at stake in
is a Fellow of both the New Good plays for sixth graders the play as they did.
Netherland Project and The can be tough to come by. Most We staged Theseus with a
Holland Society of New York. are designed to be read in the minimum of props. We used
This lecture is sponsored by the
class, not staged. Instead of tables, chairs, beanbag chairs
New York Council for the Hu-
making a search for the perfect and poles. Our only scenery was
manities
play, I wrote it. That way I got the famous labyrinth, which we
Boscobel is located on Route to choose the subject, length, constructed from the stage plat-
9D, in Garrison. The site is open cast of characters and interest forms of last year’s play. A ship
every day except Tuesday and level. we constructed out of students
welcomes visitors from 9:30am The final play, Theseus, was walking slowly towards the
to 5pm, through December. For designed to give each student stage, carrying a mast and sail.
detailed information call 265- in the sixth grade time on stage. We performed Theseus to
3638 or visit www.boscobel.org. Most students were excited about one hundred-fifty people:
about performing, but under- parents, students and members
neath their excitement was ner- of the Garrison community. The
vousness. At least half had never student actors performed re-
performed before. I, as their
teacher, also had concerns.
markably well considering how
little rehearsal time we’d had
Many had weak voices. The play (less than three weeks). Almost
The second opera, The Medium,
was long: longer than I real- everyone remembered their
is the horrifying story of a
ized. Since the sixth grade was lines. The funny scenes pro-
woman pretending to speak to
two sections, a couple of roles duced laughs. The quiet students
the dead, and finding, to her
needed to be shared by two projected their voices and were
surprise, that the dead want to
actors. heard. The monsters were dra-
answer her. Taconic Opera pays
Rehearsal was, as I put it to matic, and nobody got hurt
tribute to Gian Carlo Menotti,
the students, “The most fun during the fight scenes. The
a resident of Mt. Kisco, who
you’ll have and the hardest work whole play went without a se-
passed away last year.
you’ll do.” Homework became rious hitch. At the end, the stu-
Ticket prices are $32-$47.
a frantic effort to memorize dents took a well-deserved bow,
Senior and student discounts are
available. Call 914-245-3415 parts. Every day the classroom and received a thunderous round
was transformed into an arena of applause. The risks every-
to reserve. The Yorktown Stage
for a boot camp of voice pro- one took were well rewarded.
is located at 1974 Commerce
Street, Yorktown Heights. jection, character development,
www.taconicopera.org
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PHILIPSTOWN (Cont’d from front pg.)
meeting. In his remarks Kar-
len referred to the importance
of the town’s comprehensive
plan and noted that Garrison
Station Plaza Inc. and the
Garrison’s Landing Associa-
tion have been implementing
aspects of the plan for more
than 40 years.
“You could say that those
organizations have provided a
model for the comprehensive
plan,” he said. Karlen pointed
to the mixed-use nature of
the buildings at Garrison’s
L a nding a s w e l l a s p r ovi -
sion of public amenities, a
riverfront park, the Depot
Theatre, and the marina as
examples. He did not com-
m e nt on t h e p l a z a ’ s p lans
for number seven Garrison’s
Landing, the building in which
COURIER (Cont’d from front pg.)
schools felt the void created
by the former paper’s demise
more than any other group:
“School business is everyone’s
business and when coverage
of daily classroom activities
stopped, the entire community
suffered.”
Brewster Superintendent
Dr. Jane Sandbank agreed:
“Many of my staff members
have lamented during these
past few months about the
lack of educational media
coverage. Now that the pa-
per is back, we hope to read
about many wonderful things
occurring within our schools
Guinan’s store was located.
That matter will come before
the Planning Board again on
April 16, 2009.
Jamie Copeland, president
o f t h e G a r r i s o n Vo l u n t e e r
Fire Company (GVFC), pre-
sented a verbal report to the
town board, outlining the
f i r e c o m p a n y ’ s r e c e n t a c-
tivities, including a brush
fire below Osborn Castle that
took three days to extinguish
and involved assistance from
several local fire depart-
ments. Copeland indicated
that such reports will be made
on a regular basis. GVFC has
been criticized by some area
residents, most notably Joe
Regele, for not keeping the
town board well inf or med
of its operations. Regele’s
on a regular basis.”
Service organizations
praised the paper’s rejuvena-
tion. Al Lotrecchiano, a long
time member of the Carmel
Rotary Club, admitted the
topic of discussion at Rotary
gatherings during the past 12
weeks has been “When’s the
Courier coming back? The
paper served us all well for
many years and we are thrilled
it has been reinstated.”
Martin Miller of the Pat-
terson Rotary also rejoiced
over the news. “I could never
understand how the paper
stopped printing. It was such
criticisms have centered on
accounting and financial prac-
tices, areas not covered in
Copeland’s comments.
Potential funding from the
federal government’s eco -
nomic stimulus package is
on the minds of most munici-
pal officials these days and
Philipstown is no exception.
Richard Shea reported that the
town has applied for funding
for an extensive list of projects
ranging from $40,000 to $2
million and totaling some $3
million. If approved, projects
could include such areas as
recreation, the Garrison wa-
ter district, and continued
improvements to Town Hall.
A workshop will be held at
the Town Hall on Wednesday,
April 8, 2009, at 7:30pm to
an integral part of the com-
munity,” he said.
Life-long Carmel resident
James Dusenbury was over-
joyed that the paper had re-
turned: “At first I was in
shock over its demise and
then like a trusted friend, my
family and I went through a
period of mourning without
our Courier. It’s great having
the paper back again.”
Putnam Assistant Commis-
sioner of Emergency Services
Adam Stiebeling also reacted
to the news: “I can’t wait when
Thursdays will be Thursdays
again. They haven’t been the
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
address restrictions on af-
fordable housing units at the
Quarry Pond development
on Route 9. Developer Bill
Balter is seeking relaxation
of the restrictions, citing the
effect of the economic down-
turn on sales. Purchase of the
affordable units is limited to
local residents, with potential
buyers determined by lottery.
The next public hearing on
Philipstown’s proposed new
zoning law will not be held
until officials complete the
extensive paperwork required
by the State of New York.
The proposed zoning law and
related maps are available for
review on the town’s website
and at the Town Hall.
same recently without my
main source for community
news.”
The Courier will be pub-
lished on Thursdays at a
newsstand price of 75 cents
a copy. The paper will be
available at numerous loca-
tions throughout the county as
well as through subscriptions
for $35 a year plus a special
$5 rate for internet access.
Checks made payable to the
Courier can be forwarded to
the Putnam County Courier,
Box 220, Carmel, N.Y. 10512.
A Vocal Audience Drives GUFS Agenda
EDITOR’s NOTE: This is a
follow-up to last week’s re-
port on the Garrison School
Board’s budget meeting of
March 25, 2009.
by Michael Mell
The principal agenda item
for the March 25, 2009, Gar-
rison School Board special
meeting was a presentation
of the proposed 2009-10
budget, but vocal audience
members repeatedly refo-
cused the board’s attention
on the long-running teacher
negotiations.
In a departure from normal
procedure, public comment
occurred immediately after
Superintendent Colucci’s
budget presentation. The
board listened to a variety of
public comments, all having
in common the relationship
of the proposed budget to the
teacher negotiations, with an
emphasis on the negotiations
rather than the budget.
Betsy Calhoun, a member of
the district’s budget advisory
committee, complained that
the board had not provided
them with a“the complete
financial picture” necessary
for their work. She further
decried the board’s optimis-
tic economic assumptions,
insisting that “the economy
will not change in the next
Easter
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few years.” Expressing a sen-
timent apparently shared by
many in attendance, Calhoun
said the board “must find
a new way of approaching
budgets” and that the dis -
trict “must look into salary
cuts.” She remarked that
many businesses are man -
dating that employees take
time off without pay and she
left unspoken the idea that
the board might consider this
approach. Ms. Calhoun con-
cluded her remarks by saying
that given current economic
circumstances, there should
be “no raises or retroactive
raises” as part of the negoti-
ated teacher contract.
Joyce Blum, another dis-
trict budget advisory com-
m i t t e e m e m b e r, c o n t i n u e d
in this vein, saying that the
teacher contract negotiations
should align more “with the
business world, especially
regarding any retroactive pay
increases.” Blum also ques-
tioned the accrual process
whereby budget funds are
set aside in anticipation of
settlement with the teachers.
The exact amount has not
been divulged by the board
lest it adversely impact their
negotiation position with the
teachers. Again left unspoken
is a fear on the part of some
community members that the
board may be considering
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teacher raises as contract
negotiations proceed.
Often outspoken Garrison
parent Gordon Stewart sug-
gested that the budget ap-
proaches discussed at the
meeting all “had some merit.”
He expressed a specific con-
cern that anticipated teacher
salaries had held a sacrosanct
place in the budget creation
process, with all other items
forced to defer. Remarking
upon earlier comments about
the extended length of the
contract negotiations, Stewart
opined that the board “will
see an open revolt if talks
continue longer.”
The board
listened patiently
to all comments,
with few
interruptions, for
over an hour ...
The board listened patiently
to all comments, with few
interruptions for over an hour
until, seeing that all who
wished had an opportunity
to speak and in the interest
of completing other neces-
sary agenda items, it closed
public comment. At this point
many in the audience left
the meeting, despite the fact
that an update on the teacher
contract negotiations was on
the agenda. When this item
came up for discussion, how-
ever, Superintendent Colucci
informed the board that there
was nothing to report.
To this reporter, the board
members seemed puzzled by
the implications made by
some of the audience that
they were not acting in the
best interests of the commu-
nity or that they have been
intentionally keeping certain
information to themselves in
order to manipulate the budget
process. The board will meet
again on April 15 to vote on
adoption of the budget for
voter consideration.
In other matters the board
appointed Jessica Ritacco as
a substitute teacher and Lucas
Freeman and Robert Haskell
as basketball scorekeepers.
The Board also approved a
number of resolutions includ-
ing health services contracts
with the Dobbs Ferry UFSD
and Public Schools of Tarry-
town, a contract with Putnam
County Real Property tax
service, adoption of the 2009-
10 school calendar, proposal
for student data software, and
the upgrade of 24 computer
workstations. The next meet-
ing of the Garrison UFSD will
be held in the school library
on April 15 at 7:30pm.

HV Shakespeare Festival Wins
Innovation in Business Award at Cold
Spring Chamber Dinner
Local businessman and board members are also honored
Toasts, roasts, thanks, and
congratulations filled the
event as a local business-
man, past board members,
and a high school senior were
honored and celebrated dur-
ing the Cold Spring Area
Chamber of Commerce’s An-
nual Awards Dinner, held
March 26, 2009 at Dutchess
Manor. The event attracted
more than 100 guests for
an evening of cocktails and
appetizers, dinner, and the
awards ceremony.
This year’s Philip Baumgar-
ten Memorial Scholarship,
named in honor of former
Chamber president Philip
Baumgarten, was presented
by Esther Baumgarten, widow
of Philip, to Haldane High
School senior Peter Scherer.
Peter received a $750 schol-
arship to support his college
endeavors. Peter epitomizes
the criteria for this award, as a
student who has demonstrated
outstanding and enthusiastic
community spirit, volunteer-
ism, and work ethic. The
Chamber salutes Peter and
his achievements and wishes
him well as he pursues stud-
ies in engineering.
Two runner-up candidates,
Gregory Casement and Bryce
Tortora Biederman, received
honorable mentions and a
$50 savings bond generously
donated by Christie McCoy
of M & T Bank.
Businessman Joseph
Giachinta was presented with
the Katie O’Donnell Award of
Excellence by the evening’s
MC, Vinny Tamagna, for the
beautification of Route 9
with Appalachian Market. He
was recognized for the hand-
some sign that now greets
visitors to Philipstown at
the intersection of Routes 9
& 403 and for his role as a
leader among the businesses
along the Route 9 corridor.
He is also the owner of Mid-
Hudson Concrete Products
in Cold Spring.
In true Oscar style, the eve-
Philip Baumgarten Scholarship winner Peter Scherer is
pictured next to Mrs. Esther Baumgarten.
ning’s Innovation in Business
Award was kept under wraps
until the dinner. A record
number of votes came in
from chamber members and
local residents for this year’s
nominees: Boscobel Restora-
tion; Cold Spring Farmers
Market; Garrison Institute;
The Garrison Resort/Inn;
Hudson Valley Shakespeare
Festival; and Surprise Lake
Camp. While all of these
organizations celebrated the
spirit of the award as the
business or organization to
bring visitors to Philipstown,
only one would take home the
trophy. Congratulations to
Hudson Valley Shakespeare
Festival as the Innovation in
Business Awardee.
There were four recipients
of Service Awards for their
time as a volunteer on the
Board of Directors of The
Cold Spring Area Cham-
ber. Cathryn Fadde, owner
of Cathryn’s Tuscan Grill,
accepted the award for her
10 years of dedication and
tireless contributions as past
president and as past treasurer
of the board. Rand Otten is the
director of development for
Putnam ARC. As a chamber
board member, Rand has been
a vital part of the group’s
summer music series, har-
vest festival committee, and
headed the group’s advertis-
ing and public relations as
well as serving as Secretary
of the Board. Gillian Thorpe
served as the Board’s vice
president and maintained the
Chamber website, a position
she still holds although she
is no longer a board member.
She is the director of the
Julia L. Butterfield Memo-
rial Library in Cold Spring.
Randi Schlesinger is the
founder and creative direc-
tor of RS Identity Design,
which specializes in branding
and collateral for corporate
identity, product packaging,
and special events. During
her time on the Chamber
Board, she tirelessly—and
successfully—led the insur-
ance committee in the search
for affordable health insur-
ance for Chamber members.
The Chamber of Commerce
wishes to congratulate all of
the evening’s award recipi-
ents and to thank MC Vinny
Ta m a g n a a n d t h e s t a ff o f
Dutchess Manor for making
the evening such a success.
For more information
about the Cold Spring Area
Chamber of Commerce in-
cluding how to become a
member, please visit www.
coldspringchamber.com or
contact executive director
Maureen McGrath at 914-
420-7995 or chamberdirec-
tor@gmail.com
Holiday Dining
Choices
T HE P UTNAM C OUNTY N EWS A ND R ECORDER Wednesday, April 8, 2009 Page 7
Oboist and Pianist Open Garrison School 2009 Fair Spotlights the
Chapel’s Music Series Inquiring Minds of Young Scientists
Frederick Katzenberg on The Garrison Union Free
School’s 2009 Science Fair,
oboe and Gary Klein on
piano open the new season
held from March 23-27, high-
lighted the inquiring minds
of The Chapel of Our Lady and hard work of the school’s
Restoration on April 19. students. The first two days
Their program’s astonish- o f th e ex h ibit f o cu s ed on
ing range includes the New K-4 students, while 5th-8th
York premiere of “Juravas” graders showed their work
(Sea Songs) by composer of on Wednesday and Thursday.
Latvian music, Dace Aperans. Winners were selected from
The Sunday afternoon concert both age groups to represent
is at 4, and admission free. the school at the Tri-County
They will also play Bach’s Science and Technology Fair
Oboe Sonata in G Minor; to be held April 25 at White
Plains High School in White
Wayne Barlow’s The Win-
Oboist Frederick Katzenberg Plains.
ter’s Passed – a sentiment
Eddie-Joe Barry and Ethan
we can all relate to! – which
York Times review that said Penner were recommended to
incorporates the folk tune, this would be possible with- help them clarify the use of
he played with “virtuosity represent the Garrison School
“Wayfaring Stranger;” the out the community’s sup- the scientific process. Dur-
and admirable clarity.” A at the K-4 level. Other win-
pastoral Reverie by De- p o rt . T h i s y e a r’s m e n t o rs i n g t h e f a i r, j u d g e s s p e n t
ners from this group were
Wyoming native, he began t i m e w i t h e a c h e x h i b i t o r,
bussy; the crowd-pleasing Caroline DiSarro, Amanda and judges included Cathy
piano studies at age seven, Bakker, Thad Cook, Karen giving the young scientist
Oboe Sonatina by Thomas Erickson, Alexa Gagnon,
made his debut with the Chey- and Dave Drotar, Elizabeth an opportunity to talk about
Walmisley, Trinity College Hattie LeFavour, Anna Nor-
enne Symphony Orchestra at Dushin, Lisa Mechaley, Pe- his or her work. Parents vol-
Cambridge organist in the thup, and Estella Struck.
fourteen and was national ter Lewis, Linda Lomonaco, unteered on those days to
1800s; a Chopin solo for Micah Adams, Samantha
winner of the Marie Morrisey Chip Marks, Ed McGowan, monitor children waiting to
piano, and Falla’s profound H e a n u e , K a d y N e i l l , Ti m
Keith Young Artists Competi- Ted Miller, Krista Osborn, meet with a judge.
“Seven Spanish Folk-Songs.” Suits, and Philip DiSarro and
Pete Salmansohn, Joanna and For the science fair each
tion at seventeen. He studied Jack Revkin (jointly) won
M r. K a t z e n b e rg s t u d i e d Frank Suits, and Joe Waldron. participant chooses a topic
with the eminent Australian first place in their respective
with Lucien Debray of the Chrissy Colasurdo, Melinda of interest and develops a
pianist and recording artist, categories, and were recom-
Paris Opera and at that city’s Higbee, Jeanette Mayer, Ja- project. Students in the 4th
Bruce Hungerford, at Mannes mended to the Tri-County
l’Ecole Normale de Musique, net Rodzevik, Jen Waldron, through 8th grades use the
College of Music and went Fair. Russell Cox, Maddie
after graduating from New Linda Tafapolsky, and Mary scientific method, and those
on to graduate from SUNY Freeman, Emma Jacoby, Em-
York’s Mannes College of Ellen Yanitelli acted as child projects consist of a model,
manuelle Palikuca, Kaan So-
Purchase. He has given con- monitors. Linda Hoffman, charts and/or diagrams, and
Music. He performed the lakoglu and Lizzie Walker
certs throughout the tri-state Linda Lomonaco, and Donna a prepared oral presenta-
New York and New Jersey captured 2nd place. Lianna
area, including the world Pidala helped set up exhibits. tion for science professionals
premieres of Walter Skolnik’s Culp, Chris Delamater, Tess
premieres of works by com- B&L Deli in Cold Spring con- from the community who
Oboe Sonatina and was a Hansler, Milly London, Han-
posers William Schimmel and tinued its support by donating judge the projects. Children
member of the 2008 Irvington nah Penner, Ander Stebe-
Dary John Mizelle. He is a much-appreciated breakfasts in the lower grades are en-
Festival Opera Orchestra. Glorius, and John Swartz-
and lunch for the volunteers couraged to participate at a
member of the piano faculty welder received 3rd place.
He has appeared as soloist during the judging. more relaxed level, and do
at the C.W. Post Campus of Honorable Mention awards
in many venues in the met- Student preparation began not have to meet with the
Long Island University. were given to Noah Camp-
ropolitan and tri-state areas, in January with a Day of judges if they do not want
The chapel is located at 45 bell, Matt Chason, Graydon
including on television, ra- Wonder, during which the to do so. All entrants made
Market Street, Cold Spring. Cook, Elizabeth Lansbury,
dio and the internet, and on elementary school teachers oral presentations this year.
Free parking is available on Penn LeFavour, Poppy Lon-
a regular basis at Manhat- invited the children to look at The fair categories are biol-
don, Nicole Pidala, Spencer
weekends at the adjacent their world more closely and o g y, c h e m i s t r y, e a r t h a n d
tan’s Our Lady of Guadelupe Rundquist, Megan Scali, and
Metro North Train Station. ask questions about it. Men- space science, engineering
Church. Founder of the Kat- Serena Wessely.
The music series is made tors met with middle school and technology, environment,
zenberg Classical Trio and Science Fair Co-chairs
possible, in part, with public students in early February to mathematics/computer sci-
co-founder of Time’s Trio Karen Cox and Kathy
funds from New York State go over their projects and ence, and physics.
and the Lexington Woodwind Hamel noted that none of
Council on the Arts Decen-
Quintet, he has also been a
tralization Program, admin-
member of the Westchester
istered in Putnam County by
Symphony Orchestra.
Putnam Arts Council. In-
Mr. Klein made his Carn-
dividual contributions are
egie Hall debut in 1981 to a
welcome.
standing ovation and a New
Page 8 T HE P UTNAM C OUNTY N EWS A ND R ECORDER
MYSTERY (Cont’d from front pg.)
$500,000 in order to make the
necessary improvements and
repairs to the house.
Outward Bound began with
a “search and rescue” mission
in England in 1941. Kurt Hahn,
who had fled Nazi Germany,
realized that British merchant
marines were not able to sur-
vive long in the cold seas after
their ships were sunk by Ger-
man U-boats. He figured that
with better mental and physical
training, they could acquire the
fortitude and skills needed to
hang on in harsh conditions.
He called his school “Outward
Bound,” after the nautical term
denoting when a ship leaves
its harbor for the sea.
Notably, Outward Bound
has not used their Garrison
plot or the Hudson River as
an outdoor classroom, though
the handful of employees at
the headquarters frequent the
nearby Scenic Hudson trails.
Read said that if, by some twist
of fate, they were able to stay,
they would construct a ropes
course for city executives.
Such a program, Read said,
would “be a great shot in the
arm for the local economy,”
as participants would stay at
local bed and breakfasts and
patronize Philipstown eateries
and shops.
In recent years, Outward
Bound has not enjoyed much
civic cooperation with Gar-
rison and Cold Spring, but,
Read said, “I’d like to think
that we’ve been good com-
munity citizens.”
Even though Outward Bound
is frequently associated with
the wilderness, being based
in New York City would not
be out of character for the
organization. A quarter cen-
tury ago, Outward Bound be-
gan offering programs in the
concrete wilderness of inner
cities across America.
“For many kids, the city
offers psychological challeng-
es,” Read said. Sometimes,
taking suburban children into
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
VETS (Cont’d from front pg.)
that bringing people to the
great outdoors for a week of
challenging activity and good
fellowship could help make
the transition to civilian life a
little smoother by healing the
psychological wounds of war.
“People that come to Out-
ward Bound, they learn skills
to endure times of adversity,”
said Meg Ryan, who directs
the organization’s veterans
program. “[Outward Bound
founder] Kurt Hahn really felt
like youth just really need an
experience to hang in there,
don’t give up when the seas of
life get rough and really learn
about service and compassion
for your other fellow human
beings.”
After Vietnam, Outward
Bound’s veterans program
The former Swinburne mansion at Mystery Point, which serves, for now, as the headquarters focused on those with post-
of Outward Bound, USA. traumatic stress disorders.
a city neighborhood can be as of what Outward Bound did leadership work we do with With support from Disabled
challenging as taking them to for him, he sought to help the our students,” and he hopes American Veterans, the pro-
the mountains. The organiza- organization out. After serving to collaborate more with them gram took veterans out of hos-
tion also runs a number of on the board for some time, he in the future. pitals and into the wilderness.
elementary, middle, and high was elected president in 2002. Outward Bound seeks not Now, the Sierra Club Founda-
schools in cities throughout the Of the 30,000 annual par- simply to teach participants tion has donated significant
country. Through its Expedi- ticipants, only about 7,000 are survival skills in the wilder- sums through 2010 to sup-
tionary Learning Schools, such adults, as the program is geared ness, but also to help them port programs for veterans of
as the Bronx Expeditionary toward promoting character “focus on who they are” and Operation Enduring Freedom
Learning High School, Out- development, leadership, and who they are becoming so that and Operation Iraqi Freedom,
ward Bound seeks to combine service among youths. “The they are “ready for the real whether or not they are suf-
experiential, adventure-based most fearful experience for Outward Bound game, which fering from any post-trauma
learning with academic rigor kids today is being alone,” is the rest of their lives,” ac- disorder. In fact, nowadays
and discipline. The program Read said, and one of the key cording to Read. the goal is to prevent such
has received support from elements of most Outward Mystery Point theoretically disorders from arising, and
Harvard’s school of education. Bound courses is time spent is an ideal location for Outward even servicemen on active
Read, who was an assistant alone in the wilderness. Each Bound—just steps from the duty attend the courses.
secretary in President Ford’s course also features a chal- Appalachian Trail and across So many veterans have ap-
labor department, first encoun- lenge that participants must the Hudson from West Point, plied for the free courses that
tered Outward Bound when overcome as a team, such as where people have some expe- Outward Bound is forced to
he and his son took a “life- climbing a mountain. rience surviving tough situa- turn down several thousand
changing” course in 1992. At Outward Bound courses bear tions. Though the organization each year. In 2010, the year
the time, the two were not some similarity to plebe sum- seems to be relatively aloof the current Sierra grant ex-
getting along, and they thought mer at West Point, which is from the locality, Philipstown pires, they hope to serve 1,000
a wilderness course would across the river from Mystery residents are free to wander veterans.
improve the situation. During Point. At the beginning of the Scenic Hudson-managed The courses are only adapt-
their rock-climbing expedition each course, instructors “strip trails that traverse the property. ed slightly from the regular
in the Utah wilderness, while [students] of all things they
his son was holding him on regard as necessary,” even
belay, Read had a “metaphysi- going so far as to remove
cal realization” that his son I-pods from duffle bags. Ac-
was propping him up. From cording to Read, officials at
then on, their relationship the U.S. Military Academy
strengthened. Appreciative have been “intrigued by the
Outward Bound programs. A
trademark Outward Bound
experience is spending time
alone in the wilderness, during
which young people are forced
to confront the fear of being
alone. Figuring that veterans
have already been through
such experiences, the courses
do not feature the solitary
portion and do not need to
teach rudimentary survival
or navigational skills.
“It’s kind of a neat mutual
reciprocity,” Read said. “The
Outward Bound staff learn a
lot from the participants and
the participants really gain
a lot of insight and have in-
terests in wilderness skills.”
Frequently veterans are most
excited about learning rock-
climbing, to the surprise of OB
instructors who assumed that
it would have been included
in military training.
After spending the days kay-
aking, climbing, and hiking,
participants gather around the
campfire each evening for a
“debriefing,” a time set aside
to discuss the challenges they
face.
“Nothing is forced,” Ryan
said. “[The veterans] always Veterans hike down a mountain on an Outward Bound course.
say, ‘well, we don’t want these
really intense kumbaya ses- it extremely difficult to relax money steered “straight to
sions.’” and enjoy my life. I spent time Outward Bound as part of
Each course features a “cul- with my family, exercised, their reintegration process
minating activity,” an all-day tried to get into my social life back home.”
challenge, such as ascending and even saw a psychiatrist. According to Bob O’Rourke,
a peak. When they reach the … but the last five days [on a veterans program instructor,
top, the veterans hold a “re- an Outward Bound course] I “The Outward Bound expe-
membrance ceremony” and have thought very little about riential approach is to take a
place stones in honor of their the past or future. I cannot group of strangers, put them in
fallen brethren in a pile called describe to you how liberating a new, very different environ-
a cairn, an old Celtic tradition. that is,” he wrote. ment (wilderness, mountains,
One veteran who attended a Ryan is working to secure desert), and challenge them
course at Joshua Tree in Utah more grant money, from the physically and emotionally all
wrote in a letter of thanks, Sierra Club and other sources, the while keeping the atmo-
“Since my return from Iraq in including the federal govern- sphere very positive and safe.”
Summer 2007, I have found ment. She would like to see

Letters to the Editor
(Cont’d from pg.2)
each additional year of teach-
ing; then the raise for advanced
credits; and last the simple raise.
Every year, the total cost is
larger, as is true statewide.
Garrison salaries average higher
than 83% of the school districts
in NYS, and the Garrison School
has extremely advantageous
working conditions.
The looming and increasing
amounts put pressure on the
budget every year to the extent
that other considerations are
overwhelmed. We gave up sum-
mer school this year rather than
remove the raise funds from the
budget or ask for a small de-
crease in pay.
The Garrison School Board’s
leadership will be brave and out-
standing, now and into the
murky future, by changing the
expectation for annual raises.
It is the fair way to proceed in
difficult times. It will not be
easy, but it is the right time to
follow other districts in nego-
tiating teachers’ pay, and con-
sider the community.
Betsy Calhoun
Member, Garrison School
Desmond-Fish Library to Become Energy Efficient
The Desmond-Fish Library
in Garrison has been approved
to receive a $22,541 Public
Library Construction Grant
from the New York State Edu-
cation Department. The grant
will be used to add insulation
and make the library’s win-
dows, a door, and lighting more
energy efficient. The grant cov-
ers about a quarter of the total
cost of the project, so the li-
brary is searching for other
funding to complete this
sustainability project. The
Budget Advisory Committee
Former Trustee, Garrison
School District
10 Questions for
the Haldane
Teachers’ Union
Dear Editor:
The Haldane Board is ne-
gotiating with the teachers’
union for a new contract, so
this is an ideal time to ask the
union for some insight into the
way they think. It may be a
radical notion to expect any
measure of transparency and
accountability from the teach-
ers’ union to those who pay
the salaries of their members,
namely taxpayers, but we
should give them a chance.
Here are ten questions for the
union whose answers might
help the Haldane Board nego-
tiate a fiscally responsible
contract more aligned with the
needs of taxpayers and this
community.
1) Explain why teachers,
who are professionals, need a
union and what benefit the
Haldane teachers’ union brings
Desmond-Fish Library has also
been named as an anchor project
of the Mid-Hudson Energy
$mart Communities.
“We would like to thank the
Mid-Hudson Library System
for their help in making this
grant possible,” said library
director Carol Donick. “This is
a good investment, which
should lower operating costs
and more than pay for itself over
time. As a library, we are in a
good position to showcase en-
ergy efficiency strategies to the
to the community, both for tax-
payers and children.
2) Explain why teachers need
tenure when such job security
is foreign to practically all other
white-collar workers. Describe
what possible benefit tenure
brings to children, particularly
if teachers’ skills and motiva-
tion diminish over time.
3) In these dire economic
times, describe the accommo-
dations the Haldane teachers’
union is willing to make with
respect to givebacks on sala-
ries and benefits to ease the tax
burden on families in varying
degrees of financial distress.
4) Will the union fight tooth
and nail against teacher salary
freezes and givebacks even if
this means layoffs for teacher
aides and cuts in educational
services?
5) Given how incredibly gen-
erous this community has been
to Haldane teachers, will the
union engage in a protracted
fight if the Haldane Board holds
the line by not granting salary
increases, including cost of liv-
ing, in the name of fiscal pru-
dence?
6) A recent study cited the
entire community.”
“Now, more than ever, it’s
critically important to know that
we are investing in libraries.
They serve as places where
people can look for jobs, en-
hance their education and find
enjoyment during these diffi-
cult economic times,” said
Senator Vincent Leibell.
Assemblywoman Sandy
Galef commented “I could not
T HE P UTNAM C OUNTY N EWS A ND R ECORDER
potential for substantial tax-
payer savings if Haldane school
district merges with a neigh-
boring school district. Will the
Haldane teachers’ union uni-
laterally fight against consoli-
dation regardless of the possible
benefits to the taxpayers?
7) Explain why the union feels
teachers should be compensated
above and beyond their base
salaries for extracurricular as-
signments despite their abbre-
viated work day and work year.
8) Which is more important:
the union securing teacher pay
increases or the school district
making cuts to Haldane athlet-
ics to pay for their increases?
9) Does the Haldane teach-
ers’ union have any investment
in this community including any
sense of responsibility to the
taxpayers?
10) What message is the
Haldane teachers’ union send-
ing to community stakeholders
- from children to parents to
taxpayers - when it always seeks
more, even when taxpayers are
struggling with reduced pay, job
loss, and tax-increase fatigue?
Joseph Barbaro
Cold Spring
be more pleased that a $22,000
library construction grant in the
NY State Budget has been al-
lotted to the Desmond-Fish
Library to meet its needs in
energy efficiency. Libraries
provide one of the most impor-
tant services in our communi-
ties and given the enormously
challenging time, they assist the
public even more.”
Middle Way Meditation
Offers Stress Relief
“The Four Noble Truths” is
the topic of Buddhism 101 this
April, led by Reverend Com-
passion of the Middle Way
Meditation Center in Cold
Spring. The Buddha’s guide-
lines to end suffering, stress,
anxiety, in your life will be
discussed. Adherents believe
that you can’t do away with
old age, illness, and death, but
you can control the way stress
affects you by following a path
which has been outlined and
made available to human be-
ings for 2,400 years.
Participants will discuss
ways to understand and imple-
ment this path under the guid-
ance of teachings on how to
gain greater happiness
through creating a peaceful,
stress free existence for your-
self and the world. The con-
versations are led in such a
way that you make the dis-
Improv Performance to Help
Fund St. Philip’s Outreach
The Valley Improv Group
(VIG) will perform a full-
length improvisational com-
edy show on April 25 at
7:30pm at St. Philip’s Church
in the Highlands, Garrison, to
benefit St. Philips’ outreach
efforts. One hundred percent
of the proceeds from the
VIG’s performance will be
used to fund these efforts. The
performance is interactive and
family friendly. Doors will
open at 7pm. Tickets are $10
for adults and $7 for seniors
and children.
The mission of the VIG is
to provide a positive contri-
bution to the local cultural
community via improvisa-
tional theater: a performing
art that showcases promotes
and advocates the benefits of
diversity, communication,
acceptance, sharing, and team-
work. The VIG performances
are an exciting form of live
entertainment in which the
performers create scenes and
play games based on audience
suggestions. There’s no script
and no rehearsal; everything
covery of the path yourself.
The group meets on the sec-
ond and fourth Tuesday of ev-
ery every month from 7:30 to
8:30pm. This April it meets
on the 14th and the 28th. There
is no charge and tea will be
served. The Center’s address
is 117 Main Street, Cold
Spring (between Archipelago
and the Country Goose) on the
third floor (3E).
The Middle Way Meditation
Center has weekly meditations
Monday, 7-8pm and Wednes-
day, 7-9pm (Wednesday is a
full service). On weekday
mornings there are medita-
tions on Tuesdays, Wednes-
days, and Thursdays from 7-
8am. These are open sits;
come in when you can, stay
as long as you can. There are
monthly full-day retreats also.
Call 265-4341 for further in-
formation.
is made up on the spot with
no catch and no safety net.
St. Philip’s outreach pro-
grams are focused locally in
the Hudson Valley, but reach
into the New Orleans river
delta and across the globe. St.
Philip’s provides a weekly
church service to residents of
Hedgewood assisted-living
community in Beacon, as well
as meals for the needy in
Peekskill. St. Philip’s partici-
pates in the Christmas-in-a-
box program for homeless
men and women in the Hudson
Valley. St. Philip’s is also
working with the people of
New Orleans to rebuild after
the devastation of Hurricane
Katrina, by renovating the par-
ish house of the Church of the
Annunciation. In addition, St.
Philip’s’ Sunday School chil-
dren and acolytes are helping
to support two 10-year old-
Tibetan children.
More information about St.
Philip’s can be found at
www.stphilips.highlands.com
and about VIG at
www.valleyimprovgroup.com.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Choir of Sandhurst Royal
Academy Performs at St.
Mary’s in Steeple Fundraiser
In a history-making event, the
choir of the Royal Military
Academy, Sandhurst, England,
will present a concert at St.
Mary’s Episcopal Church, Cold
Spring, Friday, April 17, as part
of an unprecedented U.S. tour.
The concert, to begin at 7:30pm,
is open to the public, with tick-
ets available at $20 each for
regular admission and $15
apiece for senior citizens and
students. Tickets can be ob-
tained at the door or in advance
by calling 265-2539.
The program is expected to
feature traditional Anglican
music from five centuries, plus
– as organizers promise – “a
few surprises along the way!”
Half of the proceeds will go to
restoration of St. Mary’s’ his-
toric steeple.
As part of its 7-day Ameri-
can visit, the choir will also sing
at West Point and in New York
City at the Cathedral of St. John
the Divine, the Church of the
Heavenly Rest, and St. Mary
the Virgin, Times Square. “It
is a privilege to be singing in
so many beautiful churches,”
said Peter Beaven, choir musi-
cal director, adding that he and
the choir “are looking forward
Maestro Pierluigi Sampietro
to Perform at Graymoor
The Graymoor Spiritual Life
Center is presenting world re-
nowned pianist, composer, and
conductor, Maestro Pierluigi
Sampietro, and his unique
“Pianistic Show” tracing the
magic of music history from
Bach, Mozart, and Chopin to
jazz, on April 19, at 3pm in
Pilgrim Hall, Graymoor.
Maestro Sampietro, the choir
director and organist at St.
Gregory the Great Church in
Harrison, NY, has performed all
over the world, even giving a
private concert at the Vatican
for Pope Benedict XVI in 2007.
“It’s an experience that I could
never forget in all my life,” he
told the Catholic New York, at
Page 9
to it immensely.” The Sandhurst
choir regularly gives recitals and
concerts, both in the Sandhurst
chapel and further afield. Made
in 2004, its first CD recording,
Serve to Lead, features favor-
ite music and anthems using the
Royal Military Academy motto
as its title. This past January
the choir recorded a Christmas
music CD, A Sandhurst Christ-
mas Collection, due for release
this spring.
At one time the choir largely
involved officer cadets and,
until the late 1970s, when
women were admitted, was
exclusively male. Recognized
as the foremost ecclesiastical
choir in its area, it currently has
both men and women and con-
sists entirely of unpaid singers.
Many members of the choir are
active in other musical spheres.
Among them are several cho-
ral directors, at least five or-
ganists, and several members
of the larger London symphonic
choruses. The Royal Military
Academy is the nearest British
equivalent to West Point. Fa-
mous young alumni of recent
years include Britain’s Princes
William and Harry.
the time.
Born in Italy, he studied in
Rome and at the Mozarteum in
Salzburg, Austria, and was a
successful concert pianist while
still in his teens. After with-
drawing from the stage, he has
been at St. Gregory’s since 1962
and has concentrated on church
music and teaching piano, or-
gan, and voice. In the past few
years, he has resumed touring,
focusing his concerts on phil-
anthropic endeavors and non-
profit organizations. This con-
cert will benefit the Graymoor
Spirtual Life Center .
Tickets are $20 and can be
purchased by calling 424-3671,
ext. 2111.
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Haldane Hardballers Off to Good Start
Lisikatos fires
first no-hitter of
2009 season
It was a down week in
terms of action due to the
hideous early-April weather
we’ve encountered, but we
did see some big happenings
in the PCNR-area earlier in
the week, before Friday and
Saturday’s wet weather put
a hold on the action.
Haldane baseball coach Tom
D i r e c t R ay s
by Ray Gallagher
Virgadamo and his assistants/
brothers Joe and Anthony
Virgadamo only know one
way--the Haldane way. They
were raised on that Blue Devil,
blue-collar work ethic, and,
along with fellow assistants
Jason Baker and Josiah Pep-
aro, they hope to instill a
workmanlike ethic in the 2009
Blue Devils.
“The coaching staff is look-
ing to build a program that
will last for years to come,”
Coach Tom Virgadamo stated.
“The guys are buying into
the system and as of now
it’s paying off. We have a
long road ahead if we want
to get where we should be.
We are looking to make an
appearance in sectionals for
the first time in many years.”
They appear headed down
that path after two-straight
wins to open the season. At
Tuckahoe, senior SS/P Mike
Impellittiere crushed a home
run and added two RBI for the
Blue Devils. Senior catcher
Wi l l C h a r k o w s k y a d d e d a
State Summer
Games Suspended
T h e N e w Y o r k S tat e Office
of Parks, Recreation and His-
toric Preservation today an-
nounced that the 2009 Empire
State Summer Games will be
suspended for one year due
to New York’s unprecedented
fiscal crisis.
“The state’s financial situ-
ation, combined with spe-
cific financial and logisti-
cal challenges for potential
host communities, have led
to the determination that the
2009 Empire State Summer
Games competition would be
suspended,” said State Parks
double and an RBI. Impellit-
tiere is off to a torrid start,
having knocked in five RBI
in Haldane’s 14-7 win over
visiting Solomon Schechter.
S o p h o m o r e Ry a n K e n n a
pitched four innings and gave
up three earned runs while
classmate Jackson Zuvic
pitched the final three and
gave up zero runs with three
strikeouts.
“We are 2-0 but we have
room for improvement if we
want to be successful from
the beginning to the end of
the season,” the Coach said.
That’ll be task of a few
good men, including Char-
kowsky (C), Impellittiere (P/
SS), Joe Dulle\(Jr. 1B), Rafael
Famighetti (Jr. 3B/P), Derek
O’Dell (Jr. 2B/CF), Nick To-
rica (Jr. P/OF), Matt Tringali
(So. P/2B/OF), Chris Mar-
chese (So. OF), Ryan Kenna
(So. P/OF), Jackson Zuvic
(So. P/OF), Peter Allen (Fr.
CF), Andrew Balducci (Fr.
C/OF/3B), Dan Kinnaird (Fr.
P), Dima Spinelli (Fr. C/OF),
Nick Junjulas (Fr. OF) and
eighth-graders Matt Forlow
(SS/P/OF) and Ryan Koval
(P/IF/OF).
Chelsea Girl Fires a No-no
Haldane sophomore Chelsea
Lisikatos pitched her first
no-hitter of the season in a
13-0 win over Tuckahoe. Most
times, one would make a big-
ger deal out of a no-no, but
it’s the first of what could be
several more this season for
the windmilling right-hander.
She did issue three walks to go
with 14 strikeouts to lead the
Blue Devils, who pounded out
16 hits. Lisikatos added two
triples and three RBI. Vanessa
Minardi had a home run and
two RBI while Jade Lyons
added two RBI, with Holly
S p o rt s N o t e s
Commissioner Carol Ash.
According to Ash, an ad-
visory committee will be
formed to determine how to
restructure the Empire State
Games and create a program
for the future, including the
summer 2010 event in Buf-
falo, and the winter games in
Lake Placid.
“Moving forward, it is
difficult to foresee that the
state, alone, will be in the
position to continue to fund
90 percent of the cost of the
overall program, which to-
tals more than $3 million
annually. The committee will
consider such items as private
Whiston and seventh-grade
catcher Samantha Lisikatos
adding one apiece.
“Our hitting star of the day
was sophomore Vanessa Mi-
nardi, going 4-for-4 with a
home run,” Blue Devils Coach
Nick Lisikatos said. “In ad-
dition to that it marked the
first varsity softball game
for seventh grader Samantha
Lisikatos, who spent seven
innings behind the dish call-
ing signs for her big sister’s
no-hitter. It was very exciting
stuff for us and hopefully we
have lots more to come.”
PV Lax Sticks it to Suffern
Jimmy VanderVeerdonk and
Ryan Fitzgerald each popped
home four goals and set up
another in the Tigers’ 12-10
w i n o v e r C l a s s A S u ff e r n
last Saturday. Dillon Chesnut
added a pair of tallies for
Put Valley, who saw Brendan
McCrudden make eight saves
between the pipes. Billy Ries
and Shane Kelly added key
g o a l s f o r t h e Ti g e r s . R i e s
was up front about the win.
“We were the underdogs, for
sure, so this should get some
attention,” said Ries, a ground
ball freak. “Brendan really
stuck out his chest for us and
made some big saves. He has
to be big for us if we’re go-
ing to end up playing Rye or
whoever for sectionals. This
was a great start for us. Fitz
and Jimmy were really on,
and Dillon popped a couple
more. We were on our game.”
The win was crucial, in that
it gets the Tigers believing
that 2009 could be a special
season. Putnam Valley, which
won it all in 2004, is the only
Class C program outside of
Somers (2000-’03) and Rye
(2005-’08) to win the Class
C tournament, which began
fundraising, participant fees,
numbers of competitions, and
non-sporting-related costs.”
This year’s Senior Games,
which relies on a participation
fee, will occur as scheduled in
Cortland, June 2-7. The Games
for the Physically Challenged,
which have been paid for in
part, will occur as scheduled
May 28-30 in Uniondale, Long
Island.
Train Service to
Yankee Stadium
W ith station construction
o n s c h e d u l e , M TA M e t r o -
North Railroad has announced
that train service to the new
Yankees – E.153rd Street Sta-
tion will begin on Saturday
May 23, 2009, with regular
daily service 365 days a year
and special game day sched-
ules too.
For weekday day and night
games there will be a nearly
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Wednesday, April 8, 2009
in 2000.
Girvalo Clutch for PV Soft-
ball
Sophomore Casie Girvalo
has been known more for her
arm than her bat in previ-
ous seasons, but the pitcher-
turned-DH had the game-
winning hit of the day in
PV’s 5-4 extra-inning win
over Hen Hud to support win-
ning pitcher Alice Stockinger.
Between pitchers Stockinger
and Girvalo, and a veteran-
laced team, Coach Heather
Miench’s Tigers (1-0) could
be poised to make some noise
on the Class B scene. Don’t
be surprised if the Tigers go
Final 4 on us.
Citi Field is Grand
Spent my first day at the
newly-christened Citi Field
Sunday watching the NY Mets
practice, and all I could think
was, “WOW!” There’s not a
bum seat in the house, the
toilets all work, and the food
was somewhat reasonably
priced, if you consider $7.95
for a sausage wedge reason-
able. When I got to the field,
though, something hit me
like a ton of bricks. Behind
Ace Johan Santana, the Mets
don’t have a whole heck of a
lot of proven pitching, which
makes RHP Mike Pelfrey the
X-factor this season. If 6’7”
Pelfrey (13-11 last season),
a former first-round pick out
of Wichita State, can hack it
as a No. 2, the Mets could go
places. If not, the Sports Il-
lustrated jinx could come in
to play. If you haven’t seen
it yet, SI picked the Mets to
top the Angels in the World
Series this fall. So much for
flying under the radar.
P l e a s e v i s i t w w w. d i re c -
trays.com to view Section 1
sports photos.
continuous shuttle service
between Grand Central and
the new station, with one
stop at Harlem-125th Street
Station. After night games,
extra trains will operate on
the Hudson Line with direct
service from the new station.
Holders of any monthly or
weekly commutation ticket
pay no addition fare for travel
to the new station.
Athletes for a Cure
Sought
T h e W e s t c h e s t e r /Hudson
Valley Chapter of The Leu-
kemia & Lymphoma Society
will be holding a free informa-
tional meeting on Thursday,
May 21, at the Brewster Public
Library, to explain its Team
in Training program, which
is recruiting both novice and
veteran athletes for their fall
events.
T h e P u t n a m S p o rt s m a n
Editor’s Note: Carmel resi-
d e n t Ly n n E . G re e n w o o d
began writing “The Putnam
Sportsman” in 1978 for the
Putnam County Courier. With
the resurrection of the Cou-
rier this week, Greenwood is
back.He will also be sharing
his insights into Putnam life
with PCN&R.
It’s an April shower day
here in Putnam County this
Monday morning, but April
showers bring May flowers,
helping to rejuvenate new
life into the waking roots of
winter dormant life below
and above our little corner of
the earth that surrounds us.
Like Ray Milland em-
broiled in the nightmares of
a “Lost Weekend,” I woke
up at my post in the “crows
nest,” the sea below obliter-
ated by a thick fog, recalling
nightmares of “The Wreck Of
The fog was
a blessing in
disguise, as it
kept the captain
and the crew
below from
seeing that I had
fallen asleep
on my watch,
thus avoiding a
painful flogging.
The Hesperus” and “The Wake
Of The Red Witch.” The fog
was a blessing in disguise,
as it kept the captain and
the crew below from seeing
that I had fallen asleep on
my watch, thus avoiding a
painful flogging.
Suddenly the fog dissipated,
and as I scanned the sea around
me, the surface was smooth
and quiet and as I looked
down to report all was well,
there was below me no ship,
only the rising mast. The
good ship Courier, where I
had been a hand for 30 years,
had somehow slipped beneath
the sea, and apparently the
captain and the crew went
down with it. I scanned the
sea around me again, hoping
to see a ship on the horizon
that would come to throw a
lifeline to save me, but it was
not to be.
And so, during all the weeks
that have passed, most of
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a strong performance at its meet against North Salem.The
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by Lynn E. Greenwood
them home alone with my cat,
Gallegher, with Mama gone
on a long, medical-related
hiatus, I have had revisiting
thoughts of friends lost, a
long writing career that went
down with the ship without
warning, and the touch lost
with those who followed the
long and winding trail of “The
Putnam Sportsman,” many
since the column’s inception
in the fall of 1978.
It is ironic, during the
prelude of this Holy Week,
that I was lifted from my
dire straits by a visit from
a blonde angel named Beth
Ailes, and her messenger of
a faith restored, Joe Lindsley,
to my humble tipi. It seems
Beth and her husband, Roger,
had secured the rights to res-
urrect and bring the lost ship
Courier back to the surface.
Beth and Joe had come here
to visit with a recuperating
Mama and me, to toss us a
lifeline. During their visit, I
pulled out several scrapbooks
of old columns that Mama had
saved from the early years, and
a couple that spanned my two
years as a county legislator,
when I still wrote columns
each week, I know not how.
Joe borrowed a couple to
ponder over, and I promised I
would get a column off to be
included in the new version of
the Putnam County Courier
coming out this Thursday,
the Good Lord willing and
the creek doesn’t rise with
these April showers.
Mama will have returned
home three weeks ago tomor-
row, after going under the
scalpel guided by the gifted
hand and fingers of Lyda Ro-
jas and her operating crew
at Putnam Hospital Center,
called in to work their magic
on a Sunday morning. Mama
had known Lyda as a Carmel
High School student during
her long tour of duty, and this
was the second time Lyda had
saved her life. This time, a
colon infection unresponsive
to medication required Lyda
to remove a section. Mama
spent a week in the hospital’s
intensive care unit, to closely
watch for the reoccurrence of
infection, and another week
before she was taken to the
Bethel, Conn., rehab center
via Carmel Ambulance, where
M a m a i s a l i f e m e m b e r. I
picked her up two weeks and
a few days later and brought
her home.
A call from Putnam County
Vi s i t i n g N u r s e s c a m e i m -
mediately, followed by daily
visits, including weekends
by a number of nurses who
helped Mama. Each of these
visiting angels was friendly,
sympathetic, and knowledge-
able, and they pulled her out
of her despair and desperation,
something I was not capable of
doing. During a conversation
with the first nurse who came,
she told me of the plight of
her group and the threat that
the program was going to be
dropped by Putnam County.
I told her I would put a call
in to the county executive to
arrange a meeting with him
to plead their case and that I
would meet with the county
legislature if I had to. She
retrieved a petition she had
not yet circulated stating their
plight. Mama and I were the
first to sign.
It’s ironic that an article in
the Journal News appears this
very morning telling of the
threat to the Putnam County
Visiting Nurses. Also ironi-
cally, I finally got a return
call from the county execu-
tive’s office saying that it
was early in the process and
elected county officials have
made no decision.
Like the Coast Guard, the
visiting nurses of Putnam
County continue to throw life
saving lines of communica-
tion and expertise to those in
need across the county. Their
tour of duty at this tipi is over
now, though still we get calls
to see how Mama is doing.
Across this county there
are many people, many of
them senior citizens, as Mama
and I are, who are suffering
Putnam Valley Lacrosse
Putnam Valley varsity lacrosse co-captain and senior Jim
VanderVeerdonk (#9) takes a shot against Suffern during
the April 4th away game that resulted in a 12-10 victory
for the PV Tigers.
from medical problems, and
they are counting on Putnam
County to do the right thing.
All I can ask is that you take
the time to write a letter, make
a call to your county legisla-
tor, call the county executive,
and express your feelings on
the need to keep our visit-
ing nurses right where they
belong--serving the needs
of Putnam County residents.
Writing this column has
involved relearning my Car-
mel High School typing skills
and transferring my thoughts
to Microsoft Word. There is
a little to report this week
on the opening of the striper
season on the Hudson a while
back, followed by a visit from
Eddie Schwartz from Lake
Carmel, who brought an open-
ing day striper hauled from
the Hudson at Croton Point
that tipped my scale at 19
and ¾ pounds and measured
38 inches, as I recall.
The Oasis Club out of Car-
mel also had a trout contest
this weekend, and again Eddie
stopped by with a brown trout,
recently stocked in the East
Branch of the Croton River,
that weighed one pound, one
ounce and was 13 ½ inches
in length. That was the only
trout I weighed in from the
Oasis boys, so unless some-
one caught and weighed in a
heavier trout at a deli, Eddie
will again snare 25 bucks.
Lori DiLorenzo from the DEP
and the Oasis Club just called
m e s a y i n g To n y M o n t i e r o
caught a 15 ½ pound brown
trout last week (maybe from
Lake Gleneida).
I’m going to sign off now,
hoping for another miracle
to happen in my life come
Thursday!

Landscapes by Frank Cannas Haldane PTA and Wellness Garrison Fine Art Restorer Building Bridges’ Summer
at Bannerman Gallery Committee Publish Healthy Janice Selfridge Receives River Workshops are Set
Kids Cookbook Jointly
The Bannerman Castle
Tr u s t , I n c . w e l c o m e s r e -
nowned Hudson Valley artist
Frank Cannas back to The
Bannerman Island Gallery
for Hudson Valley Florals
and Landscapes. The exhibit
opens on April 11, (Beacon’s
Second Saturday) with an
artist reception from 4pm
to 6pm.
Frank Cannas was born in
the Bronx in 1936, of Italian
immigrants. Frank remem-
bers when his father caught
him as a six-year-old, draw-
ing on the side of his mother’s
dresser with a straight pin.
Instead of reprimanding him,
he gave Frank a piece of paper
and a pencil and said “this
is where you draw - not on
the furniture.”
Frank graduated from the
illustration program at the
School of Visual Arts in 1958.
He worked as staff artist for
Ross Art Studio, and then
for Equitable life Insurance
Company, and Philip Mor-
ris, as well as freelancing,
producing illustrations for
book covers, text books, ads,
magazines, children’s books,
and color posters for many
Putnam SCORE Award
sports events.
Frank began exhibiting
while still employed. In
1996 he retired and now he
paints for his own pleasure
and for his studio. Fine art
is his way of life, and he
paints plein-aire or in his
studio at home. He has won
over 20 awards in nationally
juried exhibitions, and he is
also a member of the board
of the Hudson Valley Art
Aassociation.
Fifty percent of the pro-
ceeds from the sale of paint-
ings will be donated to The
B a n n e r m a n C a s t l e Tr u s t ,
Inc. for the preservation of
Bannerman Island. Banner-
man Island is set to open for
guided tours on May 4. Ban-
nerman Castle Trust is also
sponsoring a benefit on the
Mystic Whaler on May 29,
2009. The Bannerman Island
Gallery is open on Fridays,
Saturdays, and Sundays from
12 noon to 5pm and on Sec-
ond Saturdays from 12 noon
to 9pm and by appointment
during the week. For more
information call Neil Caplan
at 845-234-3204.
In response to the ever
increasing concern about the
national epidemic of over-
weight and undernourished
children, the Haldane PTA
and Wellness Committee have
joined forces to publish a
recipe book with over 80
healthy, kid-approved recipes
from over 30 Haldane fami-
lies. We all face the problem
of what we can make for
dinner that will be healthy,
Joseph Bellusico Receives
M.S. Ed From Plattsburgh
Joseph J. Bellusico, of Cold
Spring, received an M.S. Ed
in Curriculum and Instruction
this winter. More than 500
graduates crossed the dais
during SUNY Plattsburgh’s
winter commencement ex-
ercises. SUNY Plattsburgh
president John Ettling pre-
sided over the ceremony.
SUNY Plattsburgh, www.
plattsburgh.edu, was founded
in 1889 as a teaching col-
lege and in 1948 became
T HE P UTNAM C OUNTY N EWS A ND R ECORDER
nutritious and that our chil-
dren will eat. The hope is that
this cookbook will help with
that dilemma. The cookbook
also offers about 50 sugges-
tions for quick, easy, nutri-
tious snacks for those hungry
periods between meals. The
cookbook has the added at-
traction of being wonder-
fully illustrated by some very
talented Haldane students.
The price of the cookbooks
is $12 and orders will be ac-
cepted from the public. The
deadline for orders is April
15. Checks can be made to
the Haldane PTA and mailed
to: Haldane PTA; 15 Craig-
side Dr.; Cold Spring, NY
10516. With your check, also
provide your name, address,
and a phone number to be
called when books are in to
be picked up. Any questions
or orders can be e-mailed
to recipes@haldanepta.org.
Questions can also be di-
rected to Deirdre Knapp at
265-9485.
an original member of the
State University of New York.
The four-year comprehensive
college now serves 5,500
undergraduates and 500
graduate students. It offers
60 programs/majors and a
wide range of special pro-
grams, which prepare gradu-
ates for professional life and
advanced studies through a
strong foundation in liberal
arts and an experience that
celebrates excellence, ethical
values, lifelong learning and
responsible citizenship in a
global community.
Corrections
The article on the Putnam
Valley Baseball Association’s
parade that appeared on the
front page of the April 1, 2009,
Putnam Valley edition of the
PCN&R incorrectly named
Kevin Gallagher as the Com-
missioner of the PVBA. The
association’s Commissioner
is Ray Gallagher.
In the March 18 issue in the
Garrison school board article,
we referred to “the history
detectives” as 6th graders.
They are 7th and 8th graders.
Certificates were presented by
board president Anita Prentice,
not Superintendent Gloria Co-
lucci. The Quadricentennial
flag ceremony was not attended
by Marilyn Palefsky. It was
attended by Diana Swinburne.
In the March 25 issue we
failed to list T. Costello as the
Village Justice who received
555 votes.
The economy may be strug-
gling, but Janice Selfridge’s
business is thriving - a turn of
events she attributes largely
to the counseling she received
from SCORE in Carmel.
Selfridge is the president
and conservator of Hudson
Valley Fine Art Conserva-
tors, Inc. (HVFAC), in Bea-
con. A graduate of Rutgers
University, she has studied
at NYU, the Art Students
League, the Fashion Institute
of Technology, and the NY
Academy of Art. She began
her career in conservation in
1995 and has been actively
working in the field since.
HVFAC cleans and repairs
paintings, historical frames,
and the original artwork and
decoration in churches.
But while Selfridge is very
good at restoring artwork,
she was not much of an in-
dependent businesswoman
and badly needed help in
structuring and organizing
her business. Enter the Put-
nam SCORE chapter.
SCORE, counselors to
America’s small business,
is an independent, non-profit,
national affiliate of the Small
Business Administration. It
offers free, confidential busi-
ness counseling to anyone
who wants to start a business
or who needs professional ad-
vice for an existing business.
“The counselors in the
SCORE office in Carmel did
everything,” says Selfridge.
“They helped me structure the
business, create a marketing
plan, reviewed materials,
and helped me regroup and
refocus when I had a major
setback.” The help ranged
from suggesting a revised
logo to guiding her through
the creation of an entire busi-
ness plan.
“As the business evolved
over time,” says Selfridge, “I
met with the SCORE coun-
selors more than ten times
over the course of a year.”
Today, Hudson Valley Fine
Art Conservators is a profit-
able and growing business.
One new museum client told
Selfridge, “If you can accept
credit cards, we will feed
you as much work as you
can handle.” Now an astute
businesswoman, Selfridge
immediately arranged to take
credit cards.
In recognition of Self-
ridge’s accomplishments,
Putnam SCORE recently
presented her with one of
t h e C h a p t e r ’ s “ Aw a r d f o r
Business Success.”
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Building Bridges Building
Boats, (BBBB), in associa-
tion with the Cold Spring Boat
Club and Scenic Hudson, is
again holding its summer
river workshop for students
from grade 6 and up. There
will be three one-week ses-
sions beginning July 6. Stu-
dents will learn boat handling
and boat safety while gaining
an intimate knowledge of the
Hudson River. At least half
the day is spent in BBBB
boats under the supervision
of experienced personnel.
Part of each day is devoted
to activities including, sea-
manship studies, log keeping,
beachcombing and explora-
tion. The emphasis is on fun
and safety.
Sessions 1 and 2 are open
to all. Session 3 is for stu-
dents who have successfully
completed at least one week
of river training. The program
will run from 9am to 3pm
Joseph Bellusico Receives
M.S. Ed From Plattsburgh
Joseph J. Bellusico, of Cold
Spring, received an M.S. Ed
in Curriculum and Instruction
this winter. More than 500
graduates crossed the dais
during SUNY Plattsburgh’s
winter commencement ex-
ercises. SUNY Plattsburgh
president John Ettling pre-
sided over the ceremony.
SUNY Plattsburgh, www.
plattsburgh.edu, was founded
in 1889 as a teaching col-
lege and in 1948 became
an original member of the
State University of New York.
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each day. Session I runs from
July 6-10, session II from
July 13-July 17, and session
III from July 20-24.
BBBB is a nonprofit, 501C-
3 organization. Because of
current economic conditions
BBBB’s board of trustees has
decided to hold prices for
this year at the 2008 levels.
For information and regis-
tration contact Jay Barrett
at 265-5220 or email him
at dstenzel@optonline.net.
The Summer River Work-
shop serves as training for
other BBBB events held
throughout the year includ-
ing races, trips, and festivals.
This year BBBB rowers will
take a five-day trip from
Saugerties to Cold Spring,
beginning June 29. Informa-
tion for this trip is available
by emailing David Hardy
at hardy@highlands.com or
265-4290.
The four-year comprehensive
college now serves 5,500
undergraduates and 500
graduate students. It offers
60 programs/majors and a
wide range of special pro-
grams, which prepare gradu-
ates for professional life and
advanced studies through a
strong foundation in liberal
arts and an experience that
celebrates excellence, ethical
values, lifelong learning and
responsible citizenship in a
global community.
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PVHS Mock Trial Takes County Gold Honors, Again Girl Scouts Celebrate B O C E S S t u d e n t s C o o k
Thinking Day Ziti for Soup Kitchen

Putnam Valley High School has taken top honors for the The Mahopac High School Mock Trial Team and their
second year in succession. Joining the team is their coach advisors District Attorney Adam Levy and Dan Ricci line
and advisor Sean Gilroy (right) up for a team photo.
by Eric Gross from Mahopac High coached manner in which the cases gratulated each other. The
by District Attorney Adam were presented was achieved judge called the sportsman-
Putnam Valley High School Levy and PV Historian and by the students themselves,” ship exhibited by the young
may be one of Putnam’s small- Mahopac teacher Dan Ricci. said Gilroy. people “genuine” as he con-
er secondary schools but when Levy praised all of the teams On Sunday, March 15, the ent country to represent and BOCES students Patrick Boddie (Lakeland) and Sarah
Both Gilroy and Levy were gratulated all of the students.
it comes to debating judicial and their members for a “job Girl Scouts of Hudson High- learn something about. The Rosenfield (Putnam Valley) show their culinary skill in a
impressed how all members P u t n a m Va l l e y w i l l n o w
matters, the school is a giant. well done. These young people lands enjoyed a Thinking Day girls presented songs, dances, community service effort for the Peekskill Salvation Army
of the various teams were enter regional competition
For the second consecutive now have a better understand- celebration at the Methodist food, and language from their soup kitchen.
able to fit their cases into in Dutchess County later this
year, the PVHS Mock Trial ing of the law and I’m sure Church. country. There were Russian
extremely busy schedules. month. Cooking for a cause, more effort provides the students
Team has bested all competi- many will continue in the legal Thinking Day is celebrated and Irish step dancers, Eng-
“The students play sports, Members of the winning than a dozen BOCES Tech with hours of community ser-
tion by taking the county’s profession. They are a tribute around the world by Girl lish scones, Chinese fortune
a r e e n r o l l e d i n a d v a n c e d Putnam Valley team included Center students whipped up vice, a hands-on culinary
mock trial championship at the to their schools, families, and Scouts and Girl Guides on cookies, Mexican guacamole,
courses, and take part in ex- Dillon Chesnut, Dan Cray, ziti marinara, garlic bread, experience, and a chance to
Putnam County Courthouse. the entire community.” February 22. This day is set dress from India and Japan,
tracurricular activities, yet Chris Nelson, Maddi Kane, salad, chocolate chip cookies, help people less fortunate.
Putnam Judge James Reitz PVHS debate team advisor aside for scouts around the food from Greece, and choco-
they sacrificed their leisure Jen Davis, Conor O’Leary, and lots and lots of meatballs Chopping onions, rolling
presided over the proceed- and teacher Sean Gilroy was world to honor their sister late from Switzerland.
time for the team,” said Levy. Rebecca Bierhoff, Nick Cas- to be served to as many as meatballs, stirring sauce, the
i n g s t h a t i n v o l v e d t e a m s thrilled that the school had s c o u t s . G i rl s c e l e b ra t e b y This event was attended
Gilroy noted on the days cioli, Courtney Bobik, and 80 patrons at the Peekskill students work side-by-side for
from Brewster, Carmel, and taken top honors both this participating in games, proj- by about 100 girls scout from
of the competition that took Mike Byrne. Salvation Army soup kitchen. two days in the Tech South
Mahopac, as well as Putnam year and last. ects, or celebrations with Daisy to Senior scouts.
place at 5pm at the court- T h e r u n n e r- u p M a h o p a c The cooks are students in kitchen on the BOCES Yor-
Valley. “The students put plenty global themes. The girls look forward to
house, “students wore suits H i g h S c h o o l M o c k Tr i a l Chef Stanley Rupinski’s Cu- ktown campus, with the Chef
Brewster and Carmel were of time and effort into their This year the event was their next event, Girl Scout
and dressy dresses to school Team was composed of Dan linary class at BOCES and Stanley’s Culinary group
first eliminated during the cases. From their opening organized by Junior Girl Scout Spirit Day, a day which the
resulting in a ‘buzz’ around S a l a m o n e , S e a n S p o ff o r d , members of the National serving as peer coaches for
r o u n d r o b i n c o m p e t i t i o n , statements and line of ques- troop 1410 from Garrison, led scouts thank the community
Putnam Valley High about Rebecca DeSio, Mike DeSan- Technical Honor Society from the honor students.
a n d o n Thurs day evening, tioning to the closing, they by Monica Mahoney-Adler. for their continued support.
the club.” dre, Alexander Pietrocola, a number of Career Academy Chef Rupinski and Tech
April 2, Putnam Valley re- excelled. While the language Each troop chose a differ- This will be held on Sunday
Once Judge Reitz rendered Michael Hegarty, and Tom courses at BOCES – from Center school counselor Gary
tained its championship with and terminology used was his verdict, members of both Civita. April 19 at 3pm. The com-
munity is invited to come and Fashion Design to Carpentry, Mancus are advisors in the
a close victory over a team t w e a k e d b y a d v i s o r s , t h e

Vo l u n t e e r s C o n t r i b u t e Ti m e a n d M o re a t M a n i t o g a
Nearly 40 volunteers con-
tributed more than 250 hours
of time, professional services,
and equipment at Manitoga’s
first Volunteer Landscape Day
of the 2009 season on March
28. Led by arborist and Mani-
toga Advisory Board member
Chris Galligan, seven teams
worked around the Quarry Path
that rims the famed “Dragon
Rock.” This “inner circle”
forms the heart of the visi-
tor experience at the National
LEGAL NOTICE
COUNTY OF PUTNAM
NOTICE FOR REQUEST
FOR PROPOSAL
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN, that sealed
proposal, will be received by
the Director of Purchasing
of Putnam County for the
following commodities and/
or service:
R F P # 0 5 - 0 9 - 80 entitled “Personnel” with
COMPREHENSIVE
HEALTHCARE SERVICES
FOR THE PUTNAM
COUNTY JAIL
Detailed specifications
may be secured at the
office of the Director
of Purchasing, County
of Putnam Purchasing
Department located at 110
Old Route 6, Building
No. 3, Carmel, New York
10512 between the hours
of 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM,
M o n d a y t h r o u g h F r i d a y,
beginning 1:00PM April
1, 2009. The County of
Putnam officially distributes
bidding documents from the
Purchasing Department or
through the Hudson Valley
Municipal Purchasing
Group’s Regional Bid
Notification System. Copies
of bidding documents
obtained from any other
source are not considered
official copies. Sealed
PROPOSAL must be filed
i n t h e a b o v e o ff i c e o n o r
before 1:00 PM May 1, 2009.
Dated:
Carmel, New York
Alessandro Mazzotta,
Purchasing Director
Putnam County
Purchasing Department
LEGAL NOTICE
GARRISON UNION
FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
Notice is hereby given
that the annual inspection
for 2008-2009 of the main
building, Pavilion and
storage shed of the Garrison
Union Free School District
for fire hazards which
might endanger the lives
of students, teachers and
employees therein, has been
completed and the report
thereof is available at the
office of the Garrison Union
Free School at 1100 Route
9D, Garrison, New York for
inspection by all interested
persons.
Garrison Board of
Education
April, 2009
Historic Landmark site visited
by thousands of design and
landscape enthusiasts from
across the county and around
the world each year.
Horticulturist and Manito-
ga Board member Katy Moss
Warner, landscape designers
Grace Kennedy and Michael
Schoeller, arborist Chip Marks,
former Manitoga landscape
intern Kate Millsaps, and Mani-
toga tour docent Beth Sigler
headed up teams to remove dead
NYS DOT
REQUEST FOR BIDS
Sealed bids for the
following projects will be
received in an envelope
annotated with project
name and number until
10:30 a.m. on May 07, 2009
a t t h e O ff i c e o f C o n t r a c t
Management, NYS Dept. of
Transportation, 1ST FLOOR
SUITE 1 CM, 50 WOLF RD,
A L B A N Y, N Y 1 2 2 3 2 a n d
will then be publicly read. A
certified or cashier’s check
payable to the NYS Dept. of
Transportation for the sum
specified in the proposal or
a bid bond, FORM CONR
391, representing “25% of
the bid total” as specified
in the contract proposal,
must accompany each bid.
Plans and proposals can be
obtained from the Plan Sales
Unit, at the above address;
a n d t h e R e g i o n a l O ff i c e s
noted below. The right is
reserved to reject all bids.
A T T E N T I O N
CONTRACTORS,
Contractors should be
advised of new legislation
for Lobbying on All
Procurement Contracts
effective January 1, 2006.
Details of guidelines,
regulations and forms
are provided on the
Department’s Web Site. For
more information, Contact
Person(s) Jodi Riano, Bill
Howe NYSDOT Contract
Management Bureau 50 Wolf
Road, 1st Floor, Suite 1CM,
Albany NY 12232 Email:
j r i a n o @ d o t . s t a t e . n y. u s ,
w h o w e @ d o t . s t a t e . n y. u s
(518) 457-3583 Suzanna
C h a r l e s N Y S D O T O ff i c e
of Legal Affairs Email
s c h a r l e s @ d o t . s t a t e . n y. u s
(518) 457-3583
Reg. 08, Joan Dupont,
Regional Director, 4 Burnett
Blvd., Poughkeepsie, NY
12603
D 2 6 11 0 7 , P I N 8 8 1 0 . 9 0 ,
F.A. Proj. C240-8810-903,
Columbia, Dutchess, &
Putnam Cos., Preventive
Maintenance - Paving,
Routes 22, 23, 44, 203 and
987G (TSP), Bid Deposit
$400,000.00, NO PLANS,
Proposals $25, plus $8
Postage. THIS CONTRACT
REQUIRES NIGHT TIME
WORK.
Goals: DBE 0%
teams came together and con-
trees, chip branches littering
the garden’s understory, spread
mulch to create easy footing
on pathways, and pull leaves
and weeds from the distinctive
outdoor rooms in this wood-
land garden. Garrison Tree
donated woodchips for mulch
and Philipstown Tree Service
donated usage of specialized
equipment to help with clean
up. Sandwiches, bottled water,
and snacks were contributed
by Pali’s Lunchbo, The Main
LEGAL NOTICE
LOCAL LAW # 4 OF 2009
Local Law #4
A L O C A L L AW T O
AMEND THE PUTNAM
COUNTY CODE BY
ADDING A NEW
CHAPTER 80 ENTITLED
“PERSONNEL” WITH A
NEW ARTICLE I ENTITLED
“ E - V E R I F Y
REQUIREMENTS FOR
EMPLOYMENT WITH THE
COUNTY OF PUTNAM”
BE IT ENACTED BY THE
COUNTY LEGISLATURE
OF THE COUNTY OF
PUTNAM, IN THE STATE
OF NEW YORK, as follows:
Section 1. A new Section
a new Article I entitled
“ E - Ve r i f y R e q u i r e m e n t s
for Employment with the
County of Putnam” is hereby
added to the Putnam County
Code to read as follows:
ARTICLE I
E-Verify Requirement
Section 80-1. Legislative
Intent.
This Legislature
determines that the County
of Putnam has enacted
Local Law No. 14 of 2008,
to require companies doing
business with the County
to certify their compliance
with federal law with respect
to the lawful hiring of
employees. may exist during
the application process for
employment and further
determines that the County
of Putnam should protect
residents from document
fraud in the hiring of County
employees.
This Legislature finds
that the United States
Department of Homeland
Security and the Social
Security Administration
have established an
electronic system called
“ E - Ve r i f y ” t o a s s i s t
employers in verifying the
employment authorization
of all their newly hired
employees. Under this
system, employers can check
the I-9 information supplied
by employees to insure that
an employee’s name, social
s e c u r i t y n u m b e r, d a t e o f
birth and citizenship status
match government records.
This Legislature
determines that it would
be prudent to institute a
new program requiring
the County Department of
Personnel to utilize the
“E-Verify” Program.
Therefore, the purpose of
this local law is to require
the County Department
of Personnel to utilize
t h e “ E - Ve r i f y ” P r o g r a m
and maintain records
documenting its use of
E-Verify for every County
employee hired after the
Course, Robert’s American
Gourmet, and Dowser Water.
Volunteer landscape days
run from 9am to 2pm, begin-
ning with a skills presentation
by the day’s leader; lunch is
served. The next will take
place on April 18. Information
about 2009 volunteer land-
scape days, docent open house
and training Day on April 26,
and other rewarding volunteer
opportunities are available at
www.russelwrightcenter.org
effective date of this Local
Law.
Section 80-2. E-Verify for
all county employees.
A. The Department of
Personnel shall use the
E - Ve r i f y I n t e r n e t - b a s e d
system, operated by the
Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) in
partnership with the Social
Security Administration
(SSA), to verify the
employment authorization
of newly-hired County
employees, and maintain
records documenting
i t s u s e o f E - Ve r i f y f o r
each employee and shall
maintain such record in each
employee’s personnel file.
B. An employee is hereby
defined as any person, elected
or appointed, competitive
class or management, who
receives a salary from the
County of Putnam.
Section 80-3. Severability.
If any clause, sentence,
paragraph, subdivision,
section, or part of this
law or the application
thereof to any person,
individual, corporation,
f i r m , p a r t n e r s h i p , e n t i t y,
or circumstance shall be
adjudged by any court of
competent jurisdiction to be
invalid or unconstitutional,
such order or judgment
shall not affect, impair, or
invalidate the remainder
thereof, but shall be confined
in its operation to the
clause, sentence, paragraph,
subdivision, section, or
p a r t o f t h i s l a w, o r i n i t s
application to the person,
individual, corporation,
f i r m , p a r t n e r s h i p , e n t i t y,
or circumstance directly
involved in the controversy
in which such order or
judgment shall be rendered.
Section 80- 4. SEQRA
Determination.
This Legislature, being the
State Environmental Quality
Review Act (SEQRA)
lead agency, hereby finds
and determines that this
l a w c o n s t i t u t e s a Ty p e I I
action pursuant to Section
617.5(c)(20), (21), and/or
(27) of Title 6 of the NEW
YORK CODE OF RULES
A N D R E G U L AT I O N S
(6 NYCRR) and within
the meaning of Section
8-0109(2) of the NEW
YORK ENVIRONMENTAL
CONSERVATION LAW as a
promulgation of regulations,
rules, policies, procedures,
and legislative decisions in
connection with continuing
agency administration,
management and information
collection.
Section 2. Effective Date.
This law shall take effect
immediately.
PCNR.COM
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC
AUCTION
In accordance with the
applicable provisions of
the Uniform Commercial
Code as in effect in
t h e S t a t e o f N e w Yo r k ,
Consortium Properties,
LLC will sell collateral
consisting of uncertificated
securities representing a
50% ownership interest
in Brewster Development
Group LLC, whose sole
asset (to the knowledge
of Consortium Properties,
LLC) consists of a single
parcel of commercial real
property containing 17.567
acres located at 1050 Route
6 in the town of Southeast,
N e w Yo r k 1 0 5 0 9 . T h e
property fronts the east side
of Route 6.
There is no warranty
relating to title, possession,
quiet enjoyment, or the like
in this disposition.
The collateral will be sold
to the highest bidder at a
public auction on Thursday,
A p r i l 2 3 , 2 0 0 9 a t 11 : 0 0
a . m . ( E a s t e r n Ti m e ) ( t h e
“Auction”).
The Auction will be held
at:
Cuddy & Feder LLP
300 Westage Business
Center
Fishkill, New York 12524
For additional information
regarding this Auction
please contact:
Patrick A. Nickler
Patton Boggs LLP
2550 M Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
(202) 457-6530 Phone
(202) 457-6315 Fax
pnickler@pattonboggs.
com
D i s c l a i m e r .
Consortium Properties, LLC
is authorized at such sale,
if it deems it advisable or
is required by applicable
law to do so: (1) to restrict
the prospective bidders on
or purchasers of the above
securities to be sold to those
who will represent and agree
that they are purchasing
for their own account for
investment and not with
a view to the distribution
or resale of any of such
assets, (2) to verify that
such securities have not
been registered under the
Securities Act of 1933 and
may not be disposed of in
violation of the provisions
of said Act, (3) to disclaim
and to refuse to give any
warranty, and (4) to impose
such other limitations or
conditions in connection
with any such sale as
Consortium Properties,
LLC deems necessary or
advisable in order to comply
with said Act or any other
applicable law.
meet the scouts on the lawn
of St. Mary’s Church.
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF ANNUAL
DISTRICT MEETING
& E L E C T I O N ,
ANNUAL PUBLIC
BUDGET HEARING
A N D R E G I S T R AT I O N
OF VOTERS OF THE
HALDANE CENTRAL
S C H O O L D I S T R I C T,
COUNTY OF PUTNAM,
COLD SPRING, NEW
YORK.
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN, that the Haldane
Central School District of
Philipstown will hold a
vote upon the authorization
of appropriation of the
necessary financial sum
to meet the estimated
expenditures for the Haldane
Central School District
( 2 0 0 9 - 2 0 1 0 B u d g e t Vo t e )
including the authorization
of the Board of Education
to levy taxes therefore, as
well as the election of two
Board members, in Room
105 of the Haldane Middle
School of the Haldane
Central School Building,
15 Craigside Drive, Cold
Spring, New York, Putnam
County, on Tuesday, May
19, 2009. Polls will be open
from 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM
Prevailing Time.
N O T I C E I S F U RT H E R
GIVEN, that a copy of the
statement of the amount
of money which will be
required for the ensuing
year for school purposes,
together with any text of
any resolution which will be
presented to the voters, may
be obtained by any resident
in the district commencing
Tu e s d a y, A p r i l 2 8 , 2 0 0 9 ,
E X C E P T S AT U R D A Y,
S U N D AY O R H O L I D AY;
during the hours of 9:00 AM
and 3:00 PM at the following
locations:
Haldane Central School
District, Business Office,
Elementary School Office,
Middle School Office, and
High School Office all
located at 15 Craigside
Drive, Cold Spring, New
York 10516.
N O T I C E I S F U RT H E R
GIVEN, that there will be
a public Budget Hearing
on Tuesday, May 5, 2009,
at 7:00 PM in the Merritt
Building of the Haldane
Central School for the
purpose of a discussion of
the expenditure of funds and
the budgeting thereof.
N O T I C E I S F U RT H E R
GIVEN, that at said annual
meeting to be held on
Tuesday, May 19, 2009 the
following Proposition will
be submitted:
PROPOSITION II:
SCHOOL VEHICLES
Shall the following
resolution be adopted, to wit:
RESOLVED, that the Board
of Education of the Haldane
Central School District at
Philipstown, Dutchess and
Putnam Counties, New
York, is hereby authorized
to purchase school vehicles,
including incidental
expenses in connection
therewith, at an estimated
maximum total cost of
$65,000; and that such
sum, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, shall be
raised by the levy of a tax
upon the taxable property
of said School District
and collected in annual
installments as provided by
Section 416 of the Education
Computer Graphics, and TV
Production. The collaborative
Law; and, in anticipation
of such tax, obligations of
said School District shall
be issued. NOTICE IS
FURTHER GIVEN, that the
aforesaid proposition will
appear on the ballot labels
of the voting machines
used at said meeting in
the following abbreviated
form: PROPOSITION II:
SCHOOL VEHICLES Shall
the following resolution
be adopted, to wit:
RESOLVED, that the Board
of Education of the Haldane
Central School District at
Philipstown, Dutchess and
Putnam Counties, New
York, is hereby authorized
to purchase school vehicles
at an estimated maximum
total cost of $65,000;
and that such sum shall
be raised by a tax levy
to be collected in annual
installments, with District
obligations to be issued
in anticipation thereof?
N O T I C E I S F U RT H E R
GIVEN, that petitions
nominating candidates for
the office of Member of the
Board of Education must be
filed with the Clerk of the
District between the hours
of 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM,
not later than Monday, April
20, 2009. The following
vacancies are to be filled
on the Board of Education:
Two (2) - three (3) year
terms expiring June 30, 2012.
Name of Last Incumbents:
Bruce Campbell and Evan
Schwartz
Each petition must be
directed to the Clerk of the
District, must be signed by
at least thirty (30) qualified
voters of the district, must
state the residence of each
q u a l i f i e d v o t e r, a n d m u s t
state the name and address
of the candidate.
The ANNUAL DISTRICT
ELECTION will be held at
the same hours as the Budget
Vo t e i n R o o m 1 0 5 o f t h e
Haldane Central School
Building, 15 Craigside Drive
C o l d S p r i n g , N e w Yo r k ,
Putnam County, on Tuesday,
May 19, 2009. Voting will
be by voting machine. Polls
will be open from 7:00 AM
to 9:00 PM Prevailing Time.
N O T I C E I S F U RT H E R
GIVEN, that application for
absentee ballots for election
of the board member, on the
budget and on propositions
may be applied for at the
office of the Clerk of the
District. Such application
for absentee ballots will
be available commencing
Friday, April 17, 2009. Such
application must be received
by the District Clerk at least
seven (7) days before the
election if the ballot is to be
mailed to the voter, or the
day before the election if
the ballot is to be delivered
personally to the voter. A
list of all persons to whom
absentee ballots have been
issued will be filed with the
Clerk of the District and
will be available for public
inspection during the regular
office hours until the day
of the election EXCEPT
SATURDAY, SUNDAY OR
H O L I D AY. S u c h l i s t w i l l
also be posted in the office
of the District Clerk and at
the said polling place on the
day of the Annual District
Meeting.
N O T I C E I S F U RT H E R
GIVEN, that pursuant
event, which is in its fourth
year.
to Section 2014 of the
E d u c a t i o n L a w, p e r s o n a l
registration of voters is
required, and no person shall
be entitled to vote at said
meeting whose name does not
appear on the register of said
School District or who does
not register as hereinafter
provided, except a person
who is otherwise qualified to
vote and is registered under
the provisions of Article 5
o f t h e E l e c t i o n L a w. T h e
Board of Registration shall
prepare a register for said
District meeting, except
that the register prepared
at the last annual meeting
or election shall be used
as a basis therefore and
shall include all persons
who shall have presented
themselves personally for
registration thereat and also
all persons who shall have
been previously registered
hereunder for any annual or
district meeting or election
and who shall have voted at
any annual or special district
meeting or election held or
conducted during the four
prior calendar years.
N O T I C E I S F U RT H E R
GIVEN, that the Board of
Registration will meet at
the Haldane High School,
15 Craigside Drive, in Cold
Spring, New York, in said
school district on Tuesday,
May 12, 2009 between
the hours of 4:00 PM and
8:00 PM Prevailing Time,
on which date and time
the Board of Registration
will prepare the register of
the school district and any
person shall be entitled to
have his name placed upon
such register provided that
at such meeting of the
Board of Registration, he
is known or proven to the
satisfaction of such Board of
Registration to be then and
thereafter entitled to vote
at said district meeting to
be held on the 19th day of
May, 2009; that the register
prepared pursuant to Section
2014 of the Education Law
shall be filed in the office
of the School District Clerk;
that such register be open for
inspection by any qualified
voter of the district; and the
hours during which such
register will be open for
inspection on each of the
five days prior to and the day
set for the school meeting,
EXCEPT SUNDAY shall be
between 9:00 AM and 1:00
PM Prevailing Time.
N O T I C E I S F U RT H E R
GIVEN, that aside from the
usual meeting of the Board
of Registration as designated
above, pursuant to Section
2014 of the Education Law,
the Board of Registration
will meet on the day of the
Annual District Meeting
and Election at the place
where this meeting is held,
for the purpose of preparing
a Register for any meeting
or election held AFTER the
Annual District Meeting and
Election held on Tuesday,
May 19, 2009.
BY ORDER OF THE
BOARD OF EDUCATION
OF HALDANE CENTRAL
SCHOOL DISTRICT
OF PHILIPSTOWN,
PUTNAM AND DUTCHESS
COUNTIES, NEW YORK
Diane Stropoli
March, 2009
Cold Spring, New York

PV School Budget Debate Continues Despite Likely State Aid
But Board’s president wants to cut even more
by Michael Mell
The solution to a small
mystery of the universe was
revealed by Assistant Super-
intendent Paul Lee, when he
informed the Putnam Valley
BOE at their April 2, 2009,
work session that New York
state would be providing aid
for the 2009-10 budget after
all. Although the precise
amount will not be confirmed
for another week, the dis-
trict can expect to receive
nearly 700,000 additional
dollars. Smiles all around
were turned upside down,
h o w e v e r, a s h e p r e s e n t e d
an updated budget that will
still require hard decisions
on the part of the board.
At the center of the board’s
quandary is the general fund
balance--its use and pro-
jected depletion. Created
to fill the gap between ex-
penditures and revenues,
the fund balance currently
stands at a little over two
million dollars. The draft
budget presented prior to
confirmation of state aid
included revenues of one
million dollars from the fund
balance. Unless supplement-
e d, the a n t i c i p a t e d use of
LEGALNOTICE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC
BUDGET HEARING,
BUDGET VOTE AND
ELECTION
P U T N A M VA L L E Y
CENTRAL SCHOOL
DISTRICT
TOWNS OF PUTNAM
VALLEY, CARMEL AND
CORTLANDT COUNTIES
OF PUTNAM AND
WESTCHESTER NEW
YORK
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN, that a public
hearing of the qualified
voters of the Putnam Valley
Central School District,
P u t n a m a n d We s t c h e s t e r
C o u n t i e s N e w Yo r k , w i l l
be held in the High School
in said District at 146
Peekskill Hollow Road on
Thursday, May 7, 2009, at
7:00 p.m., prevailing time,
for the presentation of the
budget document.
AND FURTHER NOTICE
IS HEREBY GIVEN, that
said vote and election
will be held on May 19,
2009 between the hours of
6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.,
prevailing time, in the High
School at 146 Peekskill
Hollow Road, at which time
the polls will be opened to
vote by voting machine
upon the following items:
1. T o v o t e o n t h e
annual budget of the School
District for the fiscal year
2009-10 and to authorize
the r e q u i s i t e p o r t i o n
thereof to be raised by
taxation on the taxable
property of the District.
2. To e l e c t t w o ( 2 )
members of the Board
of Education, for a term
of three (3) years each,
commencing
July 1, 2009 and
expiring on June 30, 2012.
AND FURTHER NOTICE
IS HEREBY GIVEN that
a copy of the statement of
the amount of money which
will be required to fund the
School District’s budget for
2009-10 may be obtained by
any resident of the District
during business hours
beginning May 4, 2009,
e x c e p t S a t u r d a y, S u n d a y
or holidays at the
A d m i n i s t r a t i o n O ff i c e ,
146 Peekskill Hollow
Road, Putnam Valley, NY
and at each of the following
schoolhouses: Putnam
Valley Elementary School,
171 Oscawana Lake Road
and Putnam Valley Middle
School, 142 Peekskill
Hollow Road and Putnam
Va l l e y H i g h S c h o o l , 1 4 6
Peekskill Hollow Road.
AND FURTHER NOTICE
IS HEREBY GIVEN that
petitions nominating
candidates for the Office
of Member of the Board of
Education must be filed in
the Office of the Clerk of
the School District, located
i n t h e D i s t r i c t O ff i c e a t
the High School at 146
Peekskill Hollow Road,
between the hours of 8:00
a.m. and 5:00 p.m. no
later than April 20, 2009;
the 30th day preceding the
election. Vacancies on the
Board of Education are
not considered separate,
specific offices, candidates
run at large. Nominating
petitions shall not describe
any specific vacancy upon
the Board for which the
candidate is nominated;
the fund balance, described
by Mr. Lee, would lead to
its depletion by the end of
t h e 2 0 1 2 - 1 3 s c h o o l y e a r.
State aid could be applied
to the fund balance, thereby
extending its life by a few
years.
As reported in last week’s
PCN&R, the planned fund
balance contribution would
h o l d t h e P u t n a m Va l l e y
school tax levy to 2.6 percent
for the 2009-10 budget. If
all state aid is added to the
budget, the tax levy would
only increase by 0.49 per-
cent. Lee described applying
state aid in various propor-
tions between the budget
and the fund balance. Use of
the monies can reduce taxes
or increase the life of the
budget, but it cannot address
the complete needs of both.
Restored state aid has been
made possible by federal
stimulus money earmarked
f o r N e w Yo r k . T h e b o a r d
faces a dilemma being ex-
perienced by our legislature
and other states, which is the
use of a one-time infusion
of cash to relieve immedi-
ate budget pressures, but at
the expense of addressing
underlying fiscal issues.
must be directed to the
Clerk of the District; must
be signed by at least 28
qualified voters of the
District; must state the name
and residence of each signer,
and, must state the name and
residence of the candidate.
Petition forms are available
at the Office of the Clerk
of the District, located in
t h e D i s t r i c t O ff i c e i n t h e
High School at 146 Peekskill
Hollow Road.
AND FURTHER NOTICE
IS HEREBY GIVEN that
applications for absentee
ballots will be obtainable
during school business hours
from the District Clerk
beginning April 6, 2009;
completed applications must
be received by the District
Clerk at least seven (7) days
before the election if the
ballot is to be mailed to the
voter, or the day before the
election, if the ballot is to
be given personally to the
voter. Absentee ballots must
be received by the District
Clerk no later that 5:00 p.m.,
prevailing time, on May 19,
2009.
A list of persons to
whom absentee ballots are
issued will be available
for inspection to qualified
voters of the District in the
office of the District Clerk
on and after April 27, 2009,
between the hours of 8:00
a.m. and
4:00 p.m. on weekdays
prior to the day set for
the annual election and
on May 19, 2009, the day
set for the election. Any
qualified voter present in
the polling place may object
to the voting of the ballot
upon appropriate grounds
for making his/her challenge
and the reasons therefor
known to the Inspector of
Election before the close
of polls.
AND FURTHER NOTICE
IS HEREBY GIVEN, that
personal registration of
voters is required either
pursuant to § 2014 of
the Education law or
pursuant to Article 5 of the
E l e c t i o n L a w. I f a v o t e r
has heretofore registered
pursuant to § 2014 of the
Education Law and has
voted at an annual or special
district meeting within
the las t four (4) calendar
years, he/she is eligible
to vote at this election; if
a voter is registered and
eligible to vote in general
elections under Article 5
o f t h e E l e c t i o n L a w, h e /
she is also eligible to vote
at this election. All other
persons who wish to vote
must register.
The Board of Registration
will meet for the purpose
of registering all qualified
voters of the District
pursuant to § 2014 of
Education Law at the High
School, on May 4, 2009,
between the hours of 4:00
p.m. and
8:00 p.m., at the
Elementary School on May
5, 2009, between the hours
of 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.,
at the High School, on May
12, 2009, l between the hours
of 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
to add any additional names
to the Register to be used
at the aforesaid election,
at which time any person
will be entitled to have his
or her name placed on such
The trustees were divided
on the best way to proceed.
Frank Reale asked whether
“cuts made earlier might be
restored.” Guy Cohen said,”
We s h o u l d k e e p t h e c u t s
and save the aid for next
y e a r. ” Va l e r i e F i t z g e r a l d
proposed a middle course,
proposing that “some state
aid be used to offset the fund
balance contribution.” Su-
perintendent Dr. Marc Space
opined that of the proposed
s t a ff c u t s , h e w o u l d o n l y
recommend restoration of
a science teacher position
(which resulted because of
the resignation of a tenured,
ten-year veteran PVMS sci-
ence teacher last month as
a result of his not having
obtained his master’s de-
gree within the period of
time allotted by the state).
No consensus was reached
and it appeared that further
discussion would be needed.
As she has at previous
meetings, Board President
Ti n a M a c k a y b r o u g h t u p
t h e i s s u e o f h e a l t h i n s u r-
ance benefits and whether
“a better deal . . . a less
expensive plan without year-
to-year increases” could be
found. Mr. Lee presented a
Register, provided that at
such meeting of the Board
of Registration he or she
is known or proven to the
satisfaction of said Board
of Registration to be then
or thereafter entitled to vote
at such election for which
the Register is prepared.
The Register so prepared
pursuant to § 2014 of the
Education Law will be filed
in the Office of the Clerk of
the School District at 146
Peekskill Hollow Road, and
will be open for inspection
by any qualified voter of the
District beginning five days
prior to the election between
the hours of 8:00 a.m. and
4:00 p.m., prevailing time,
on weekdays, and each day
prior to the day set for the
election, except Sunday, and
at the polling place on the
day of the vote.
AND FURTHER NOTICE
IS HEREBY GIVEN that
pursuant to § 2014 of the
Education Law of the State
o f N e w Yo r k , t h e B o a r d
of Registration will meet
on May 16, 2009, between
the hours of 9:00 a.m. and
1:00 p.m., prevailing time,
at the District Office to
prepare the Register of the
School District to be used
at the election to be held in
2009 and again on May 28,
2009 between the hours of
12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.,
prevailing time, to prepare
the Register of the School
District to be used at the
elections to be held in 2009
and any special district
meetings that may be held
after the preparation of said
Register.
AND FURTHER NOTICE
IS HEREBY GIVEN, that
pursuant to a rule adopted
by the Board of Education
in accordance with § 2035
and § 2008 of the Education
L a w, a n y r e f e r e n d a o r
propositions to amend the
budget, or otherwise to be
submitted for voting at said
election, must be filed with
the Board of Education at
the District Office, 146
Peekskill Hollow Road, on
or before April 20, 2009,
no later than 4:00 p.m.,
prevailing time; must be
typed or printed in the
English language; must
be directed to the Clerk
of the School District;
must be signed by at least
69 qualified voters of the
District; and must state
the name and residence
of each signer. However,
the School Board will not
entertain any petition to
place before the power of
the voters to determine,
or any proposition which
fails to include a specific
appropriation where the
expenditures of monies is
required by the proposition.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER
NOTICE, a Real Property
Ta x E x e m p t i o n R e p o r t
prepared in accordance
with Section 495 of the Real
Property Tax Law will be
annexed to any tentative/
preliminary budget as well
as the final adopted budget
of which it will form a part.
Linda Pregiato
District Clerk
Board of Education
Putnam Valley Central
School District
Putnam Valley, New York
10579
T HE P UTNAM C OUNTY N EWS A ND R ECORDER
rate comparison between
the BOCES consortium (in
which the district is a cur-
rent participant) and those
of surrounding school dis-
tricts. According to Lee’s
numbers, the consortium
offers the lowest rates. Ms.
Mackay was not reassured by
the numbers and raised the
possibility that the district
might self-insure. Trustee
Reale averred that Putnam
Valley was “too small” to
self-insure. Dr. Space con-
curred, saying that “claims
for one cancer case could
wipe the district out.” “If
the district is self-insured,”
said Paul Lee, “we would be
responsible for any short-
fall.” In that eventuality
the district would be forced
to turn to the taxpayers to
meet obligations.
In the face of her col-
leagues’ disapproval, Mack-
ay remained adamant, say-
ing that we “should at least
find out.” Fitzgerald asked
whether “we can investigate
the creation of a custom
policy with an insurance
c o m p a n y. ” M a c k a y a d d e d
that, as health insurance
and other benefits make up
four million dollars of the
budget, she “wants assur
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC
HEARING TO AMEND
CHAPTER 165 OF THE
TOWN CODE-INSPECTION
FEES
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE,
that the Putnam Valley Town
Board will conduct a Public
Hearing to hear comments
on amending Chapter 165-
16C(4) and 165-21C(5) of
the Zoning Code of the
Town of Putnam Valley so
as to authorize the Planning
Board to waive payment
of the 5% engineering
inspection fee required in
connection with residential
development approval
plans and commercial site
p l a n s , w h e r e t h e To w n ’ s
engineering inspection fess
are paid from and escrow
account funded by the
project applicant.
HEARING TO BE HELD,
o n We d n e s d a y, A p r i l 1 5 ,
2009, at 7:00 pm at the
Putnam Valley Town Hall,
265 Oscawana Lake Road,
Putnam Valley, New York.
BY ORDER OF THE
TOWN BOARD
Eileen Royael, Town
Clerk
Town of Putnam Valley,
New York
LEGAL NOTICE
COUNTY OF PUTNAM
NOTICE FOR BID
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN, that sealed bids
will be received by the
Director of Purchasing
of Putnam County for the
following commodities and/
or services:
1. Enviro-Guard and
GeoMat System Installation
– RFB130580 – Project #
04282009A
2 . C o m b o Ta n k a n d
Peat System Installation
– RFB130581– Project #
04282009B
Detailed specifications
can be picked up by
Licensed Experienced*
Septic Installers at the
offices of the Septic
Repair Program, 100 Rte.
312, Brewster, New York
between the hours of 8:00
A.M. and 4:00 P.M., Monday
through Friday. There will
be a MANDATORY SITE
VISIT on Wednesday, April
22, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. at The
Septic Repair Program, 100
Route 312, Building No. 4,
Brewster, New York.
If you are interested,
please contact Michele at
(845) 278-8313. Sealed
bids must be filed with the
Director of Purchasing,
County of Putnam Office
Facilities, 110 Old Route
6, Carmel, New York on or
before 1:00 P.M., Tuesday,
April 28, 2009.
*Experience requires
5 Projects Inspected/
Approved by the Putnam
County Department of
Health. RFB130580
requires manufacturer’s
certification or attendance
of the Enviro-Guard
and GeoMat in-service
seminars. RFB130581
requires manufacturer’s
certification or attendance
of the Bord NaMona in-
service seminar in addition
to the above-mentioned
5 Projects Inspected/
Approved by the PCDOH.
dated:
Carmel, New York
April 2, 2009
Alessandro Mazzotta,
Purchasing Director Put-
nam County Purchasing
Department
ance that the consortium is
t h e b e s t d e a l . ” M r. R e a l e
offered that he could find
out the cost of an actuary
to evaluate the costs of the
current plans and said he
thought such a consultant
would cost “between eight
and ten thousand dollars.”
Tr u s t e e C o h e n d i s a g r e e d ,
saying that “I am an actuary
and I would charge this board
more.” This brought a smile
to many faces but, unfortu-
nately, was not intended as a
joke. He continued to explain
that such comparisons take
a lot of time and are usually
based upon a percentage of
the premiums. “It would be
wise to spend eight to ten
thousand dollars,” said Ms.
Mackay, “for an independent
evaluation to confirm one
way or another.”
After further discussion,
the board agreed to inves-
tigate what the cost of an
actuary would be.
In a departure from usual
procedure, the board opened
the floor to public comment
before proceeding to other
matters on the agenda.
S u r p r i s i n g l y, a l t h o u g h
there were many in the audi-
ence, only one person spoke,
and she had a question about
LEGAL NOTICE
LOCAL LAW # 5 OF 2009
A L O C A L L AW T O
AMEND CHAPTER 41,
SECTION 41-5 AND
SECTION 41-10 (A) OF
THE CODE OF PUTNAM
COUNTY ENTITLED
“DEPOSIT & INVESTMENT
POLICY”
BE IT ENACTED BY
THE PUTNAM COUNTY
L E G I S L AT U R E A S
FOLLOWS:
Section 1.
Section 41-5 of the Putnam
County Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
Section 41-5 – Designation
of Official Depositories
The banks and trust
companies authorized for
the deposit of monies up to
the maximum amounts are:
D E P O S I T O R Y
N A M E M A X I M U M
AMOUNT
JP Morgan Chase
$30,000,000
TD Bank
$30,000,000
Wells Fargo
$30,000,000
Key Bank
$30,000,000
M&T Bank
$30,000,000
Mahopac National Bank
$ 4,000,000
Provident Bank
$ 4,000,000
Putnam County National
Bank
$ 6,000,000
Putnam County Savings
Bank
$ 4,000,000
Section 2.
Section 41-10 A of the
Putnam County Code is
hereby amended to read as
follows:
Section 41-10 – Purchase
of Investments
A. The Commissioner of
Finance is authorized to
contract for the purchase
of investments.
(1) By participation in
a cooperative investment
program with another
authorized governmental
entity pursuant to Article
5G of the General Municipal
law where such program
meets all the requirements
s e t f o r t h i n t h e O ff i c e o f
the State Comptroller’s
Opinion No. 88-46, and the
specific program has been
approved by the Putnam
County Legislature.
(2) By utilizing an
eligible cash management
program(s), approved by the
Putnam County Legislature,
in which can be invested
a maximum amount of
$10,000,000. Approved
cash management programs
include:
(a) New York Liquid Asset
Fund.
Section 3.
This local law shall take
effect immediately.
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF LIMITED LIABILITY
C O M PA N Y. N A M E :
EMISSARA, 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
01/28/09. 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, 219
C o r n w all M ead o w s Lan e,
Patterson, New York 12563.
Purpose: For any lawful
purpose.
the AP program that had
been described earlier in
the evening by Assistant
Superintendent Dr. Barbara
Fuchs. The bulk of those in
attendance were waiting for
the discussion on use of the
school fields, which was the
second and last agenda item.
Historically, Putnam Val-
ley budget discussions have
tended to become the most
heated when athletics enter
the discussion and students
and parents who are athletic
participants and enthusi-
asts turn out to protest any
potential cuts to programs
and services. At one point
earlier in this year’s bud-
get discussions at PV, one
audience member was over-
heard saying “wouldn’t it be
something if people spoke
up like this when academic
programs were threatened?”
T h e n e x t P. V. B . O . E .
Business Meeting will be
held on April 16 in the PV
Elementary School’s “old
gym” at 7pm.
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of
JARNET Enterprises, LLC.
A r t i c l e s o f O rg a n i z a t i o n
were filed with the Secretary
of State of New York (SSNY)
on 11/28/08. Office location
is in the County of Putnam.
The Secretary of State has
been designated as an agent
of the company upon whom
process may be served and
the sec of State shall mail a
copy of any process against
the company served upon
him or her to the company
c/o JARNET Enterprises,
LLC located at 44 Orchard
Road, Putnam Valley, NY
10579. Purpose; Any lawful
act or activity.
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of E.
Polhemus Enterprise, LLC.
A r t i c l e s o f O rg a n i z a t i o n
were filed with the Secretary
of State (SSNY) on 2/24/09.
Office location: Putnam
C o u n t y. S S N Y h a s b e e n
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail copy of process against
the LLC to: 289 Route 9D,
Garrison, NY 10524
Purpose: any lawful
activity.
LEGAL NOTICE
Butler Enterprises,
L.P. Articles of Org. filed
NY Sec. of State (SSNY)
2/23/2009. Office in Putnam
Co. SSNY design. Agent of
LLC upon whom process
may be served. SSNY shall
mail copy of process to
C/O David H Butler JR 137
Weber H ill Road Carmel,
NY 10512. Purpose: Any
lawful activity. Latest date
to dissolve is 12/31/2059.
LEGAL NOTICE
N O T I C E O F
FORMATION OF LIMITED
L I A B I L I T Y C O M PA N Y.
NAME: GILLESPIE
CONTRACTING, LLC.
A r t i c l e s o f O rg a n i z a t i o n
were filed with the Secretary
o f S t a t e o f N e w Yo r k
(SSNY) on 11/26/08. 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 Michael A. Katz, Esq.,
107 Cherry Street, Katonah,
New York 10536. Purpose:
For any lawful purpose.
LEGAL NOTICE
Putnam County
Courier, LLC; Articles of
Organization filed 2/23/09;
SSNY; Putnam County, New
York; SSNY designated as
agent of LLC upon whom
process may be served.
Address for mailing copy
of process: 86 Main Street,
Cold Spring, NY 10516;
Purpose: any lawful purpose;
Perpetuity.
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of
SPACE-TIME MECHANICS
LLC, a domestic Limited
Liability Company (LLC).
A r t i c l e s o f O rg a n i z a t i o n
filed with the Secretary of
State of New York (SSNY) on
12/11/2008. Office location
is in the County of Putnam.
SSNY has been designated
as agent of the company
upon whom process may
be served, and the SSNY
shall mail a copy of any
process against the company
served upon him or her to
the company c/o National
Registered Agents, Inc., 875
Ave of the Americas, Suite
501, New York, NY 10001.
The business purpose is to
engage in any lawful act or
activity which is permitted
under the LLC.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Norwegian Pianist Plays Grieg
The Howland Cultural
Center and the Edvard Grieg
Society Inc., New York, are
co-sponsoring a piano concert
by one of Norway’s fore-
most pianists, Geir Henning
Braaten, on Friday, April 10,
2009, at 7:30pm.
Braaten was asked by the
president of the Society, Per
Brevig, to come to N.Y. for the
society’s celebration of the
200th anniversaries of Joseph
Haydn and Felix Mendels-
sohn: Haydn died in 1809,
the year that Mendelssohn
w a s b o r n . R o y J o rg e n s e n ,
president of the Fishkill His-
torical Society, suggested to
Brevig that Braaten come
to Dutchess to perform for
the Norwegian community
and for music lovers in the
Hudson Valley. Braaten will
play works by Grieg, Haydn,
Gottschalk, and Liszt.
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of
BIRTHING ESSENTIALS
& RENTALS LLC, a
domestic LLC. Arts. of
Org. filed with the SSNY on
01/21/09. Office lo­c ation:
Putnam County. SSNY has
been designated as agent
upon whom process against
the LLC may be served.
SSNY shall mail a copy of
pro­c ess to: Debbie Aglietti,
23 Hilltop Drive, Mahopac,
NY 10541. Purpose: Any
Lawful Purpose.
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of formation of
Curt Anders’ Books LLC.
A r t i c l e s o f O rg a n i z a t i o n
were filed with the Secretary
of State (SSNY) on 12/2/08.
Office location: Putnam
C o u n t y. S S N Y h a s b e e n
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served. SSNY shall
mail copy of process against
the LLC to: 666 Old Albany
Post Road, Garrison, NY
10524 Purpose: any lawful
activity.
LEGAL NOTICE
H AT T F O R D , B R O W N
AND ASSOCIATES, LLC,
a domestic Limited Liability
Company (LLC) filed with
the Sec of State of NY
on 12-2-08. NY Office
location: Putnam County.  filed with the Sec of State of
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 Alicia Ragno/Letitia
Ragno, 10 Alta Rd., Lake
Peekskill, NY 10537. Latest
date to dissolve: 12-1-2039.
General Purposes.
LEGAL NOTICE
M A N A H A N
I N D U S T R I A L G R O U P,
LLC, a domestic Limited
Liability Company (LLC)
filed with the Sec of State of
NY on 8-15-08. NY Office
location: Putnam County.  County, New York; SSNY
SSNY is designated as agent
upon whom process against
t h e L L C m a y b e s e r v e d .  served. Address for mailing
SSNY shall mail a copy
of any process against the
LLC served upon him/her to
The LLC, 51 Chestnut Ridge
Rd., Mahopac, NY 10541.
General purposes.
LEGAL NOTICE
PRISTINE EQUITIES
LLC, a domestic Limited
Liability Company (LLC)
filed with the Sec of State of
NY on 12-18-08. NY Office
location: Putnam County.  SSNY designated as agent
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 Alicia Ragno/Letitia
Ragno, 10 Alta Rd., Lake
Peekskill, NY 10537. Latest
date to dissolve: 12-1-2039.
General Purposes.
LEGAL NOTICE
P R O D U C T I O N
MANAGEMENT GROUP
LLC, a domestic Limited
Liability Company (LLC)
filed with the Sec of State of
NY on 1-20-09. NY Office
location: Putnam County.  SSNY is designated as
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 Michael Zinn, 28
Wa i n w r i g h t D r. , C a r m e l ,
NY 10512. General purposes
LEGAL NOTICE
G Z S T E WA RT L L C , a
domestic Limited Liability
Company (LLC) filed with
the Sec of State of NY on
7-31-08. 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
Ross & Matza, 265 Sunrise
H w y. , S t e . 6 5 , R o c k v i l l e
Centre, NY 11570. General
purposes.
Page 13
Braaten made his concert
debut in Oslo in 1966 and is
considered one of Norway’s
foremost pianists. He has
given concerts throughout
Europe as well as interna-
t i o n a l l y. B r a a t e n h a s p e r-
formed many times in the
U.S. both in recitals and as
a soloist with orchestra and
more recently in concerts in
Houston and New York. Geir
Henning Braaten has a long
and extensive discography.
Essential is his recording of
Grieg’s complete music for
solo piano on twelve CDs for
Victoria Record Company.
LEGAL NOTICE
COUNTY OF PUTNAM
NOTICE FOR BIDS
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN, that sealed bids will
be received by the Director
of Purchasing of Putnam
County for the following
commodities and/or service:
1) R F B - 1 3 -
09 HOT IN-PLACE
A S P H A LT R E C Y C L I N G
S C A R I F I C AT I O N O F
E X I S T I N G A S P H A LT
PAVEMENT
2) R F B - 1 4 - 0 9
FURNISHING AND
P L A C I N G TA C K C O AT,
H O T M I X A S P H A LT
PAVEMENT AND HOT MIX
ASPHALT CURB
Detailed specifications
may be secured at the
o ff i c e o f t h e D i r e c t o r o f
Purchasing, County of
P u t n a m O ff i c e F a c i l i t i e s ,
110 Old Route 6, Building
No. 3, Carmel, New York
10512 between the hours of
8:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M.,
Monday through Friday. You
may also visit our web site at
www.putnamcountvny.com.
Sealed bids must be tiled in
the above office on or before
1:00 P.M., WEDNESDAY,
APRIL 22, 2009.
dated:
Carmel, New York
April 3, 2009
Alessandro Mazzotta,
Purchasing Director
Putnam County
Purchasing Department
LEGAL NOTICE
TA D I N I E Q U I T I E S
LLC, a domestic Limited
Liability Company (LLC)
NY on 12-3-08. 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 Alicia Ragno/Letitia
Ragno, 10 Alta Rd., Lake
Peekskill, NY 10537. Latest
date to dissolve:12-1-2039.
General Purposes.
LEGAL NOTICE
H U D S O N VA L L E Y
FREEDOM PRESS, LLC;
A r t i c l e s o f O rg a n i z a t i o n
3 / 2 4 / 0 9 ; S S N Y; P u t n a m
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process may be
copy of process: 86 Main
St, Cold Spring NY 10516;
Purpose: any lawful purpose;
Perpetuity.
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Qualification of
Steel Winds LLC. Authority
filed with Secy. of State of
NY (SSNY) on 3/26/09.
Office location: Putnam
C o u n t y. L L C f o r m e d i n
Delaware (DE) on 9/2/05.
of LLC upon whom process
against it may be served.
SSNY shall mail process to:
10 E. 40th St., 10th Fl., NY,
NY 10016. DE address of
LLC: 615 S. DuPont Hwy.,
Dover, DE 19901. Arts. of
O rg . f i l e d w i t h D E S e c y.
of State, 401 Federal St.,
Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901.
Purpose: any lawful activity.
LEGAL NOTICE
MICHELLE GLASS,
LLC, a domestic Limited
Liability Company (LLC)
filed with the Sec of State
of NY on 1/29/09. NY Office
location: Putnam County. 
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 Philip D’Angelo
CPA, 2001 Palmer Ave., Ste.
201, Larchmont, NY 10538
General purposes.
LEGAL NOTICE
MJET ERRANDS, LLC,a
domestic Limited Liability
Company (LLC) filed with
the Sec of State of NY on
1/21/09. NY Office location:
Putnam County. SSNY is
designated as agent upon
whom process against the
LLC may be served. SSNY
shall mail a copy of any
process against the LLC
served upon him/her to
The LLC, 14 Garrity Blvd,
Brewster, NY 10509 General
purposes.
Page 14 T HE P UTNAM C OUNTY N EWS A ND R ECORDER
GALLAGHER (Cont’d from front pg.)
among Christians, Muslims, got the Constitution through.
and Jews in medieval Toledo. You look at politics now, and
“It was a fascinating point wonder, could we have done
in history,” he said. “The best
it? None of these documents
part ended in about 1200 when were perfect but they allowed
Spain was invaded a second for change later. They were in
time by more fundamentalist a way revolutionary, the Con-
Muslims. There was also the stitution, the Bill of Rights, the
reconquest by the Christians Declaration of Independence.
at the same time. But you All of this allowed for change
had a more fundamentalist later.”
approach by the Muslim gov- When asked whether he
ernment, and a number of thinks the Revolutionary
the big thinkers, the Jewish history of Philipstown is ap-
thinker Maimonides, and also preciated locally and taught
Averroes. properly, Gallagher said, “It’s
“They both had to flee Cor- hard to know what happens
doba at the same time, becausein the schools … I think we
of that fundamentalist think- could probably do a whole lot
ing. What’s interesting is that
more … I think a lot of people
we haven’t gotten very far don’t know that this was the
today. We are still confrontedmost strategic point during
with the same types of situa- the American Revolution.”
tions in the world.” “This was where Benedict
Gallagher noted that “the Arnold tried to sell out the
dominant thought” in Mus- American cause,” he said,
lim societies “really hasn’t clearly animated by the sub-
liberalized, the way it has inject. “His headquarters were
Christianity or certainly in right here in Philipstown. The
the Jewish world also.” morning that he did leave,
As a native of an area rich George Washington was prob-
in Revolutionary War his- ably passing through Cold
tory, Gallagher is also keenlySpring. It all happened right
interested in the American here. This was one of the
founding. most dramatic moments in
Listing some of the foundingthe American Revolution.”
fathers, he said, “I’m sort of After graduating from Tufts,
fascinated by them, how they Gallagher tried a number of
different things,
including con-
struction work.
During an eco-
nomic down-
turn, he decided
to apply for a
job at a bag-
pipe workshop
in Boston. A
trumpet player
in high school,
he had recently
begun playing
the Irish-style
uilleann pipes
with the Boston
Fire Company’s
pipe band. After
some training at
the Wentworth
Institute of
Technology, he
Mayor Seth Gallagher works in his bagpipe developed a tal-
shop. ent for crafting
pipes and launched his career
as an instrument maker. Today,
he makes pipes for customers
around the world, including
Paddy Maloney, one of the
founders of the Chieftains, the
traditional Irish music group.
“I think am known for my
attention to detail, producing
a quality instrument, and also
being accessible to custom-
ers,” said Gallagher, who does
much of his work from his
house in the village, where
he produces 15 or so sets of
pipes each year. Prices range
from $1,800 to $9,000.
Making top of the line bag-
pipes requires special resourc-
es, including cane from Spain,
imitation ivory from England,
nickel silver from Germany,
and ebony wood. It takes up
to nine weeks to make a set of
pipes, a process that includes
making specific tools needed
to craft each pipe.
Gallagher met his wife,
Erika Wood, a writer and a
website designer, while he
was in Boston. After getting
married, they moved to Cold
Spring, where they are rais-
ing their two children, Ronan
and Freya, in the fourth and
second grades, respectively.
The Gallagher children are
musically inclined as well:
Ronan would like to join the
pipe band and Freya plays
the violin.
“When we got married, we
moved up here to Cold Spring
[because] most of my family
was here,” Gallagher said.
“The family was expanding
here. I wanted to be around
them. The lifestyle here would
suit us better. It was fun to be
in Manhattan, but we wanted
to get up here and have a little
yard, that type of thing.”
Gallagher ran on a platform
of change, in part, he said, to
make it easier for businesses
to thrive in the village.
“I think one thing we can do
is change the parking regula-
tions on Main Street,” he said.
“It was not designed in a way
that businesses are able to
provide parking.
“The parking regulations
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
The Gallagher family (from left to right): Ronan, Seth, Erika Wood, and Freya.
that we have now are restric-
tive, especially if you are a
restaurant or café. They are
required to have the same
number of parking spaces as
if they were in a suburban
situation. I think by chang-
ing those regulations and not
requiring them to have parking
for every table, that would go
a long way in allowing other
businesses to open up. Let
the market decide which ones
should survive, but I don’t
think we should stop cafés
and restaurants from opening.”
Gallagher also plans to look
into whether village regula-
tions could be simplified to
allow entrepreneurs to set up
shop in Cold Spring. Calling
Cold Spring a “good walk-
ing village,” he thinks better
signage directing people to
the Metro North and village
parking lots would alleviate
the parking problem on Main
Street.
Gallagher is hesitant to
attach an economic label to
himself. “I try and be fiscally
conservative,” he said. “If you
try and put too much in [the
village budget], it’s going to
be painful to you and your
neighbors. You really have
to watch where your money
goes. … You also have to have
a realistic budget. If you think
you’re going to spend this
amount of money, you have
got to put it in.”
Concerned about declining
village revenue, he thinks the
county should start sharing its
sales tax revenue with its town
and villages. To achieve this,
Gallagher plans to persuade
various Putnam municipali-
ties to approach the county
legislature with a revenue
sharing plan.
Gallagher says some of the
village’s financial matters “are
going to be affected by what
Washington does as far as
stimulus funding and what
the counties around here do
as far as economic develop-
ment.” When asked whether
he thinks the federal stimulus
will be effective, Gallagher
said, “I think it has to.”
Gallagher is confident that
the village’s new leadership-
-which includes three new
trustees--is ready for the job,
thanks in part to the experi-
enced village staff. “We have a
lot of experience in our high-
way department with [High-
way Foreman] Ed Trimble,”
he said. “We have a lot of
experience and knowledge
with our village clerk, Mary
Saari. We have an excellent
village accountant.”
He plans to work collabora-
tively with the board, delegat-
ing responsibilities in some
areas while focusing on his
primary responsibility as the
village’s chief budget officer.
“I’ll be doing a lot of orga-
nizational work myself, as far
as contacting people, making
sure any projects that we are
working on are moving ahead,”
he said.
Despite all the talk of
change, Gallagher thinks the
“village is great just as it is.”
“When I talk about the
changes I want, people should
understand that there is an ap-
preciation that it is wonderful
as it is,” he said. “But even
things that are wonderful, we
have to look to the future and
see what else we can do to
improve it if we can.”
Murder investigation continues
MARCINAK (Cont’d from front pg.)
“The kids had a full page of
questions. Little John pretty
much ran the meeting and
started firing questions right
away” she said. The Marci-
nak children also suggested
that the television program
“America’s Most Wanted”
be contacted as a means of
gathering information for the
investigation.
The Marcinak children, Ju-
lie, John Jr., and Joey Mar-
cinak each participate in a
grief-counseling group along
with other children who have
lost a parent. “The difference
is the other kids know why
their mother or father died,”
Janet Marcinak said. “I’m
positive they are going to
find who did it,” she said,
“I just don’t know when. My
kids need to know why their
dad died,” she concluded.
The education fund es-
tablished by the Garrison
Volunteer Fire Company to
benefit the Marcinak children
continues to grow. The Cold
Spring Lions Club held a
dinner-dance on March 28,
INCIDENT (Cont’d from front pg.)
person” causing a nuisance
on Lower Main. Commanding
Officer George Kane arrived
at the scene, and, according
to the official police report,
determined that the individual
in question could be suicidal
and possibly armed. The man
had barricaded himself in
his home.
Soon, police were swarm-
ing the area, while both
the outgoing and incoming
mayors observed the situa-
tion. An emergency response
team, which included a crisis
negotiator, began speaking
with the man after he had
climbed onto his roof. After
some time, they persuaded
with all profits going to the
fund. “The kids loved the
dinner dance,” Mrs. Marci-
nak said. “They knew a lot
of people there, and they
really needed to have a good
time.” Results of this latest
f u n d r a i s i n g e ff o r t w i l l b e
publicized in an upcoming
edition of this paper.
The stock car track at White
Lake, New York, where John
Marcinak raced frequently in
his younger days, plans to
hold a race in his honor in the
upcoming season. The local
Girl Scout troop that Janet
Marcinak led for three years
while her daughter Julie was
a member is also planning a
fundraiser as part of Spirit
Week. GVFC intends to con-
duct other events to further
bolster the fund, as well.
Donations can be made by
check payable to Garrison
Volunteer Fire Company indi-
cating “Marcinak Children’s
Education Fund” on the memo
line. Mail checks to GVFC,
PO Box 252, Garrison, NY
10524.
him to return inside through
a second floor window. The
team then took the man into
custody and transported him
to Putnam County Hospital.
There were no injuries, and
the individual was reportedly
released that evening.
Watching the scene, some
bystanders questioned wheth-
er the police response was
excessive. One joked, “Did
they find Osama bin Laden
in the village?” Yet in a week
that saw tragedy unfold in
Binghamton, N.Y., and Pitts-
burgh, Penn., with the deaths
of more than 15 people, oth-
ers thought the response an
appropriate precaution.

K of C Easter Egg Hunt
Attracts More Than 100
The Easter Bunny poses with four-year-old Patrick DiNardo
Approximately 110 chil-
dren, from babies to 8-year-
olds, participated in the 6th
annual Easter egg hunt held
by the Knights of Columbus
on April 4 at McConville
Park. The children collected
over 1,200 candy-filled eggs.
There were also 60 prizes
given out to the children in
Historical Society to Host
Hudson Walkway Talk
Fred Schaeffer, chairman
of Walkway Over The Hud-
son, will be the guest speaker
at the monthly meeting of
the Van Cortlandtville His-
torical Society on Saturday,
April 18 at 2pm, at The Little
Red Schoolhouse, 297 Locust
Av e n u e , C o r t l a n d t M a n o r
(adjacent to historic Old St.
Peter’s Church at Oregon
Road and Locust Avenue).
His talk on the soon-to-
open pedestrian and bike
pathway bridge over the Hud-
son at Poughkeepsie is open
www.pcnr.com
all age categories.
Along with the Knights
donations, The Village Scoop,
Cold Spring Pizza, and Car-
nival Ice Cream in Fishkill
donated prizes that helped to
make this event even more
special. Total attendance in-
cluding parents was over 150.
free to the public. Parking
is available up schoolhouse
driveway, or at adjacent Old
St. Peter’s cemetery or in
the church lot across from
the schoolhouse up hill from
Oregon Road on Locust Av-
enue. The telephone contact
on the day of the talk is
914-736-7868.
Walkway Over The Hudson
bridge is scheduled to open in
October with a dedication as
a New York State Historical
Landmark.
Tilly Foster Farm Museum Wolves Prove Adept at
Reopens for the Season Pizza Making
The Tilly Foster Farm Mu-
seum will have its official
reopening for the 2009 sea-
son on Saturday, April 25
from 11am to 4pm (rain date:
Sunday, April 26). The farm
is a great place to bring the
kids and it’s free! Among the
events planned are:
-Sheep shearing: a demon-
stration every 1/2 hour; there
will also be wool-spinning
demonstrations;
-Meet the kids and lambs;
-Meadow Creek Farm: the
horses and riders of Meadow
Creek Farm will be hosting
a variety of activities and
demonstrations from pony
rides and decorate your own
horseshoe booth, to the full
schedule of riding demon-
strations in the main riding
arena. There will be a chance
to meet some of the horses of
Meadow Creek and see some
of the things that go on in the
life of a show horse;
*Horseshoeing demon-
stration: the farm’s farrier,
Jamie Cassano, will give a
demonstration of horseshoe-
ing to the public every half
hour all day. See first hand
the techniques used to keep
a horse’s feet healthy and
comfortable;
-Horse care: one of the
farm’s vets from Mid Hudson
Veterinary Practice will be
giving a talk on the proper
upkeep for your horse and
what you can do to keep your
horse in tip top shape;
-Equine dentistry demon-
stration: the farm’s equine
dentist, also from Mid Hudson
Veterinary Practice will be
giving a demonstration on
how to float a horse’s teeth
(which should always be done
by a professional) and will
discuss why this is important
and necessary maintenance;
T HE P UTNAM C OUNTY N EWS A ND R ECORDER
-Barn building demonstra-
tion: Mike Seelbach from
Custom Forest Products, will
build a cow barn right before
your eyes;
-Collection of rare and en-
dangered farm animals: the
Whipple collection of rare
and endangered farm animals
will showcase early American
farm animals that cannot be
seen by the public as a col-
lection anywhere in the world
except at Tilly Foster Farm.
The collection this year has
expanded to include:
*Guinea hogs — this criti-
cally endangered breeding
pair was located at Saunders
Farm in Vermont;
*American Blue Rabbits
— the trio of critically en-
dangered rabbits was located
in Iowa and shipped to Tilly
Foster in time for Easter;
*Randall Lineback Cattle
— the rarest farm animals in
the world are on display at
Tilly Foster Farm. The herd
has increased by three this
y e a r w i t h t w o b o y s , Ti l l -
ingham Foster and Rundell
Bloomer, and one girl, Miss
Tilly Foster;
*American Mammoth Jack
Donkey — a descendent of the
donkeys on President Wash-
ington’s (who often stayed
a t Ti l l y F o s t e r d u r i n g t h e
Revolution) Mt. Vernon Plan-
tation. “Nate,” the resident
donkey, is famous for leading
the Christmas parade up Main
Street and for his notorious
bray when separated from his
beloved pony friend Cody.
The public is welcome to
visit the farm free of charge
on Route 312 in Brewster,
seven days a week from March
to October. For further infor-
mation visit www.tillyfoster-
farm.org.
Pictured, left to right: Aidan Coletta; Max Hadden; Philip
Cairns; Adam Silhavy; Michael Scicluna; Adam Hotaling;
Ethan Gunther; Kyle Kisslinger. Rear: Tony Scanga;, Jackie
Hadden.
It was an exciting night for
the Wolves of Den 1, Pack
137 in Cold Spring recently.
They spent their den meeting
with Tony Scanga of Cold
Spring Pizza learning how
to make the perfect pizza.
The eager Cub Scouts
Still Some Openings for
SeniorNet Classes
There are still openings
available for spring classes
at the William Koehler Se-
niorNet Center, Route 6 in
Mahopac, and Putnam Valley
Senior Center, 117 Town Park
Lane, Putnam Valley. Besides
the basic and advanced funda-
mental courses for beginners
and internet/email classes.
The SeniorNet courses have
been developed and modi-
fied through the five years
o f P u t n a m C o u n t y O ff i c e
for Aging SeniorNet. The
SeniorNet members exam-
ine monthly the needs and
priorities of students, and
helped toss and top their own
pie, and then waited seven
minutes to devour it, leav-
ing hardly a crust in sight.
Many thanks to Mr. Scanga
and the wonderful staff at
Cold Spring Pizza for a great
evening
courses have been changed
and enhanced through the
years to help and guide senior
citizens through this informa-
tion age computer adventure.
Manuals are constantly being
reevaluated for clarity. For
the very latest information in
computer classes call Coordi-
nator Cathy O’Brien for more
information at 845-628-6423
or go on line at www.Ma-
hopacSeniorNet.org. There
are still openings. If you are
a Putnam County senior who
needs transportation, give
Director Mary White a call
at 845-621-0600.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Haldane’s PARP Program
Kicks Off Next Monday
Haldane PTA’s Parent As
R e a d i n g P a r t n e r s ( PA R P )
Program, “Color Your World
Through Reading,” kicks off
on Monday, April 13. Parents
as Reading Partners (PARP),
a K-5 program sponsored by
H a l d a n e P TA , e n c o u r a g e s
families to share the joy
of reading together through
literacy-based activities and
special events.
The program, open to all
Haldane elementary school
children and their families,
will take place from April
13 through May 2. Everyone
who enrolls receives a free
book and magazine, plus
the opportunity to attend
a finale celebration at the
Garrison Art Center. Fami-
lies pledge to read together
for 15 minutes each day for
the duration of the program.
Book-oriented activities are
provided to use at home.
This year’s program begins
on April 15 at the Butter-
field Library where PARP
participants are invited to
a book swap party. Bring a
gently used book and trade
with others for a “new” one
- or for a voucher to choose
one from the Library’s Book
Cellar! There will be a fun
craft and refreshments. The
event begins at 3:30pm. Be
sure to bring your reading
log. Register online at but-
terfieldlibrary.org. Click on
Programs, then April 15.
Spring
Delightful Task!
To rear the tender Thought
To teach the young idea how to shoot,
To pour the fresh Instruction o’er the Mind,
To breathe th’ enlivening Spirit, and to fix The generous
Purpose in the glowing Breast.
-James Thomson
Page 15
On Friday, April 17, Hal-
dane students and adminis-
trators will participate in
the nation-wide program,
Drop Everything and Read
(D.E.A.R.). D.E.A.R. is a
special reading celebration
to remind and encourage
families to make reading
together on a daily basis a
family priority. Join them
wherever you are and take
a reading break between
9–9:30am.
Also on April 17, PARP
participants can enjoy a pa-
jama reading party at the
Butterfield Library begin-
ning at 6:30pm. Children may
come in pajamas to listen to
stories read by parents and
other volunteers. Be sure to
register online at the library’s
website.
D u r i n g A u t h o r ’ s We e k ,
April 20-24, renowned au-
thors and illustrators are
scheduled to visit all stu -
dents in each grade. This
enormously talented group
includes local authors Beth
Kimmel, Jean Marzollo,
Karen Kaufman Orloff,
cartoonist Chris Duffy, and
sportswriter Kent Schacht.
On Friday, May 1, magician
Terry Parrett will present a
special assembly to all stu-
dents. This exciting program
is designed to show how
wonderful reading can be,
and to encourage recreational
reading.
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PHILIPSTOWN TREE SER-
VICE: Land clearing, take
downs, trimmings. Stump Re-
moval. Fully insured. Reg. No.
PC 607. (845) 265-2187.
NR MASONRY LLC: New
homes, additions, all types
stonework - patios, entrance
pillars, fireplaces, walls, curb-
ing, Unilock. Brickwork,
stucco, repairs. PC Lic #373,
cell 914-527-1287 or H 845-
424-3795
TREE SERVICE: Pruning,
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sured. Call Henry L. Kingsley,
265-3721. PC#1566.
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424-4224.
SWEDISH MASSAGE:
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think better, feel better. Dan
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YOUR BEAUTIFUL HOME
by Toland Construction. Reno-
vation, restoration, remodeling
and new construction. All size
jobs. PC#1244 and insured.
845-265-2253
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Villanova Plumbing & Heat-
ing. Masters of the fine art of
plumbing and heating for over
25 years. Repairs, new instal-
lations including radiant & HW
heat. No job too small. Call
845-528-3158 anytime.
GARRISON TREE, INC.
Tree takedowns, pruning,
landclearing, cabling, chipping,
firewood. Landscape design,
planting, plant health care,
stump grinding, mulch. Con-
sultations available. Joshua R.
Maddocks, certified aborist
cert. # NY 5332A. Fully In-
sured. Reg. No. PC2213-A
Please Call: 845-265-
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CRYSTAL CLEAR WINDOW
Cleaning Service. Specializing
on all shapes and sizes, store,
office, & home. Free Estimates,
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431-6967.
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References, insured. PC #260.
265-3291.
CARPENTERY/CABINETRY
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renovation, built-ins. Li-
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•Help Wanted
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WEST SIDE CYCLE
for all your motor cycle needs
located at 120 Old Rte 9,
Fishkill. 845-897-2444
TRANSPORTATION
AW Limousine. Affordable
rides in luxurious Towncars to
all airports & NYC. Profes-
sional courteous drivers. 1-866-
304-LIMO (5466)
PAINTING AND PLASTER
Repair. Interior. 22 yrs. exp.
George Kimmel, 845-831-8723
METICULOUS HOUSE
Cleaning. Affordable rates, re-
liable, excellent refs. Insured.
Call 845-590-7146
HOMETOWN HANDYMAN
painting, dry wall, all your
maintenance, repair & improve-
ment needs. No job too small.
Courteous dependable, afford-
able service. Refs available. PC
lic #2807-A. Call George 845-
265-4710
LOCAL LOCKSMITH
Services. Licensed Bonded In-
sured 24 Hr. emergency ser-
vice. Security since 1970 -
locks, safes, camera systems
and more. Call 845-528-5021.
www.allalertalarm.com
FREE ALARM SYSTEMS
Local alarm company licensed
bonded insured. Will install
custom security systems for
business or home. Central sta-
tion monitoring required. Call
for details 845-528-5021
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NAIRN CONTRACTING CO.,
LLC. Remodeling - Building -
Renovations - References - In-
sured - PC#441 Est 1987 845-
265-7810
THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE
Teresa Peppard LMT 914-204-
3619
PC COMPUTER TROUBLE
Repair/Instruction/Upgrade
needed? We can help, reason-
able rates 845-265-3089
ADULT CAREGIVER
Available. Exp. Drive to all
appts. Dispense meds. Com-
panion. Call Ray 845-265-3769
CENTRAL AIR INSTALLA-
TIONS, New and Existing,
homes, condensers, air han-
dlers, ductwork, ductless splits,
PC#005. Miami Heet. 914-734-
1302
EXPERT GROUNDS MAINT
Weekly/Bi weekly, cleanups,
organic fertilization programs.
Landscape designs/installa-
tions, Tree care by Carl Rankel,
certified arborist. Insured.
www.create-a-scape.us. 845-
424-2323
PERFECTION PAINTING
simply the best home improve-
ments, pressure washing. Free
estimates. Cold Spring 845-
519-4746
(Local Lost & Founds are free)
Call 845-265-2468 or go online to pcnr.com to place an ad.
EXPERIENCED TUTOR
available for elementary/
middle school students in ELA,
math, science, soc. studies. MA
Childhood Ed. from NYU. NYS
teacher certified in Apr '09.
Hours flexible. 845-809-5033
T U T O R office 300 sq ft. $2,000 a month
All ages. Sixteen years teach-
ing all subjects, including:
Spanish, Writing, History &
College Essay Prep. SAT
Reading & Writing review.
Frank Ortega 845-265-4236
THE PORCH DOCTOR
Repair & rebuild tired porches.
Steps, railings, decks & Doors.
Exp/Insd PC#2568A Hudson
Carpentry 845-548-4994
FS BROTHER CARPENTRY
We do great work! Excellent
prices, great references. Insured
H (845) 809-5176 C (845) 224-
9354
HOUSE CLEANING AVAIL
experienced, honest, detailed,
natural products, excellent refs.
845-518-3616
LANDSCAPING - Do you
have small landscaping jobs
that larger companies are hesi-
tant to do? I am well-trained,
experienced and certified by
NYBG in design. I specialize
in small jobs and do the work
myself. Whether its planting,
expert pruning, stump grind-
ing, landscape, mini-back-hoe
service or masonry repairs,call
Greg at 845.446.7465 for
consultatioin & personal ser-
vice.
LANDSCAPING PLUS
land clearing, grass cutting,
mulching, excavating, drain-
age, patios, decks and much
more. Free Estimates, 845-507-
1296
LAWN MOWING WEEKLY
or bi-weekly. Garden tilling,
rubbish removal. Reasonable
rates. Kent, Carmel call 845-
225-6068
PRE-NATAL YOGA...BEGIN
your journey towards childbirth
with the ancient art of Kundalini
Yoga! 6 Week series open to
women at any stage of preg-
nancy! 5/3-6/14 from 12-2pm
The Yoga Co-op 2015 Rte 9,
Garrison $100. Register at the
studio or by emailing:
manymoonsyoga@gmail.com
6 WK WRITING CLASS
(fiction) by NYU Prof begin-
ning in late May, in CS Vil-
lage, Sundays. Email Luke at
lwf206@nyu.edu for info/syl-
labus. $120 for 6 wks. max 8,
Min 5.
RECYCLE YOUR UN-
WANTED Vehicles. Better
ones purchased. We'll go any-
where! Just Call MJM
AutoWorks 845-440-8913 or
845-234-3788
EDITOR/PROOFREADER
with 13 yrs. experience. I can
polish and perfect your writing
project, large or small; grants,
press releases, web content, etc.
Call Shannon 914-439-3809.
MELLON ELECTRIC
Residential - Commercial. New
homes & additions. Service
upgrades & generators. No job
too small. PC#4409 845-446-
2579 Bob
PC COMPUTER HELP NOW!
Windows slow? computer
crash? We can help! virus re-
moval, 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 busi-
nesses. MS Cert. MAC to. In
biz for 20+ years . 1(845) 284-
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office, etc. Professional Orga-
nizer available to make it all
happen. Member of The Na-
tional Association of Profes-
sional Organizers. Reduce
stress and improve your envi-
ronment. Reasonable rates.
845-809-5407. email
YourSpaceOrganized1st@
yahoo.com
GARRISON ART CENTER
Your birthday pARTy!
You bring the cake, we bring
the fun!! Age appropriate art/
craft activity led by Art Center
teaching artists. Projects geared
to all skill levels with attention
to Fun. Call to book pARTy.
845-424-3960 or
info@garrisonartcenter.org
REAL ESTATE
REAL ESTATE NEEDS
Limited Editions Realty 21
Main Street, Cold Spring. Call
845-265-3111 or go to
limitededitionsrealty.com
2.5 ACRE COMMERCIAL
Residential building lot off Rte
9 in Cold Spring $125,000 or
Best Offer, 845-424-4363
COLD SPRING VILLAGE
Home. 3 BR, 1 + 1/2 BTH,
FPL, Hd Wd Flrs, Garden, Off
St pkng for 4 cars, + detached 2
story garage w/500 sq ft office/
artist studio. Great location,
walk to train & shopping.
$399,000. By Apt only 845-
265-2944
CARMEL: LOOKING FOR
Privacy? Mountain views? To
build your dream home or fam-
ily compound. 30 acres not
subdivideable... Rolling,
wooded & abutting 50 acres of
state land. Owner to get BOHA.
Can become a member of the
Sedgewick Club. Call Lisa
Brown of Century 21 Country
Bumpkin 845-546-0395
$199,000
location 1 block RR $1600/mo.
Incl heat 845-528-1975
$1500 2 BDRM COLD SPRING
Village. Newly renovated two-
story townhouse steps from
train and village. Eat in kitchen,
1.5 bathrooms, pool access, free
wi-fi, heat and cable. call 646-
387-4290
COMMERCIAL SPACE
avail at 3021 Rte 9, Cold Spring.
Warehouse 1,600 sq. ft. with
and a store front 1,800 sq. ft.
which is great location very vis-
ible $2,500 a month. Utilities
not incld. Pls call 845-265-3434
OFFICE SPACE 11' x 13'
convenient location, close to
all, Garrison. $525.00 incl all
utilities except phone. call 914-
720-4835 ask for Ann
COLD SPRING RTE 9
Cottage. 1BR/EIK/W/D
Hookup. Parking/lrg yard.
$1200/mo + 1mo Sec. Utils not
incld. call 845-265-2737
LOOKING TO RENT A
parking space/garage on, or just
off Main Street starting on May
1st (for up to one year). Please
contact matt@646-417-4510
GARRISON 1BR APT OFF
Rte 9, EIK, LR, w/fireplace,
LRG walk-in closet. Private
entrance, parking. Inclds Elec-
tric H/W. Hi-speed internet
cable. 5 min to Metro No. No
pets, smoking. W/D hookup.
Frig/stove. Avail 4/1/09.
$1100/mo 1 mo sec. 845-739-
0351
HOUSE LOCATED AT FOOT
of Mt. Beacon priced to sell.
$259,900. Fully renovated Cen-
tral air, hrdwd flrs.
www.JonCar Realty.com 845-
831-3331
COLD SPRING SPACIOUS
2BR apt. Hwd flrs throughout.
Walk to train and shopping. W/
D. Heat incld. Avail now.
$1400. Sec and Fee. JonCar
Realty 845-831-3331.
www.JonCarRealty.com
STUNNING 4 BDRM
Victorian house w/river views.
Walk to train and shopping
hrdwd flrs throughout. $2400/
mo. Sec + 1/2 fee. Avail now.
www.JonCarRealty.com 845-
831-3331
NEWBURGH/MARLBORO
Min to I84 & train - spacious &
bright, 2nd flr, end unit. 2
bdrms, 1 bth condo w/cen a/c.
Complex offers pool, tennis &
playground. $950 Call Lisa
Brown of Century 21 845-546-
0395
EAST FISHKILL: MILLER
Hill exit off Taconic - Terrific,
updated 2 bdrm ranch w/open
flr plan, unfinished bsmt W/D,
1 car garage, private setting,
great views on dead end road.
Heat, HW, lawn maintenance
& snow plowing incld in rent.
$1,450 Call Lisa Brown of Cen-
tury 21 Country Bumpkin 845-
546-0395
ONE BDRM APT HEAT/HW
incld. Electric incld W/D incld.
Walk to train/basement stor-
age. $1300 monthly. 914-475-
9241
TWO BDRM TOWNHOME
in heart of beautiful cold
Spring. charming features,
porch & backyard. Avail
shortly. 845-265-4759
COLD SPRING RIVERFRONT
one bdrm/one bth. Gorgeous
apt with large terrace in small
exclusive historic 3 story bldg.
Working fplc, jacuzzi bath, cen-
tral A/C and fantastic Hudson
river views. Laundry facilities
and pkng incld. Pet friendly.
Walk to train and shops. Secu-
rity and credit info rqrd. $1650.
May 1 occupancy. Call Laurie
914-906-3563 or email at
lyodice@optonline.net for an
appt.
china, glassware, jewelry,
and books! 50 Main Street
Cold Spring Daily 11-5
Bijougalleries.com
GARRISON SCHOOL
Teachers are still asking for
more money & benefits after
almost 2 years. Taxpayers pay
for these increases Pd Pol Annc.
FAILING ECONOMY
663,000 jobs lost in March.
Unemployment 8.5%. Now
13.2 million unemployed &
teachers still want raises? Pd
Pol Annc.
SHARE THE PAIN
How much more can the tax-
payers absorb in this awful
economy? Time for teachers to
be reasonable. Pd Pol Annc.
GARRISON BOARD
Step up, be brave, r espect the
taxpayers. Change the pattern
of three types of raises for the
teachers. Pd Pol Annc.
WANTED
Wanted
HUD VALLEY AUCTIONEERS
Antique and Estate buyers com-
mission sales, auctions held
monthly, 432 Main St. Beacon
845-838-3049, Neil Vaughn.
For info visit www.
hudsonvalleyauctioneers.com
LOVING COUPLE WISH TO
adopt. will provide a wonder-
ful life filled with love, devo-
tion & opportunities life has to
offer. Pls call 877-300-1281
Virginia.
MAKE A CHILD SMILE
this summer by becoming a
Fresh Air Fund host family.
The FAF'S been doing this since
1877 and has provided free
summer vacations to more than
1.7 million NYC children. All
are carefully screened and fully
insured. You can pick the gen-
der and age of the child you
invite. You can be old, young,
with kids or without, single,
married, living together-the-
kids don't discriminate and nei-
ther do we. Just have love in
your heart and a happy home.
Please call Lisa martens at 845-
736-4247 or lisafaf@aol.com
THE PUTNAM COUNTY
Historical Society & Foundry
School Museum is looking for
volunteers to become Saturday
docents. Docents are needed
from 11am to 5pm to open the
museum, greet visitors, and
asnwer questions. This is a
great opportunity to learn about
local history and share your
passion with the community.
Please call 845-265-4010.
PCHS is located at 63 Chestnut
St, Cold Spring.
fet-china cabinet set. Wood
shelves, kitchenware, English
Garden 26 setting china + much
more. 10am-4pm, 2 RR Ave,
Cold Spring
Events
EVENTS
HALDANE HIGH SCHOOL
class of 1992 Reunion! 1pm to
whenever? Cold Spring/starts
at Maguire's Pub on 6/20/09.
RSVP Kevin Jones 914-262-
1643 kjphatman@aol.com 1
already 19 classmates con-
firmed! First round is on KJ!!
NO FEE 4 event!
Pets
PETS
DOGGIE DAY CARE AND
RESTFUL SLEEPOVERS. I
welcome your furry friend as a
true guest in my home. They
have total access to my home
and my one acre fenced yard in
the woods. Bow Wow Haus,
John Funck. 845-424-6017
johnfunck@optonline.net
43 Cutler Lane, Garrison
IF YOU LIKE A CAT WHO
will converse with you, then
Collette is your girl! collette
can carry on a conversation like
the best of them and she's an
absolute delight. she loves sit-
ting on your lap and will keep
you company any time of day
or night. she's a six year old
DSH that is FIV/FELV nega-
tive, current with her vaccina-
tions, spayed and her adoption
fee is $100. To adopt Collette,
visit Putnam Humane Society
10-4, Mon - Sun. Old Rte 6,
Carmel. 845-225-7777 or
www.puthumane.org
boxes, dressers. Every Sunday
11 to 5 or by appointment any
time. Tompkins Corners,
Peekskill Hollow Rd. Putnam
Valley. Wholesale prices. call
845-225-6068
STORE CLOSING SALE
Taca-Tiques leaving Cold
Spring April 30. Showcases,
china cabinets for sale. All
merch on sale (excluding ster-
ling) 109 Main St. Cold Spring
845-265-2655. www.taca-
tiques.com
JEWELRY, HANDBAGS
exotic accessories, giftware,
velvet shawls, hand-painted
silks. Overstock from my store
is now available. Wholesale
and Retail. Side Effects/NY,
1011 Brown St., Peekskill. Call
for appt 914-736-1235 or email
sidefxny@aol.com
EARLY EVERYTHING
468-470 Main St. (East End)
Retirement sale. Last 2 weeks.
Great prices. 845-838-3014
VERMONT WOOD STOVE
Vermont Castings Defiant
stove with pipe, screen & heat
shield. Perfect condition $850
845-424-3856
ROSE HILL MEMORIAL
Park, Putnam Valley NY. Mau-
soleum with 2 burial crypts
$8000 neg. Call 631-744-4555
MOBILE HOME FOR SALE
Post Road Mobile Home Park
2 bdrm, 1 bth, updated through-
out, $80,000
Call for details 845-265-2752
FREE
FREE
FREE STONE 845-424-4363
Masonry Quality and landscape
Stone for walls, fireplace, pa-
tios and more! This stone is
Free as material for any suit-
able stone project contracted to
Garrison Stone works. PC2037,
WC 11439

EFFICIENCY APARTMENT
Fully furnished for temp. stays
or extra guests. In Cold Spring
Village center, garden setting;
w/parking, patio, w/d, internet,
a/c, cable. Walk to train &
shops. All-inclusive rates from
$875/mo; $360/wk; $230/
wknd. Avail July, Aug, Fall.
845-265-5295 or
wellspringny@yahoo.com

1BDRM $780 H/HW INCLD

2 Bdrm $975 3 Bdrm small
ranch $1500 Beacon/Fishkill
area. Refs/Sec 1/2 mo fee. Call
Donna Hardisty 845-831-0344
Manor House Realty 845-838-
4858

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