The
PUTNAM C OUNTY NEWS
CXLIII
No. 36
Putnam Remembers September 11
White ceramic stars in honor of the victims of 9/11 adorn a rock wall surrounding a cross made of World Trade Center steel
atop the hill at Graymoor, the home of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement. On Friday, Sept. 11, there will be Memorial
Masses at 8:46am (the time of the first terrorist attack) and at 11:30am in St. Pius X Chapel (6th floor) at Graymoor.
That evening, at 8 o’clock, there will be a candlelight Service of Remembrance in the Memorial Garden. See page two for a
story about Putnam County’s annual memorial service, including a list of those Putnam residents who died in the attacks.
Dining Out in
Pouring what the Irish refer to as a ‘proper pint’ of Guinness
is a time-honored process that requires skill, patience, and
care. McGuire’s on Main is now equipped to do just that
for its thirsty customers.
McGuire’s Taps into
Old Irish Tradition
Part of a series on
local eateries
by Michael Turton
McGuire’s on Main in Cold
Spring has just become the
world’s most recent addition
to a global fraternity of pubs
that serve up one of Ireland’s
most beloved exports – Guin-
ness stout.
“With a last name like Mc-
Guire you have to serve Guin-
ness” said Shaun McGuire,
who along with his sisters
Tanna and Mandy, own and
operate the Main Street pub.
Last Saturday, McGuire’s
was packed as Guinness lov-
e r s gather e d f o r a s p e cial
party to celebrate the draft
brew’s arrival.
The Beer Lover’s Guide
describes Guinness Stout
as “”Mushy, mellow, soft,
mildly bitter with an almost
roasted chocolate elegance…
classy and very satisfying.”
That “mushy, mellow” stout
generates an intensely loyal
following and McGuire feels
that is about more than just the
beer itself. “I think it’s really
about tradition. Guinness is
something that has remained
consistent in a world where
little else has. And you can
We are 143 years old but new every Wednesday
www.pcnr.com
P h i l ip s t ow n
M i c h a e l T u rto n
get it almost anywhere in
the world. It’s like coming
home.”
Cold Spring resident Brian
McElroy attended Saturday’s
festivities and his love of
Guinness supports McGuire’s
view. “My dad was one of
eleven kids. My grandfather,
Francis Xavier McElroy, al-
ways had a keg of Guinness
on ice.” McElroy has fond
memories of sharing a pint
with his grandfather and, not
surprisingly, as he recalled
those times he added, “Guin-
ness is my favorite drink.”
John Maasik of Cold Spring
says that he and his friends
take some of the credit for
Guinness coming to Mc-
Guire’s. “Every time we
came in here we’d tell Shaun,
‘You should have Guinness.’
Someone jokingly suggested
that everyone should throw
twenty bucks in the pot…”
Maasik said.
The “pot” Maasik referred
to was the money needed to
install separate lines and taps
to serve the popular Irish beer,
a requirement that Guiness
does not budge on.
McGuire picked up on the
idea, and it proved to be a true
win-win outcome. It would
(See McGuire’s on Page 12)
and RECORDER
Fate Still Unknown in
County’s Battle with MTA
by Eric Gross
The Putnam County Legisla-
ture plans to fight the Metro-
politan Transportation Author-
ity’s recently enacted mobility
tax through the courts.
I n J u l y, C o u n t y E x e c u -
tive Robert Bondi vetoed a
resolution approved by the
nine-member governing body
calling for the county to re-
frain from paying the MTA
a “single penny” for the tax
that will cost businesses in
the commuter region millions
of dollars.
Bondi agreed with the leg-
islature that the mobility tax
was an “onerous tax, adversely
affecting the businesses and
residents of our county,” but
said he vetoed the resolution
based on one specific clause
that could not be enforced:
“Putnam County government
has no right to say ‘Putnam
will not authorize any pay-
ment of the unfair and unjust
mobility tax.’” Bondi called it
his “fiduciary duty as County
Executive to uphold the laws
of New York State, whether I
agree with them or not. The
County Will Help Pay for
Cold Spring Trash Removal
by Eric Gross
Cold Spring will get the
financial help needed to pick
up its trash. The Putnam Leg-
islature voted 6-3 last week
to expend $7,500 that will
assist the village government
with its increasing costs for
garbage pick-up.
Legislator Vincent Tamag-
na called it “terribly unfair”
for the village’s 2,000 resi-
dents to “pick up the entire
tab for the removal of tons
of trash, rubbish, and gar-
bage generated by weekend
visitors and tourists who fre-
quent local merchants and
generate substantial sales
tax revenue.”
Tamagna described Cold
Spring as the “gateway to
tourism. This is strictly a mat-
Annie Chesnut
legislature also shares in this
responsibility.”
Bondi urged Putnam to “pay
this bill as required by law
in a timely fashion to avoid
interest and penalties and late
filing fees that will adversely
affect our taxpayers.”
At last week’s regular
monthly meeting of the leg-
islature there was no vote
taken to override the execu-
tive’s veto. Instead, Legisla-
tor Vincent Tamagna of Cold
Spring called for the county
to initiate an Article 78 pro-
ceeding against the state and
the MTA relating to the tax.
“A court of law must make a
decision on whether Putnam
County has an issue of taxa-
tion without representation,”
Tamagna said. “I want a judge
to decide.”
Tamagna charged the state’s
actions were “totally unac-
ceptable because the MTA
continues to loot the people
of Putnam County, since the
tax is retroactive to March 1,
which will result in a $127,500
expenditure for county gov-
( S e e M TA o n P a g e 8 )
ter of fairness. Cash registers
ring up sales and sales tax
revenue for the entire county
every Saturday and Sunday,
while the residents are left
with the mess on Monday
morning.”
Last month Mayor Seth
Gallagher reported that his
village was “seeing more
weekend visitors than in re-
cent years.” He cited the June
7 visit of the Tall Ships, when
“3,000 visitors packed the
waterfront park to view the
flotilla sailing and motoring
up the Hudson.”
Mayor Gallagher also re-
called the Independence Day
weekend when, “Cold Spring
welcomed 8,000 guests for
a full day of entertainment
throughout the commercial
( S e e Tr a s h o n P a g e 1 3 )
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Senior Center Could Close
by Eric Gross
County Executive Robert
Bondi has proposed closing the
Senior Center on Cedar Street
in Cold Spring and cutting other
“quality of life discretionary
programs.”
In a Tuesday evening ad-
dress to the legislature, Bondi
also announced a proposal to
eliminate Friday trolley service
Re-Zoning Packs the House Armistice
by Joe Lindsley Jr.
On September 3, 2009, there
was quite a crowd at the Philip-
stown Town Hall for the town
board meeting. A good portion
of the audience consisted of
members of a group of business
and property owners calling
themselves Concerned Citi-
zens of Philipstown. They were
there to express their concern
about the town’s proposed zon-
ing changes as detailed in the
Comprehensive Plan.
To prevent the meeting from
running far into the night,
Supervisor Bill Mazzuca an-
nounced that a special work-
shop would be held to discuss
zoning changes. During the
past years, Philipstown has
The Bear and the Bees
Karen Shea of Philipstown spotted this bear in her backyard on Tuesday. She
writes that she was able to snap this picture from the safety of her home:
“This bear has been to visit us twice this summer and has been seen in many
of our neighbor’s yards as well ... He was determined to get to our bees and
unfortunately they did not survive the assault.”
Putnam Sheriff’s Race
Analyzing the Crime Stats
by Michael Brendan
Dougherty
As the Sheriff’s race has
intensified in the weeks lead-
ing up to the primary, the
four candidates have made
crime statistics one of the
top issues of the campaign.
Former NYPD Captain An-
drew DeStefano asks in his
ads, “How Safe Are You?”
and lists a series of unnerv-
ing statics about an increase
in crime in Putnam County
in 2008: Burglaries up 43.3
percent, aggravated assaults
up 54.5 percent, 17 percent
increase in violent crime,
and a 34 percent increase in
DWIs. In an interview with the
PCN&R, Kevin McConville,
the Democratic candidate for
Sheriff and former chief of
the MTA Police, said, “If you
look at Putnam County in the
last three years, crime is up
34 percent.”
Sheriff Smith says his op-
ponents are trying to scare
the public. “In 2006 we had
25 robberies. In 2007 there
were 10 robberies in Putnam
County. That means robberies
went down 60 percent. The
n e x t y e a r, 2 0 0 8 , w e w e n t
from 10 to 13 robberies. Then
Philipstown & Putnam Valley
in Philipstown.
Bondi said Philipstown se-
niors will be able to “receive
services at the Putnam Valley
Senior Center,” more than 11
miles away from the one in
Cold Spring.
The county executive also
announced a plan to cut 49
full-time positions in his 2009-
2010 budget.
Bondi said the cuts were part
hosted a number of meetings
about the re-drafting of the
Comprehensive Plan, but in
recent weeks a growing num-
ber of residents have begun to
express their concerns about
the proposals to make much
of Philipstown into a “rural
conservation zone.” Mazzuca
reassured the audience that the
plan was not carved in stone,
and that he had “some crazy
sense that there might be some
changes” coming to the zoning
proposals.
Near the end of the meeting,
in consultation with members of
the audience, it was determined
that there will be a zoning work-
shop at 7:30pm on Tuesday,
September 15, the same day
as the primary elections. As
they say it is an increase of
40 percent. There has to be
‘truth in lending’ here.”
The candidates have also
debated how safe Putnam
County is relative to the
area. In nearby Rockland
C o u n t y, c r i m e i n t h e p a s t
year has jumped 11 percent,
making Putnam’s increase in
crime look modest. Dutchess
county’s overall crime index
has seen a modest uptick in
crime overall since a 2006
low. Meanwhile, Westches-
ter County has seen steady,
though modest, decreases in
crime over each of the past four
years. The contrast Smith’s
critics draw between Putnam
and surrounding counties is
on the rate of violent crime.
We s t c h e s t e r a n d D u t c h e s s
have seen a modest decrease
in the rate of violent crime;
Putnam stands out in the past
year for a modest increase.
“We are the safest county
in the Hudson Valley by far,”
Sheriff Smith said, “and the
second safest in New York,
b e h i n d H a m i l t o n C o u n t y,
which has more deer than
people.” To prove the case,
Smith points out that over the
past 18 years, the past three
years are still among the saf-
Guide to the 2009
Primary Election
See pages 10 and 11
of a 15 percent reduction in
“contributions to outside agen-
cies that do much to improve
the quality of life in Putnam
County. We would like to con-
tinue with these programs as
well as funding organizations
like libraries, Cooperative Ex-
tension, and museums, but the
county cannot spend money it
does not have.”
Members of the Putnam
the North Highlands Fire Hall
will not be a polling place this
fall, it was selected as the site
of the meeting. Mazzuca said
the board would like to have
Joel Russell, the land use at-
torney and planning consultant
who helped draft the proposed
zoning changes, in attendance.
An audience member requested
that the workshop be video-
taped, and the board agreed.
The business owners “have
valid concerns, there’s no
doubt” said Richard Shea, town
board member and town super-
visor candidate, in an interview
Tuesday. “I guarantee you that
there will be changes to this
document.”
(See Re-Zoning on Page 14)
Karen Shea
est, even with an economic
downturn. According to the
Index Crimes statistics re-
ported by the New York State
Justice Services, the lowest
absolute crime rate was in
2007, a rating of 952.8. The
next safest year was 2006
954.6. And the third best year
was 2008. “People are trying
to make the public feel like
there is a huge crime wave in
Putnam County,” Smith said.
Smith attributes the recent
increases in crime rate in part
due to the economic downturn
that leaves people out of work,
along with other factors in
surrounding counties.
(See Crime on Page 13)
What’s Inside
News
Bill and Hillary
Hit the Highlands
page 12
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Legislature will now begin
reviewing the executive budget
line-by-line in the next two
weeks in committee before
formulating its budget during
the Budget and Finance meet-
ing on Sept. 23 and Sept.24.
A public hearing on the
revised budget is scheduled
for Sept. 29. The budget will
then be forwarded to Bondi
for his perusal.
Achieved
After years of
dispute, Garrison
teachers, district
sign contract
by Michael Mell
The September 2, 2009,
board meeting of the Garrison
Union Free School District
began with an announcement
that the board has reached
agreement on a new contract
with the Garrison Teachers
Association and would vote to
approve it immediately. The
five-year contract includes
salary increases, increases in
teacher contributions to health
care insurance, and profes-
sional development programs.
“Garrison’s board of educa-
tion, administration, teach-
ers, and staff can now move
forward,” said board presi-
dent Anita Prentiss, “work-
ing together on what matters
most: student achievement
and high-quality education.”
The announcement earned an
ovation from those in atten-
dance and the board voted
unanimously to approve the
contract.
The agreement covers 2007
through 2012, providing sal-
ary increases of 3 percent
and 2.75 percent for the first
two years; corresponding to
amounts already budgeted.
Annual percentage increases
for the balance of the contract
term are 2 percent, 2 percent
(See GUFS on Page 8)
Haldane
Teachers to
Get Pay Raise
by Michael Turton
The Haldane Central School
District has reached a new,
two-year agreement with the
Haldane Faculty Association
(HFA) which represents Hal-
dane’s teachers and teachers’
assistants for grades K-12.
Like most labor agreements,
the new contract is multi-lay-
ered, complex, and not likely to
appear on any best seller lists.
The bottom line is that the new
contract will cost taxpayers an
average of 3 percent more in
each of the two years.
“One of the signs of a fair
agreement is that both sides
feel they wanted more. There
were concessions on both
sides,” commented Superin-
tendent Mark Villanti at the
start of the September 1, 2009,
meeting of the Haldane School
Board.
(See Haldane on Page 8)
Sports
Expanded Sports
Coverage:
Season Previews for
Haldane and Put Valley
page 15
Page 2 T HE P UTNAM C OUNTY N EWS A ND R ECORDER Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Mark Your Calendar – Meetings This Week

Thursday 9/10
7 PM - Cold Spring
Local Waterfront Revitalization
Plan Special Board
6:30 PM - PV Zoning Bd of Appeals-
Workshop
7 PM - Cold Spring Zoning Bd of
Appeals
7 PM PVCSD Board of Ed Wk Sess.
Friday 9/11 Monday 9/14 Tuesday 9/15 Wednesday 9/16
PATRIOT DAY 9:30 AM - Philipstown Board at the 7 PM PV Town Board Regular Mtg
No Meetings 6 PM - PV Planning Board Mtg
7:30 PM - Philipstown Town Hall to discuss the Town Park 7:30 PM - GUFS Board Special Mtg
SATURDAY 9/12 Zoning Board of Appeals at Quarry Pond 7:30 PM -Philipstown Board Weekly
9 AM - PV Final District Budget Hearing 7 PM - Haldane BOE Workshop Wkshop - Presentation from the head
7:30 PM - Cold Spring Board of the NY State agency that oversees
SUNDAY 9/13
11 AM - Philipstown North Weekly Workshop property tax administration.
Highlands Fire District Workshop

Wo r k i n g i n t h e P C N & R o ff i c e o n L a b o r D a y g a v e u s a
delightful—and heartwarming—view of the Main Street
sidewalks chock full of shoppers and sightseers. The
Polls Open at 6am Tuesday Countywide
photo to the right shows some of the waves of customers by Eric Gross public office,” said Elections of Cold Spring. McHenry, and Patty Villanova,
that inundated Cup-O-Ccino all day long. Commissioner Robert Bennett. In Philipstown, two candi- along with Democrats Samuel
There was some excitement under the tent Saturday Putnam County Elections His counterpart, Commis- dates are running for super- Davis, Christopher Lieber-
night at Boscobel: If you were there, you would have seen Commissioners Robert Ben- sioner Anthony Scannapieco, visor—Republican Matthew man, and Wendy Whetsel. An
Hillary and Bill Clinton second row center enjoying the nett and Anthony Scannapieco added, “This is part of the Mastrantone and Democrat Independence Party Primary
Shakespearean play Pericles (see the photo on page 12). and their staffs didn’t have process. Residents have the Richard Shea. is also scheduled.
Afterwards they talked with the cast in the actors’ tent much of a vacation this summer right to seek election as long Four candidates are seeking Putnam Valley Justice Gina
a n d c o m p l i m e n t e d C o l d S p r i n g ’ s C h a r l o t t e P a l m e r- L a n e now that 69 candidates have as they receive the necessary two town board seats—Demo- Capone is seeking reelection
o n t h e c o s t u m e s . T h e y h a d s e e n a r e v i e w i n t h e N Y Ti m e s filed petitions to run for 34 signatures on petitions.” crats Betty Budney and John without opposition, while
and decided to call for tickets. And yes, Hillary was positions in town and county Putnam’s top race this year VanTassel, and Republicans Highway Superintendent Earl
wearing a pantsuit! government this fall. pits Sheriff Donald Smith Joselle Cunane and Theresa Smith is facing an Indepen-
There is lots going on this coming weekend, from The large number of candi- against three challengers. Polhemus. dence Party line challenge
Ta k e - a - H i k e , t o t h e S u m m e r S u n s e t C r u i s e t o b e n e f i t dates seeking office will result Former Southeast Town Judge Philipstown Assessor Brian from Mark Pawera.
PA R C , a P o p Wa r n e r f u n d r a i s e r, t o a B l a c k Ti e B a r n in a number of primaries next James Borkowski and retired Kenney is running unopposed. N e x t Tu e s d a y ’ s p r i m a r y
Dance at The Barn at Glynwood. Check the Coming Tuesday. NYPD Captain Andrew DeSte- Putnam Valley Supervisor contests will be a warm-up
Events on page 4. “In some towns like Carmel, fano are challenging the sheriff Robert Tendy is facing op- for Commissioners Bennett
Remember to drive carefully now that school is open. Kent, and Putnam Valley, vot- in a GOP Primary while Kevin position from Democrat Dawn and Scannapieco and their
Happy Birthday greetings to; Penny Craig, Doreen ers will need a scorecard due McConville of Cold Spring, Powell. The two will be bat- dozens of election workers
D e r r y, J o a n n R e i n h a r d t , J o D a n a , S t e p h e n S m i t h , R i n a Crowds at Cup-O-Ccino on Labor Day. Annie Chesnut to the great interest in seeking the retired head of the MTA tling for the Independence who prepare for November’s
D e s a i , M i c h a e l B a d e , S u d h a P a t e l , Tr i x i e M c C a r t h y, Police, is the Democratic chal- Party line in a primary next general election. This week
B r u c e C a m p b e l l , Ti n a B a r i l e , R o g e r B l a n c h a r d , P a r i - lenger. week as well. the PCN&R is providing the
mal Mehta, Sangita Modi, Kasey Battaglia, Patricia Running unopposed is Dr. Six candidates are vying public with snapshots of the
K e e g a n , K . J . C o n l e y, D i a n a S w i n b u r n e , K a t h y H a m e l , Michael Nesheiwat for Put- for two seats on the Putnam candidates running in primary
P a t r i c k L i l b u r n e , D e b M o r i t z , a n d M a rg a r e t M o r i t z . nam Coroner, as is Putnam Valley Town Board—Republi- races. Check out our Primary
Best wishes to all. Legislator Vincent Tamagna cans Jacqueline Annabi, Esther Day special on pages 10-11.

Putnam to Remember 9-11 Friday Evening

by Eric Gross
Eight Putnam residents who
died on September 11, 2001,
will be remembered Friday
evening at the 9-11 memorial
service at Carmel’s Corner-
stone Park.
Putnam’s eight heroes are:
Christopher Blackwell of
Putnam Lake, Daniel Harlin
of Kent, Robert Minera of
Carmel, Thomas Kuveikis
of Kent and George Cain of
Patterson, all FDNY members;
Steven Driscoll of Lake Car-
mel, a member of the NYPD
E m e rg e n c y S e r v i c e s U n i t ;
David Fodor of Garrison, a
tax accountant, and George
Paris of Carmel, an employee
of Cantor Fitzgerald.
Members of the Stephen
Driscoll Chapter of the Fra-
ternal Order of Police will
participate in the program.
The names of each hero will
be recited with tolling bells
to follow. The ceremony gets
underway at 8pm and will be
preceded by an ecumenical
service of remembrance at
St. James Church in Carmel.

Monday,

ST. MARY’S
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
IN THE HIGHLANDS
1 Chestnut Street,
Cold Spring
Fr. Shane Scott-
Hamblen, Rector, 265-
2539
Mr. Ron Greene, Senior
Warden, 265-3624
www.stmaryscoldspring.
dioceseny.org
Sun. Masses: 8am (spoken);
10:30am (sung); Sunday
school in Parish Hall dur-
ing 10:30 mass
Thurs. Fri. & Sun.: AA in
parish hall, 8pm
FRANCISCAN FRIARS
OF THE ATONEMENT
Route 9, Garrison
424-3671
graymoorcenter@
atonementfriars.org
Sunday Eucharist - 11am,
Pilgrim Hall.
Daily Mass - Mon. - Sat.
11:30am.
Mondays - Holy Hour, 8pm.
Centering Prayer - 8pm.
Monthly Prayer Meeting 2nd
Sunday of every month at
2 p m. Rec o v e r y I n c . e very
Wednesday, 7:30pm.
Renewal Farmers’ Market:
Every Friday, 10-3, during
growing season.
F r i . S e p t . 11 - M e m o r i a l
masses at 8:46am (the time
of the first terrorist attack)
and at 11:30am, at St. Pius
X Chapel (6th floor).
F r i . S e p t . 11 - 9 / 11 C a n -
dlelight Service of Remem-
brance, at Memorial Garden,
8pm
Sun. Sept. 27 - Book sign-
i n g o f Wi l l I S e e M y D o g
in Heaven? following 11am
Mass
ST. JOSEPH’S CHAPEL
A mission Chapel of Our
Lady of Loretto Church
Upper Station Rd.,
Garrison, 265-3718
Sunday Mass: 10:15am
PHILIPSTOWN
WORSHIP GROUP
Quaker Meeting
(845) 424-3525
Meeting for Worship – 2nd &
4th Sundays of each month,
10am, at 848 Old Albany
Post Road (Whyatt Stone
Cottage), Garrison. Call for
directions. Children of all
ages welcome.
TEMPLE ISRAEL
140 Lake Drive
Lake Peekskill
Rabbi Jeff Cymet
845-528-2305
Shabbat Services: Fridays
8pm; Saturdays 9:15am.
OUR LADY OF
LORETTO CATHOLIC
CHURCH
Fair Street, Cold Spring
845-265-3718
www.ourladyoflorettocs.com
Fr. Brian McSweeney,
Pastor
Masses: Sat. 5:30pm, Sun.
7 : 3 0 a m , 9 , & 11 : 4 5 a m . ,
Weekdays: 8:15am, St. Jo-
seph’s - Garrison, Sun.,
10:15am. Holy Days: 8:15am
& 7:30pm Mass, Holy Day
Vigil: 530pm
Confessions: Sat., 4:30-5pm
Wed/Sun Sept 13/16 - “A
Parish Mission” w/ Fr. An-
gelus Shaughnesy, 7pm, dif-
ferent topics each night
Fri/Sat Oct 2/3 - Oktober-
fest, in celebration of the
Feast of the Holy Angel.
5-10pm. German food, beer,
Italian ices, more. Children’s
games, dunk tank, live enter-
tainment and gaming wheels.
265-3718
Bingo - Thursdays, doors
open 6pm, first game begins
ST. PHILIP’S CHURCH
IN THE HIGHLANDS
Episcopal
1101 Route 9D, Garrison
Across from school
Rev. Francis H. Geer, Rec.
424-3571 - e-mail:
stphilips@highlands.com
8am - Holy Communion
10:30am - Main Service
Choir–Thu, 7:30pm
Junior Choir–Sun at 9:15am
Sunday School–Sun 10:30am
Acolytes – Sunday 9am
Adult Class – Sunday at noon
Life Support Group – Wednes-
days at 7:30 PM
St. Philip’s Nursery School
M-F–9am to Noon
GRACE UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
37 Peekskill Hollow
Road, Putnam Valley
Pastor Tony Mecca
845-526-3788
Sunday Service & Sunday
School: 10 am.
Prayer Service w/ Com-
munion: Tues 7 pm. “Tues-
days w/ Tony” - Discussion
group, 9am.
Tue. Sept. 22 - Fall luncheon
& auction, 11:30-1:30pm.
ST. LUKE’S LUTHERAN
CHURCH
65 Oscawana Lake Rd.,
Putnam Valley
www.
stlukesputnamvalley.org
845-528-8858
mail@stlukesputnamvalley.org
Sunday Worship - Service:
9am, Coffee hour: 10:15am,
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: 10am
Chancel Choir Rehearsal:
Wednesdays 7pm
Office Hours: Tue, Wed &
Thu, 8-12
Food Pantry: Saturdays
9-10am
UNITED METHODIST
CHURCHES OF COLD
SPRING & SOUTH
HIGHLAND (Garrison)
845-265-3365
South Highland UMC,
19 Snake Hill Rd.
Garrison
Cold Spring UMC,
216 Main Street
Pastor Margaret (Peggy)
Laemmel
South Highland in Garrison
worship service at 9:30am.
Cold Spring worship service
at 11am.
South Highland Sunday
school will begin on Sun-
day, Sept. 13th during the
9:30 worship service.
Sat. Sept. 12 - Bake Sale,
Foodtown, 9:30am-noon
Sat. Oct. 10 - Bake Sale,
Foodtown, 9:30am-noon
COLD SPRING
BAPTIST CHURCH
(American Baptist
Churches, USA)
Jay Camp
(Interim Pastor)
245 Main St., Cold
Spring
265-2022
Sunday Services, 10:30am
Wednesdays: Prayer- Fel-
lowship time, 7pm
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 ser-
vices, 9:30am
Check website for religious
school, services, events info.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009 T HE P UTNAM C OUNTY N EWS A ND R ECORDER Page 3
T h e H e r o e s o f F l i g h t 9 3 Will I See My Dog in Heaven?
Honored in Words, Images Signing at Graymoor
PHILIPSTOWN
REFORM SYNAGOGUE
P.O. Box 94
Cold Spring, NY 10516
T H E H I G H H O LY D AY S
Services led by Can-
torShoshana Lash, Or-
ganist Douglas Keilitz
All Services at St.
Mary’s Parish House
Sat. Sept. 12: Shabbat/
On Sunday, September 27, he lines up evidence from
S’lichot Services, 9:30am,
immediately following the the Scriptures, Christian
Discussion, 10:30am
11am Mass outside Pilgrim tradition, and liturgy, and
Fri. Sept. 18: Rosh Hashanah
Hall, Graymoor, the Francis- the life and teachings of St.
Evening Services, 8pm
can Friars of the Atonement Francis of Assisi, that God
Sat. Sept. 19: Rosh Hashanah
are welcoming Franciscan desires all creatures (yes,
Morning Services, 10am
friar and popular writer Fr. including our beloved pets!)
Sun. Sept. 27 : Kol Nidre
Jack Wintz, OFM, who will in the afterlife
Evening Services, 8pm
sign copies of his new book, For those unable to attend,
Mon. Sept. 28: Yom Kippur,
Will I See My Dog in Heaven? individually inscribed and
morning services, 10am, dis-
Will we see our dogs and personally signed copies of
cussion, 1:30pm, afternoon
cats in the hereafter? Does the book will be available
services, 3:30pm, community
God’s plan for eternity in- through September 26 from
break fast immediately fol- On September 11th, 2001, crash site and documented
clude the created nonhuman the Graymoor Book & Gift
lowing Afternoon Services while we were being attacked the experiences he witnessed
world? Fr. Jack, brings a love Center by calling 424-2100
Sat. Oct. 3: Shabbat/Sukkot by hijackers using commer- there. In a twist of fate he
for all creation and infec- or by visiting www.Atone-
services at Surprise Lake cial airliners as weapons, met with the relatives of
tious enthusiasm to the seri- mentFriars.org/my_dog_in_
Camp,9:30am, Sukkah Build- the passengers and crew of a passenger after an odd
ous task of exploring these heaven.htm
ing by the Lake, 10:30am, United Airlines Flight 93 coincidence, and also met
long-asked questions. In Pilgrim Hall is located at
services from Newark, NJ, to San with Val McClatchey, who
Will I See My Dog in Heaven? Graymoor on Route 9. For
For more information call Francisco, CA, took their took the famous photograph
he admits that no one really information, call 424-2111.
265-8011 and leave a mes- plane back from the terror- of the smoke cloud from
knows what God has in mind
sage or e-mail philipstownre- ists, but lost their lives when the crash titled, The End of
for us in the next life. But
formsynagogue @gmail.com the plane crashed into the Serenity. He then returned
in ten thoughtful chapters,
ground near Shanksville PA. for the five-year memorial
Their courage as impromptu service and again met with
REFORM TEMPLE OF ‘citizen-soldiers’ is said to t h e v i c t i m ’ s f a m i l y. H i s
PUTNAM VALLEY
362 Church Road
have been the first victory reverent appreciation for Cold Spring’s Luisa Perkins
in the ‘War on Terror.’
Putnam Valley
Rabbi Allen Darnov
This sad moment in our
what the heroes of Flight
93 did, and how their brave Speaks at Geneology Fair
nation’s history will be com- example resonates with each On Saturday, September 19, you already have. Information
845-528-4774 memorated with a program of us has compelled him to from 10am to 3pm, the York- will be provided on Internet
www.rtpv.org entitled “Going to Shanks- share this remarkable piece town Family History Library, resources, recording oral his-
Shabbat Services: Fridays, ville,” which includes pho- of recent history in words,
at the Church of Jesus Christ tories, and much more. For
8 p m ; Yo u n g p e o p l e ’ s s e r- tographs, videos, and a talk photographs, and moving
of Latter-day Saints, will host complete schedule of events
vice- third Friday of the by Jim Cypher, Jr., at the images.
a Family History Fair, which and details go to www.family-
month, 7pm. Hebrew School, Howland Center in Beacon There is no admission
will feature a lecture by Cold history.dreamhosters.com or
ages 3+ o n F r i d a y, S e p t e m b e r 11 , fee, but donations to the
Spring resident Luisa Perkins. phone 914-941-9150.
at 7pm. Flight 93 Memorial Fund There will be free classes, The Church is located at 801
HISTORIC TOMPKINS
A year afterwards Jim are encouraged. www.hon- presentations, and informa- Kitchawan Road, in Ossining,
CORNERS UNITED
Cypher Jr. drove out to the orflight93.org tion booths to help you get ¼ mile east of the Taconic.
METHODIST CHURCH
729 Peekskill Hollow temporary memorial at the started building your family
Road, Putnam Valley tree or to help you add to what
845-528-5076
www.tompkinschurchny.org
1st Sunday of the month
worship: 2pm
FIRST HEBREW
CONGREGATION OF
PEEKSKILL
1821 Main Street,
Peekskill
914-739-0500
www.firsthebrew.org
sfma@optonline.net
Rabbi Lee Paskind
Services: Sat. 9:30am; Fri.
8pm; Monthly Fri. family
service, 6:30pm
Sat. Sept 13 -Sukkot Family
Workshop, free, 12:30 p.m
Daily minyan at downtown
synagogue (call for info)
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ONGOING:
Cold Spring Farmers’ Market,
Saturdays through Thanks-
giving, 8:30am-1:30pm,
at The Nest, Chestnut St.
Putnam Valley Farmers’ Mar-
kets: Fridays, 3-7pm, Tomp-
kins Cnrs Methodist Church,
outdoors, 729 Peekskill Hol-
low Rd. June 19-Oct. 9 ALSO
Wednesdays, 3-7pm at Putnam
Valley Grange, Adams Cnrs,
128 Mill St. Indoor/Outdoor,
through Dec. 16.845-528-0066
Historic Walking Tours of Cold
Spring conducted by volun-
teers from Putnam County
Historical Society, Sundays
at 2pm, free, meet at foot of
Main St.; through early Nov.
THIS WEEK:
Wed. Sept. 9 - Annual Cold
Spring Farmers Market Com-
munity Dinner, 7pm, The Gar-
rison. www.csfarmmarket.org
Wed. Sept. 9 - Putnam County
Seniors Picnic, spons. by Of-
fice for the Aging, 10am-3pm,
Veterans Memorial Park. 845-
621-0600 for info and res.
Thu. Sept. 10 - HH Trust Take-
a-Hike! Musical Tot Trek II
w/ Stacy Labriola. Ltd. space,
reg. req’d. 10am, 1 hr., easy/
family-friendly. www.hhlt.org,
424-3358
Fri. Sept. 11 - Jazz vocalist
Michelle LeBlanc and quartet,
“I Remember You,” 8pm, Arts
on the Lake, 640 Route 52,
Kent Lakes
Fri. Sept. 11 - Service of Re-
membrance for 9/11, Graymoor
Memorial Garden, 8pm
Sat. Sept. 12 - Summer Sun-
set & Fireworks Cruise on the
Hudson, in celebration of the
400th Anniversary Hudson sail,
cruise on the River Rose. Din-
ner buffet, open bar, music,
dancing, silent & live auctions,
Peekskill Celebration Fireworks
Display. 8-11p.m., $100 per
person, benefit for PARC. 845-
278- PARC, ext. 287 or www.
PutnamARC.org.
Sat. Sept. 12 - Bake sale. spon-
sored by South Highland UM
Church, 9:30am-noon, in front
of Foodtown
Sat. Sept. 12 - Army vs. Duke
Football, Philipstown Pop War-
ner fundraiser, 12 noon, $29p/p,
arrive early for tailgating, Phil-
ipstown Hawks take the field
post-game. footballhawks@
gmail.com.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Sat. Sept. 12 - Boot-Stompin’
Black-Tie Barn-Dance Gala to
benefit Glynwood. 7pm cock-
tails & dinner at The Barn at
Glynwood Farm. $250p/p. Anita,
265-3338.
Sat. Sept. 12 - Hudson Highlands
Girl Scouts’ Community Tag
Sage, 9am-2pm, at the Little
League field at North Highland
Fire House. Toys, clothes, books,
games, more. Refreshments for
sale. Raindate Sun. Sept. 13.
Deirdre Knapp 265-9485
Sat. Sept. 12 - Handmade
Cavalcade outdoor craft fair,
11am-7pm, free. 20+ booths of
handcrafted items. Cnr of Main
St and North Cedar, Beacon
Sat. Sept. 12: Lauren Hale Dance
presents Drop-In Dances. Mod-
ern dance improvs performed
every quarter hour, 7-9pm.
Free. Shambhala Yoga Ctr, 4
Sth Chestnut St., Beacon
Sun. Sept. 13 - Sunset Series:
Readings at Chapel of Our Lady
Restoration. Novelist Valerie
Martin. 4pm, wine & cheese
reception follows. Free, park
at Metro-North station.
Sun. Sept. 13 - HH Land Trust
Take-a-Hike! Night Sky Out-
ing w/ astronomer Frank Suits.
Bring blanket & binoculars.
8pm, Garrison Golf Club parking
lot. 2 hrs, easy/family friendly.
www.hhlt.org, 424-3358
Sun. Sept. 13 - 15th Annual
Hoot on the Hudson, 12-6pm,
Little Stony Pt.
Sun. Sept. 13 - Strut Your Mutt
fundraiser for Putnam Humane
Soc. 11am-4pm, Veterans Me-
morial Park, Carmel, register
at www.puthumane.org
Sun/Wed Sept 13-16 - ‘A
Parish Mission’ discussions
w/ Fr. Angelus Shaughnessy,
7-8pm, Our Lady of Loretto.
Different topic each night;
all welcome. 265-3718.
COMING UP:
Fri/Sat Sept. 18/19 - Philip-
stown Garden Club flower show,
open to public for viewing from
2-4 on Fri and 10:30-5 on Sat,
Desmond-Fish Library, Gar-
rison.
Sat. Sept. 19: Tots Park Jam-
boree: 4-6pm at McConville
Park. Bring a picnic blanket and
enjoy some live music while you
help raise funds for the park.
Suggested donation: $20/family.
Sat. Sept. 19 - HH Land Trust
Take-a-Hike! What Henry saw &
more w/ historian Ray Phillips.
Part of the Hudson River Valley
Ramble.10am, Ft. Montgomery
Visitors’ Center, 2 hrs., Moder-
ate. www.hhlt.org, 424-3358
Sat. Sept. 19 - Family History
Fair, 10am-3pm, free classes,
lectures, info booth re build-
ing your family tree. Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints, 801 Kitchawan Rd.,
Ossining. www.familyhistory.
dreamhosters.com, 914-736-
1791
Sat. Sept. 19 - Jazz Vespers
w/ renowned jazz musicians,
5:30pm, free, First Presbyterian
Church, 10 Academy St. Cold
Spring, 265-3220.
Sun. Sept. 20 - Concert: Jason
Cutmore, piano, playing Al-
beniz, de Severac and Schubert.
4pm, free. Chapel of Our Lady
Restoration, 45 Market St., CS,
park at Metro-North station.
Sun. Sept. 20 - Walkabout at
Tilly Foster Farm. Guided his-
torical tours, 1pm. Reservations
rec, space ltd. 845-279-4474,
www.tillyfosterfarm.org.
Sun/Thu Sept. 20/24 - Philip-
stown Seniors trip to Wildwood,
NJ, 5 days/4 nights, visit At-
lantic City, winery tour, Cape
May boardwalk & boat cruises.
$379 incl. 3 dinners/4bfasts.
Eileen, 265-5098.
Sat. Sept. 19: Tots Park Jambo-
ree: 4-6pm at McConville Park
Bring a picnic blanket and enjoy
some live music while you help
raise funds for the park. Sug-
gested donation: $20/family.
Mon. Sept. 21 - Flu Shot clinic
spons. by Health Dept. 2-6:30pm,
Garrison Fire House. Bring proof
of age & Putnam Cty residency.
$20; free for those over 60.
278-6130.
Tue. Sept. 22 - Plant One On Me:
learn about frontage plantings
with Keep Putnam Beautiful.
7-8:30pm, Cornerstone Park
Bldg, Fair St/Rt 52, Carmel.
845-278-61030, x 43155.
Tue. Sept. 22 - Fall luncheon
& auction, Grace Methodist
Church, 337 Peekskill Hollow
Road, Putnam Valley. 11:30-
1:30pm. Sandwiches, salad bar
& desserts. $7/lunch; $3/auction
bids. 845-526-3788.
Sat. Sept. 26 - Constitution
Island Family Day, 10am-3pm.
Exhibits, demos, birds of prey,
horse & wagon rides, boat rides,
Rev. War Trail walks. Shuttle
runs from south end of Metro-
North CS parking lot. 845-446-
8676, www.constitutionisland.
org
Sat. Sept. 26 - 32nd annual
Cold Spring Harvest Festival.
Starts at 10am, Main. Street.
Sat. Sept. 26 - Free concert by
West Point Band at Putnam Val-
ley HS, 7:30pm. www.pvcsd.org
Fri/Sat Sept. 26/27 - Open Stu-
dios, Beacon, www.beaconarts.
org for more details
Sun. Sept. 27 - Fall foliage
cruise aboard The Commander w/
Jim Witt, raise funds for Hope
for Youth Foundation. 12:30-
3:30pm, dep.s from Peekskill.
$35p/p, $10/children under 12.
845-265-2010 or witt@best-
web.net
Wed. Sept. 30 - Senior Roast
Beef Dinner and Bingo, Phil-
ipstown Community Center,
Noon - 3pm. Free. Philipstown
residents only.Res. required by
Sept. 28. 424-4618.
Fri. Oct. 2 - HH Land Trust’s
20th Anniversary Celebration
Dinner, The Garrison. For tickets
call 424-3358.
Fri. Oct. 2 - Philipstown Rec pro-
vides transportation to Golden
Idol Senior Vocal Competition
Event, Westchester County Ctr,
White Plains, 2-5pm. Res. req’d.
Info about participation, call
Margaret, 424-4618.
Fri/Sat Oct 2/3 - Oktoberfest,
in celebration of the Feast of
the Holy Angel, Our Lady
of Loretto, 5-10pm. German
food, beer, Italian ices, more.
Children’s games, dunk tank,
live entertainment and gaming
wheels. 265-3718
Sat. Oct. 3 - Haldane School
Fdn. Benefit to Support En-
vironmental Studies, 5-8pm.
Gynwood Center, Tickets $50
before Sept. 30, $60 after. Tick-
ets: Haldane School Foundation,
PO Box 364, Cold Spring NY
10516 or Eugenie@amartcon-
servation.com.
Sun. Oct. 4 - HH Land Trust
Take-a-Hike! Fire on the Moun-
tain w/ Jordan Dale. Bring a
bag lunch. Meet: 10am. Sur-
prise Lake Camp Main Bldg.
4 hrs, difficult.: www.hhlt.org,
424-3358
Sun. Oct. 4 - Sunset Series:
Readings at Chapel of Our Lady
Restoration. Poet Edwin Torres.
4pm, wine & cheese reception
follows. Free, park at Metro-
North station.
Health Department to Host
Seasonal Flu Vaccine Clinics
The Putnam County De-
partment of Health will be
holding public seasonal flu*
clinics for adult Putnam
County residents (18 years
of age and older) at Garrison
Fire House, 1616 Route 9 on
Monday, September 21, and
again on Monday, October
19, from 2-6:30pm on both
days.
The cost of the flu vacci-
nation is $20. The vaccine
is free for those age 60 and
older or for anyone with a
Medicare card. Persons will
be asked to provide proof of
age and Putnam County resi-
dency (Driver’s License).
*Please note that this vac-
cine covers seasonal flu only
and NOT the H1N1 (swine)
flu virus. Please call the Put-
nam County Health Depart-
ment’s Flu Vaccine Hotline
at 845-278-6130 for updates
including future clinics and
H1N1 vaccine availability.
For children 6 months
Fri. Oct. 9 - VA Hudson Valley
Health Care System Veterans
Job Fair, 11am-3pm, Castle
Point, Route 9D. Meet employ-
ers, service orgs, etc. Bring
several copies of resume and
discharge papers.
The Putnam County News &
Recorder is happy to announce
your event. A complete list-
ing of Coming Events are on
our website at www.pcnr.com.
To send your listing: PCN&R,
PO Box 185, Cold Spring, NY
10516; fax 265-2144; e-mail,
editor@pcnr.com.
PCNR.
com
to 18 years old, the Put-
nam County Department
of Health recommends flu
vaccination to be adminis-
tered by the child’s health-
c a r e p r o v i d e r. H o w e v e r,
eligible children 6 months
to 18 years old can receive
seasonal flu vaccine through
the department’s pediat-
ric immunization clinics.
Please call 845-278-6086
for more information.
Additional flu clinics may
be scheduled as flu vaccine
shipments arrive. Please
continue to check the Put-
nam County Department of
Health Flu Vaccine Hotline
at 845-278-6130 for further
u p d a t e s o r v i s i t w w w. p u t-
namcountyny.com.
Pneumonia vaccine will
also be available free to
those residents over 65
years of age. For residents
under 65 years, a doctor’s
prescription is required and
a $45 fee will be charged.

JULIA L. BUTTERFIELD DESMOND-FISH
MEMORIAL LIBRARY LIBRARY
Rtes. 301 & 9D Route 9D & 403, Garrison
845-265-3040 845-424-3020
www.butterfieldlibrary.org http://dfl.highlands.com
Mon & Wed: 10am-8pm Closed Sat/Sun/Mon Sept
T, T, F and Sat: 10am-5pm 6/7/8 for Labor Day
Sun. 12-3pm Hours: M/ W/F: 10am-5pm
ONGOING PROGRAMS Tue & Thu 2-9pm;
Tuesdays, Bouncing Babies, Sat 10am-4pm, Sun 1-5
infants thru age 2; 9:30am Fri/Sat Sept 18/19 - Philip-
Thursdays, Bouncing Babies, stown Garden Club Flower
infants thru age 2; 1:30pm S h o w, o p e n t o p u b l i c f o r
Fri. Sept. 11 - CPR for moms, viewing 2-5 on Fri, 10:30-
and caregivers, 10am, $35, 5 on Sat.
registration required.
Mon. Sept. 14 - Writing Club PUTNAM COUNTY
for Tweens and Teens, grades
6 thru 12, 3pm, 8 weeks.
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
& FOUNDRY SCHOOL
Writing Club for Kids, grades
3 thru 5, 4pm, 8 weeks. Reg.
MUSEUM
63 Chestnut St.,
reqd. Cold Spring
845-265-4010
M o n . S e p t . 1 4 & We d .
www.pchs-fsm.org
Sept. 16 - Defensive Driv-
M u s e u m h o u r s : We d - S u n ,
ing Course, 6-9pm, $40
11am-5pm
Tue. Sept. 15 - American Girl
Office hours: Tues/Fri 10-5
D o l l Wo r k s h o p , “ K i r s t e n ,
Sat. Sept. 12 - Lecture on
1854,” 3:30pm
Sat. Sept. 19 - CPR for teens, Wa t e r Q u a l i t y i n t h e 1 9 t h
Century Hudson Valley, 5pm
10am, $35
Sat. Sept. 26 - Benefit Gala,
6pm, Bird & Bottle Inn
PUTNAM VALLEY
LIBRARY CONSTITUTION
30 Oscawana Lake Rd., ISLAND
845-528-3242 West Point, NY
www.putnamvalleylibrary.org 845-446-8676
Hours: Sun. 1-5; Mon. 10-6; www.constitutionisland.org
Tue/Wed 10-8; Thu/Fri 11-5; P ublic to urs throu gh S e p -
Sat - 10-5 tember, Wed & Thu at 1 and
Book Club begins again in 2pm, leaving fm South Dock
Sept. on 3rd Tues of each at West Pt. Res. req’d.
month. Sept. book is Moby Sat. Sept. 26 - Family Day,
Dick; Oct. book is Ahab’s 10am-3pm, exhibits, demos,
Wife. boat rides, trail walks, house
tours; depart fm CS Metro-
North parking lot
THE HOWLAND
CENTER
MANITOGA/THE
477 Main Street,Beacon
845-831-4988 RUSSEL WRIGHT
DESIGN CENTER
Thursdays, 7-9pm - Medi-
Route 9D, Garrison
tation Classes, drop in, no 845-424-3812
pre-reg req’d, $8 class
russelwrightcenter.org
Fri. Sept. 12 - Goldee Tours on selected weekdays;
Greene, 8pm
every weekend at 11am and
1:30pm, res. a must. Grounds
PUTNAM ARTS
COUNCIL open for hiking all year.
Sat. Sept. 12 - Manitoga
Tilly Foster Farm
100 Route 312 Modern, part of the inau-
Brewster g u r a l N e w Yo r k H e r i t a g e
845-278-0230 Weekend, 2-5pm
www.putnamartscouncil.com
Sun. Sept. 13 - Orange
Art Classes for All Ages County Day: discount tour
begin Sept. 22 – ongoing
rates for residents; reg. req’d.
throughout Fall
Sun. Sept. 9 - Indie film COUNTY PLAYERS,
series: Constitution Island INC.
documentary w/ speaker 2681 West Main Street
Richard de Koster, 12noon at Wappingers Falls
t h e L o d g e a t Ti l l y F o s t e r 845-298-1491
www.countyplayers.org
Farm. Res. suggested.
Sept. 11/26 - The Importance
of Being Earnest, Fridays
and Saturdays at 8, Matinee
on Sun. 20th only, at 2pm.
KENT PUBLIC
LIBRARY
17 Sybil’s Crossing
Kent Lakes
(845) 225-8585
Butterfield Doll Workshops
www.kentlibrary.org
Mon, Wed 10-8
Mix History and Needlecraft
Tue, Thu, Fri 10-5
The Butterfield Library
Sat, 10-3
will be offering the American
Closed most major holidays
Girl Doll Workshop once a
month throughout the fall
season beginning on Tues-
day, September 15, at 3:30.
The featured “girl” will be
“Kirsten, 1854.”
Instructor Beverly Barker
uses the popular dolls and
books to teach children in
grades 1 and up about the
various periods of American
history with a discussion of
the styles of dress, customs,
GARRISON ART
CENTER
Garrison’s Landing
845-424-3960
garrisonartcenter.org
info@garrisonartcenter.org
Gallery Hours: Tue/Sun
12-5pm
Fri. Sept. 11 - Sun. Sept.
2 7 - Wo r k b y S u s a n E n g -
lish, Jerry Gretzinger, Tom
Holmes, and Jaanika Peerna.
Artists’ reception on 9/11
from 6-8pm.
PARAMOUNT CENTER
1008 Brown Street,
Peekskill
914-739-2333
tickets@paramountcenter.org
FILM: In The Loop, Sept.
11 , 1 2 a t 8 p m , S e p t . 1 3 a t
3pm, Sept. 17 at 8pm
Wed. Sept. 16 - Los Lobos,
8pm
FILM: Food, Inc. , Sept. 18,
19 at 8pm, Sept. 20 at 3pm,
Sept. 24 at 8pm
VAN BRUNT GALLERY
137 Main St.. Beacon
845-838-2995
www.vanbruntgallery.com
Thu/Mon 11am-6pm
Exhibit: Peter Bynum, Sept.
5-24, reception Sept. 12
CHAPEL OF OUR LADY
RESTORATION
45 Market St.,
Cold Spring
845-265-5537
www.chapelofourlady.com
Sun. Sept. 13 - Sunset Read-
ing Series: Valerie Martin,
novelist, 4pm, free
Sun. Sept. 20 - Concert:
Jason Cutmore, piano, play-
ing Albeniz, de Severac and
Schubert. 4pm, free.
Sun. Oct 4 - Sunset Reading
Series: Edwin Torres, poet
Sun. Oct. 11 - Concert: Ca-
mille King, soprano, Regan
Smith and Carol Leone, pia-
no. 4pm, free. Haydn, Men-
delssohn and Rachmaninoff
Sun. Nov. 8 - Concert: Al-
exander Fiterstein, clarinet,
Rolf Schulte, violin, Aaron
Wunsch, piano.4pm, free. A
selection of classical music.
TILLY FOSTER FARM
MUSEUM
100 Route 312, Brewster
845-279-4474
www.tillyfosterfarm.org
Sat/Sun Sept. 12/13 - An-
tique Farm Equipment ex-
hibit, 11am - 4pm
Sat/Sun Sept. 18/19 - Brew-
ster Flower Garden Show,
PAC Building 8
and culture from that par-
ticular time. Each workshop
features a popular needle-
craft from the time period.
Upcoming dates and work-
shops include: October 13,
“ A d d y, 1 8 6 4 ; ” N o v e m b e r
17, “Rebecca, 1914;” and
December 15, “Ana, a Rus-
sian immigrant, 1914.”
Registration is recom-
mended for this program.
Please visit www.butterfield-
library.org or call 265-3040
ext. 4 for more information.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
PHILIPSTOWN DEPOT
THEATRE
Depot Square,
Garrison’s Landing
philipstowndepottheatre.org
845-424-3900
Fri/Sun Sept. 11-13 - Aery
Theatre Co. One Acts, Fri.
& Sat. at 8pm, Sun. at 4pm
Fri. Sept. 25 - Depot Docs
Sons of Cuba, 7:30pm
Sun. Sept. 27: Depot Dances,
dance sampler by emerging
and established New York
choreographers, 8pm
Oct 23 - Nov 15 - Musical,
Secret Garden, Fridays and
Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays
at 2pm.
Fri. Nov. 11 - Depot Docs,
7:30pm
BOSCOBEL
Route 9D, Garrison
845-265-3638
www.boscobel.org
Opendaily except Tues.,
9:30am-5pm,
last tour 4pm
$16/adults, $12/seniors,
$7/children, 6-14,
under 6/free
Grounds only $12
(through 9/7)
Sat. Sept. 12 - Big Band
Concert and Sunset Picnic,
6-8pm
Sun. Sept. 13 - Dutchess
County Day. Free admission
for all county residents
Sun. Sept. 20 - Horse &
Carriage Day, 12-4pm
STONECROP GARDENS
81 Stonecrop Lane
Cold Spring
845-265-2000
www.stonecrop.org
Mon–Fri, plus 1st &
3rd Sat., 10am – 5pm;
also open Fri. until
dusk through Oct 2; $5/
members - no charge
Sat. Sept. 19 - Tea in the
Garden - self guided tours,
exhibits, refreshments,
10am-5pm, $5, members free
Sun. Sept. 20 - Garden Con-
servancy Open Day, 10am-
5pm, $5; free for members
& GC ticket holders
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ACADEMY BAND
West Point
845-938-2617
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HUDSON VALLEY
SHAKESPEARE
FESTIVAL
Performances at Boscobel
845-265-7858
Box Ofc: 845-265-9575
www.hvshakespeare.org
Closed for the season
Oldest House in Garrison
Opens for Two Weekends
Enjoy a rare guided tour
of the Mandeville House,
the oldest house in Garri-
son. Built in 1737 by Jacob
Mandeville, a young man of
Dutch origin, the house was
a strategic point during the
American Revolution, and
was headquarters for General
Israel Putnam. Many Revo-
lutionary War heroes were
quartered at the house-the
most notable being General
George Washington. Be sure
to see the old road traveled
by General Washington and
other revolutionary war he-
roes in front of the house.
The Mandeville House is
opening its doors for the
next two weekends, from
12 until 4pm, as part of the
Tenth Annual Hudson River
Four Prominent Local Artists
Show Their Work at GAC
A small component of The Gretzinger Map
On Friday September 11,
from 6-8pm, Garrison Art
C e n t e r w i ll h o s t a n o p e n-
ing reception for the artists
featured in the upcoming
exhibition that runs from
September 11 through Sep-
tember 27.
Plastic Waves is a collab-
orative exhibit in the Gil-
lette Gallery. Artists Susan
English and Jaanika Peerna
join forces to create an in-
stallation. English presents
drawings and her poured
shapes and Peerna an instal-
lation of mylar strips, with
slowly pulsing lights that
create a wavelike shadow
across the work.
Susan English is an ab-
stract painter who lives and
works in the Hudson Valley.
She received an MFA from
Hunter College. She has
worked as a teaching artist
at DIA Beacon, an exhibition
curator, and was a founding
member of Collaborative
Concepts in Beacon.
Jaanika Peerna works
at the crossroads of digital
and traditional media, of-
ten dealing with the themes
o f w a t e r, s i m p l i c i t y, a n d
s i l e n c e . S h e h a s a n M FA
in Intermedia Design from
SUNY New Paltz. She has
worked as teaching artist at
DIA Beacon and the Visual
Thinking Strategies project
of the Soros Foundation.
In the Balter Gallery the
Art Center proudly presents
the world premiere of The
Gretzinger Map— a large-
T HE P UTNAM C OUNTY N EWS A ND R ECORDER
Valley Ramble in September.
Nearly 300 events will take
place from Saratoga County
and the Capital Region to
New York City on the week-
ends of September 12/13 and
September 19/20.
The Ramble is sponsored
annually by the Hudson Riv-
er Valley National Heritage
Area, Hudson River Valley
Greenway and the New York
State Department of Environ-
mental Conservation's Hud-
son River Estuary Program,
in conjunction with National
Estuaries Day.
The Mandeville House is
located on Lower Station
Road (across from Route
403), Garrison. For more
information, call 424-3636.
scale fictitious map of an-
other world that has been
painted and collaged over
the past 46 years by art-
ist and clothing designer
Jerry Gretzinger . In Au -
gust, 1963, Gretzinger began
drawing a map on an 8 ½”
x 11” piece of paper. Since
then he has been expanding
the map one sheet of paper
at a time. The installation
on the walls and crawling
up onto the ceiling at the
Art Center will be the first
time that even Gretzinger
has seen a large portion of
the map assembled. There
are towns, public works,
roads, and rivers, a census of
populations and resources,
and even football scores all
compiled in a public record.
Gretzinger will explain the
complexities of his creation
at the opening on Sept. 11.
The show will also include
an entertaining video inter-
view with the artist made by
Greg Whitmore.
Also, four new human-
scale, stone and steel works
by Tom Holmes will be fea-
tured on The Sidewalk Gal-
lery through Nov. 8. Holmes
is an artist, sculptor and
musician living and work-
ing in the NEPA and Hudson
Valleys. His work integrates
and combines stone, metal,
wood, light, ice, and water.
For more information on
exhibitions, classes, and
events at Garrison Art Center
visit www.garrisonartcenter.
org or call 424-3960.
Words and Music: Two
Afternoons at the Chapel
Charismatic Pianist Jason
Cutmore Performs Schubert
Young pianist Jason Cut-
more, described as “charis-
m a t i c , ” w i t h “ b r i l l i a n t f i-
nesse,” will perform in The
Chapel of Our Lady Restora-
tion on Sunday, September
20. Free to the public, the
concert begins at 4pm.
In addition to Franz
Schubert, he will perform
selections from Spanish com-
poser Isaac Albeniz (1860–
1909), best known for piano
works based on folk music,
and from French composer
Deodat de Severac (1872-
1921), who was an assistant
to Albeniz. De Severac was
also noted for vocal and choral
music, for settings of verse
in Provençal and Catalan
and poems by Verlaine and
Baudelaire in French, and his
motet, Tantum Ergo, has long
been part of church music.
Mr. Cutmore has performed
in recital and in concert
throughout North America,
Europe, and India. Upcom-
ing engagements take him to
Chicago’s Cultural Center,
University of Calgary’s Ce-
lebrity Series and Ontario’s
Colours of Music Festival.
His debut solo CD of
Manuel de Falla’s music was
released by Centaur Records
in 2008. He has collaborated
on recording the music of
G e o rg e C r u m b f o r B r i d g e
Records.
Wi t h c o n c e r t o r g a n i s t
D a n i e l S u l l i v a n , M r. C u t-
Acclaimed Novelist Valerie
Martin Reads from her Work
On September 13, the Sun-
set Reading Series will pres-
ent one of America’s best
n o v e l i s t s , Va l e r i e M a r t i n .
Martin, who lives in Dutchess
County, is the author of three
collections of short fiction
and eight novels including
Trespass, Italian Fever, Mary
Reilly— the Dr. Jekyll and Mr.
Hyde story told from the view-
point of a housemaid, which
was filmed with Julia Roberts
and John Malkovich—and the
2003 Orange Prize-winning
Property. She is also the au-
thor of the nonfiction work
Salvation: Scenes From the
Life of St. Francis.
Martin will be reading from
her new novel, The Confes-
Constitution Island Film
Screened by Arts Council
Putnam Arts Council is
pleased to announce their
September film, Constitution
Island: American Landmark,
screened in honor of the Hud-
son Quadricentennial. This
brief documentary, written
and presented by Richard de
Koster, executive director of
the Constitution Island As-
sociation, includes wonderful
material about Constitution
Island and its history, and has
recently been the recipient
of a GHHN Award toward
Excellence. The screening,
scheduled for Sunday, Sept.
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more formed the New York
Piano-Organ Duo, dedicated
to exploring and performing
the repertoire for this unique
instrumental combination.
Upcoming concerts will take
them to venues in Canada and
the United States.
After graduating from
Oberlin Conservatory of Mu-
sic and SUNY Purchase Col-
lege Conservatory of Music,
Mr. Cutmore made his recital
debut in 2005. He is a native
of Edmonton, Canada.
The chapel is located at 45
Market Street, Cold Spring.
Free parking is available on
weekends at the adjacent
Metro North Train Station.
The music series is made
possible, in part, with public
funds from New York State
Council on the Arts Decen-
tralization Program, admin-
istered in Putnam County
by Putnam Arts Council. In-
dividual contributions are
welcome.
sions of Edward Day, which
“explores the complex and
fascinating lives of a group of
young actors in their search
for emotional truth in art.”
Set in the theater world of
1970s New York City, this new
novel, like many of her pre-
vious works, shows Martin’s
immense talent for bringing
a specific, historical period
to vibrant life. The New York
Times book reviewer called it
“one of the best novels I’ve
ever read about the actor’s
psyche.”
Valerie Martin will read at
4pm at Chapel of Our Lady
Restoration, 45 Market St.
Cold Spring. A free wine and
cheese reception will follow.
20, at noon, coordinates with
the dates logged for Henry
Hudson sailing up that area
of the river (Sept. 15, 1609),
and will be offered at the
Arts Council’s headquarters
at Tilly Foster Farm, Build-
ing #8.
Reservations are request-
ed as seating is limited and
admission and parking are
free. For directions or more
information on the Indepen-
dent Film Series and all Arts
Council programs, classes,
special events, and services,
visit putnamartscouncil.com
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Eight Years Later: Have We Forgotten?
This Friday–September 11—marks
the eighth anniversary since the
United States was attacked by ter-
rorists wielding airplanes as their
weapons. In the days and weeks after
the assault, most American renewed
their patriotism and their desire to
cooperate with each other to ensure
our freedom and prosperity.
We must remember that America is
a country worth defending, because
of her principles that have made her
a beacon of liberty for the world.
Many see 9/11 as only a national
Letters
Zoning Input Welcomed
To the Editor:
The readers of your Au-
gust 26th article headlined
“Angst Spurs Action” may
not be aware that the proposed
new zoning law complete with
maps is and has been available
on the Town’s website for all
to see (http://philipstown.com/
links/proposed-local-laws).
The Zoning Advisory Com-
mittee (whose members in-
clude David Brower, Jordan
Dale, Irvine Flinn, Barbara
Scuccimara, and Glenn Wat-
son) worked on the draft law
over a period of more than
two years, during which all
of our meetings and delibera-
tions were open to the public.
Nothing was done in secret.
In July of last year, our task
complete, the draft was pre-
sented to the Town Board at a
publicly attended Town Hall
workshop. Further publicly
attended workshops were held
last fall and winter, which in-
cluded members of the Zoning
Board of Appeals and the Plan-
ning Board. The interest and
participation of town residents
at future public hearings will
be welcome. We all want the
final product to be a zoning
law that implements the Com-
prehensive Plan and serves the
needs of Philipstown as well
as it possibly can.
David Brower, et al.
Light Pollution
To the Editor:
In the August 26th issue of
the PCN&R, there was a front
page article on the proposed
lighting improvement project
for the Cold Spring waterfront.
Here’s the latest information:
This project grew out of
a 2007 meeting with then-
Mayor Anthony Phillips, who
sought assistance in improv-
ing lighting in the Village. At
this meeting, Mayor Phillips
asked Tim Culbert, a Philip-
stown resident, licensed ar-
chitect, and lighting expert,
who has volunteered his own
time and expertise, to pro-
pose alternatives that would
save the Village on energy
and maintenance expenditures
for waterfront dock lights,
and improve both the lighting
and visual experience of visi-
tors to the waterfront, without
sacrificing safety and security.
Subsequent presentations and
a lighting demonstration of
the ERCO bollards took place
in early 2008, all extensively
covered by the PCN&R. As
did his predecessor, Mayor
Seth Gallagher fully supports
the new lighting. Here is the
latest update:
1) The $54,900 needed to
acquire the 30 ERCO bollards
has been fully raised at no
expense to the Village or its
taxpayers, with foundations
(Hudson River Foundation,
Hudson River Valley Green-
way), corporations (Entergy,
M&T), non-profits (HHLT,
Cold Spring Lions, OSI), and
private donors all contributing
to a project they agree will
achieve the Village’s goals;
2) the project has been unani-
mously endorsed by Village
Boards over 2+ years, includ-
ing most recently on August
25th;
3) the Village Board agrees
that, like other community
projects completed in the past,
the necessary Village resources
and volunteers (including local
electrical contractor Andrew
Pidala, who has volunteered
his services) can be marshaled
for installation of the bollards;
4) the Philipstown Town
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Editorial
issue, but it is a local issue because
mothers, fathers, sons, and daughters
from many local communities in New
York died on 9/11.
There is a tangible way to show
our appreciation for our freedom
this September: by exercising our
democratic duty to educate ourselves
about the candidates running for
office in Putnam County, and then,
having studied the situation, by vot -
ing. On Tuesday, September 15, those
eligible should vote in the primary
elections. Republicans in Philipstown
to the
Board formally endorsed the
project and offered Town re-
sources to assist with the in-
stallation;
5) the Village Historical
Review Board will review the
project and see one of the light
fixtures at its next meeting on
September 9th; and,
6) the ERCO bollards are
designed to operate in tem-
porary flood conditions and
are constructed with materials
designed to deter vandalism.
I would offer that light pol-
lution is not just an “environ-
mentalists’ issue.” Shielded,
energy-efficient lighting tech-
nology is now the industry
standard for new construc-
tion—just look at the new
North Highlands Fire Depart-
ment, EnergyStar lighting at
the Glassbury Court develop-
ment, and the recessed canopy
lighting at the new Appalachian
Market at Rt. 9/403.
Lighting improvement is
as much a quality of life and
energy issue, as an environ-
mental issue. But, if the Vil-
lage leadership and residents
ultimately decide the existing
lighting is preferred, then I’m
sure the contributors listed
above will offer their funds for
community-supported projects
elsewhere in the Hudson River
Valley. I believe that would
be an opportunity lost for the
Village and for Philipstown.
Andy Chmar
Executive Director
Hudson Highlands
Land Trust
Fly the Flag
To the Editor:
Wouldn’t it be spectacular
to wake up Monday morning
and see an American flag fly-
ing in front of every house in
America for the whole week?
That would lead us to believe
that just maybe, not everyone
forgot what They did to us eight
years ago. September 11, 2001:
Never forget, never forgive!
Bill Burns
G arrison
Remember 9/11
To the Editor:
Eight years ago this Friday,
I was the victim and witness
to the single, most devastat-
ing criminal act in the his-
tory of our nation. Nineteen
foreigners arose that day and
participated in the murders of
2,974 residents of our country.
Those 2,974 people awoke that
morning, and went to work for
their families. These families
still suffer, and yet endure (as
Faulkner might say, prevail).
This Friday, if you can, take two
minutes out of your morning
to recognize this victimization
and sacrifice. Then,.... turn,...
and hug your family.
Kevin M. Harrison
C old S pring
A Leader by Example
To the Editor:
John Van Tassel was born
in November, 1965. His fa-
ther, George Van Tassel, was
a founding charter member of
the Philipstown North High-
lands Fire District in 1969;
and retired after more than 25
years of active service.
John Van Tassel joined the
North Highlands Fire Depart-
ment in 1982 at age 17. He
showed promise; and has con-
tinued a proud family tradition
of community service.
John Van Tassel is eminently
qualified to serve on the Phil-
ipstown Town Board!
can choose a candidate for Sheriff
and Putnam Valley Democrats and
Republicans can select their parties’
nominees for town council.
C o l l e c t i v e l y, w e s h o u l d m a k e i t
clear that we are proud of this na-
tion. Hoist up an American flag. Take
some time on September 11 to reflect
on what makes America great. Then
follow through with action: Make a
commitment to get involved in your
local democracy by attending town,
village, and school board meetings,
voting, and running for office.
Editor
Hans Moeller
N orth H ighlands
Cell Tower Defeated
To the Editor:
Two weeks after the pub-
lication of the July 29 news
article “Cell Tower on Historic
Hudson Horizon,” I received
a note from Carol Ash, Com-
missioner of the Office of
Parks, Recreation and Historic
Properties, stating that there
are no longer current plans
to erect the proposed Bear
Mountain tower.
That ill-conceived tower pro-
posal was defeated by a coor-
dinated letter writing campaign
of local citizens and environ-
mental organizations. I would
like to especially acknowledge
Andy Chmar, Hudson High-
lands Land Trust Executive
Director, for his advocacy
on this issue, to the Putnam
County News and Recorder
for their detailed coverage,
reported by Annie Chesnut,
and to everyone in Garrison
and Cold Spring who weighed
in on the federal review man-
dated for the proposed tower.
However, the state parks still
maintain a policy of putting
up cell towers on parklands
(Policy Statement No. 36).
The Appalachian Trail/Hessian
Lake location was spared to-
day, but what about tomorrow?
As long as the policy stands,
there could be a cell tower
in Fahnestock State Park or
some other pristine land you
hike and enjoy nearby.
I urge anyone concerned with
this issue to keep tabs on the
State Parks and make sure you
know what they are up to. But
for someone’s mentioning a
tiny legal notice in our paper,
the Bear Mountain cell tower
would have been a done deal.
If you have any questions
about this issue, please email
celltowerplans@yahoo.com
Deborah Kopald
F ort M ontgomery
Master of Calm
To the Editor:
As soon as they started shout-
ing at John Hall’s health care
forum at Fox Lane on Sept. 2,
my stomach went into a knot.
I had never attended any event
that was so loud and passion-
ately polarized.
The shouts continued all
night but Congressman Hall
was a master of calm and con-
trol. He answered the real
questions that were asked and
moved on from the heated ac-
cusatory statements that didn’t
merit a response. He addressed
the issues, and hopefully at
future events he will expand
upon his explanations of both
the bill before the House, H.R.
3200, and his own position in
support of it.
I never completely relaxed—
I couldn’t—but I did feel that
our Congressman conducted
himself with dignity, intel-
ligence, and compassion for
the thousands of citizens he
has the honor to represent.
The people who were
whipped up to a froth by the
spewing hatred of rabid right-
wing radio and TV monsters to
serve the insurance industry,
kept attacking, though they did
lose a bit of their initial steam
as the evening wore on. Still
that’s what they had come for
— to act like kindergartners,
shouting loud and out of turn.
So I hope they’re happy now.
I admire Congressman Hall
for his willingness to welcome
all his constituents, especially
the ones who disagree with him
US Mail:
on this hugely important issue.
It’s great to have a grown-up
at the helm. I believe John Hall
wants to help solve our biggest
problems and I’m proud he’s
our Congressman.
Judy Allen
P utnam V alley
Rolling in the Right
Direction
To the Editor:
I have had the opportuni-
ty to attend three town hall
meetings on health reform
and was equally impressed
and mortified. Assemblyman
Greg Ball hosted two of these
meetings, one in Fishkill and
one in Somers, and did a ter-
rific job. Collectively ideas for
and against the health bill H.R.
3200 were heard and respected
by the attendees. Assemblyman
Ball challenged us when he
asked us to propose some of
our own ideas of reform. This
was a valuable opportunity
to listen to ideas such as tort
reform, interstate competition
among insurance companies,
and tougher regulations that
would not require a massive
government overhaul of the
health system. In Somers As-
semblyman Ball even provided
a panel of experts in the health
and accounting field to answer
any relevant questions. Overall
these meetings were profes-
sional and well run with the
Assemblyman giving us over
four hours of his time.
The negative experience that
I had was when I attended a
last minute public meeting
hosted by Congressman John
Hall and moderated by the
NAACP. He took questions
from constituents, but I can’t
say the answers had any value.
He often would change the
topic and since no follow-up
questions were allowed it was
hard to keep the Congressman
on track. In the end he gave
us 45 minutes of his time and
had to hide behind the NAACP.
Congressman Hall will have
a hard time being reelected
in 2010 with a high quality
candidate like Assemblyman
Ball running against him.
James Carrera
W appingers F alls
Transparency Needed
To the Editor:
The impasse in the State
Senate earlier this summer
demonstrated that equity in
the allocation of state rev-
enues is imperative. In par-
ticular, we must pay close
attention to the distribution
of taxpayer resources such as
member items and ensure that
all New Yorkers benefit from
this public money regardless
of who their representatives
are or their legislators’ party
affiliation.
For many years I have been
concerned with the way mem-
ber items, or pork-barrel spend-
ing, is dealt with in New York.
There is no transparency or
oversight in a system that deals
with approximately $200 mil-
lion tax dollars a year. Member
items are given out to programs
and organizations with little
government oversight. They
are doled out solely at a leg-
islator’s discretion, and are
not distributed equally to all
districts in the state.
I have proposed several
pieces of legislation to re-
form the member item system
and to infuse some equity and
oversight into the process. My
bills, A.1271 and A.1272, call
for a bi-partisan task force to
establish standards for allo-
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cation of member items, and
also guarantee the equitable
distribution of these funds to
all members of the Assem-
bly and Senate, regardless of
party affiliation. Similarly,
incumbent legislators often use
member items to give them an
advantage in elections. Right
before an election a legislator
can announce all of their leg-
islative items and use public
tax dollars to influence their
own election results. I have
introduced legislation that
would prohibit representatives
from publishing or distributing
these discretionary funds up
to 60 days before an election
(A.6856).
If you agree that the member
item process in New York State
has to be improved, I would
encourage you to contact your
state elected officials to convey
your concerns and express
your support for some of my
proposals.
Sandy Galef
Member of Assembly
90 th D istrict
Let’s Not Be Divided
To the Editor:
I am completely taken by
surprise that so many of our
fellow citizens are so emotion-
ally against a plan for health
care reform that guarantees
care for everyone, no matter
how rich or poor. Have we
forgotten the moral issue that
we are our brother’s keepers,
that no one should be denied
medical care and families
should be protected against
financial ruin based on health
care needs?
We are the only nation that al-
lows insurance corporations to
manage our health care needs.
In my view, it is the corporate
greed of insurance companies
that decides who lives and dies
and when someone should get
medical treatment.
I understand there is always
a fear of change. I am also
aware that there is little trust
in a government that has al-
lowed corruption and lies to
take away people’s homes,
their savings, and their hopes
for a better life. They have
watched as the rich have ex-
ploited the poor and middle
class for their own agenda
with little regard for the well
being of all Americans. It is my
feeling that the truly justified
anger is being misdirected for
they are supporting the very
insurance corporations that
have gouged the pocketbooks
of too many Americans.
I am angry and mystified
how my fellow Americans
can let themselves be so ma-
nipulated to defend the very
corporations that have through
lack of regulation destroyed
our health care system. How
is it that they do not recognize
that closing down the public
option is completely against
their best interests?
I urge all Americans to reex-
amine the facts and myths and
to take responsibility based on
their knowledge not through
the manipulation of the cor-
porate powers that prey on
ignorance and fear. I urge all
Americans to think about the
myths that fly around very suc-
cessfully as a result of brilliant
marketing by insurance giants
who fear government regula-
tion and diminished earnings.
And yes, those congress people
who are funded by big pharma
and insurance corporation lob-
bies, are a morally repugnant
group who care only about
their election results, fat pock-
etbooks, and less about their
constituents.
We are all Americans and
should not be divided for we
have the same goals to have
excellent quality and afford-
able health care for all and an
option to use any insurance
plans they wish but regulated
against preexisting conditions,
fraud and greed.
We are all one and we must
care about one another.
Lillian Rosengarten
C old S pring
Smith Serves the People
To the Editor:
If you’re not angry, maybe
you haven’t been paying at-
tention. Oh, I don’t mean that
as a criticism really—we are
all barraged by so much in-
formation that it’s a survival
skill to tune most of it out.
But I’ve noticed, among the
garbage that I had been tuning
out this year, a disconcerting
spike in fear-mongering and
other “attacks” on the people
of our community. Some of
it comes in the guise of pa-
triotism, denouncing “those
illegals,” “those socialists,”
or “homosexuals” as threats
to our American way of life,
as if we weren’t a republic
made up of diverse peoples
from diverse homelands and
walks of life.
But I’m not writing about
some liberal justice issue to-
day. I’m writing about our
own Sheriff Donald B. Smith
(even if he is a Republican).
Don Smith seems to me to be
the kind of man we all hold up
as an archetypal Good Guy and
Community Servant. He’s not
only served in the military, but
he was a Brigadier General. He
went to West Point, served in
Vietnam, and remains on the
board of the New York Military
Academy. He’s involved in
Boy Scouts—I’ve seen him at
Eagle Scout Ceremonies, Me-
morial Day services, and other
events. Unlike some elected
officials, Sheriff Smith often
shows up in person, and not
to do political posturing, but
because he is a gentleman.
He is and/or has been on the
board of many community
organizations. Surely I’m not
the only person who has seen
his name on all sorts of rosters
over the years?! He’s a child
of this area—there’s a building
named after his father right in
town. He’s a good man doing a
good job and we are fortunate
to have him.
So have you noticed all sorts
of aggressive fear-mongering
from people who seem to think
that Putnam County (“Where
the Country Begins”) needs
a ham-handed approach to
police management? Are we
criminals, or maybe poor help-
less bumpkins cowering in our
shanties for fear of this wave
of crime and criminal incom-
petence? Or maybe we’re just
incompetent ourselves, and
need the strong hand of city-
trained police action?
I think not! Putnam County
is diverse and interconnected.
We value individual skills and
individual freedoms, and we
have many responsible citi-
zens among us. Please come
out and support our sheriff,
Donald Smith, on September
15 for the primary if you are
a Republican, and November
3 for the general election. We
don’t need no stinkin’ fear-
mongers!
Elizabeth Apgar Triano
P atterson
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Candidate Platform Perspectives

E sther
M c H enry
Candidate,
Putnam Valley Town
Board
I am Esther McHenry, a
candidate for Putnam Valley
Town board.
A few years ago I retired
from a corporate job as a
supervisor in insurance li-
ability claims. Since I like to
keep busy, I became involved
with town activities such as
Putnam Valley Arts, Sunset
Series, and the food pantry
benefit. I’ve served on the
town ethics board, and I also
became a spokesman for my
neighbors in defending our
deeded beach rights being
denied after 40 years for being
too small. I filed an article
78 to resolve that issue on
behalf of our community.
I have become a candidate
for Putnam Valley’s town
board, because I care deeply
about my town and want to do
more to preserve it’s charm
and make it affordable. As
a retiree, I appreciate the
daily financial struggles of
my neighbors. As a taxpayer
I know that we can make
changes to keep expenses
down while preserving our
rural charm. My involve-
ment in town activities has
motivated me to do more for
Putnam Valley, and I know I
can make a contribution as a
a waste of time and energy,
so fortunately my objectivity
will be channeled into posi-
tive solutions.
I’d like to to bring down
taxes are partnering with
neighboring towns for bulk
purchasing and shared ser-
vices. We can encourage sen-
sible economic development
in commercially zoned areas
to offset taxes, while keeping
our country charm. Oregon
corners can be beautified
without destroying parking
for our valued businesses.
The area should be planned as
an attractive country village
that would attract more busi-
nesses to Oregon Corners and
improve our tax base. A few
simple improvements could
make a difference, and the
cost may come from grants.
Some of our lakes are in
danger and sensible steps to
rescue these assets include
outlawing phosphate fertil-
izers and ensuring s e p t i c
systems are cleaned every
Let’s Honor Small Business Operators
Labor Day, that weekend
set aside for barbeques, trips,
and a couple of extra days off,
has come and gone and I am
here to report that business
in the village was brisk.
The true purpose of Labor
TOM
ROLSTON
Day is to honor the workers
of America and I would like
to honor one special group of
these laborers: the group that
proliferates in Putnam County.
The group which is respon-
sible for employing a majority
of the rest of America. That
group is the Small Business
Operators of America.
The US government defines
a small business as one with
less than 250 employees. That
sounds like a big business to
me. My definition would be
more like the businesses we
have here with less than 50
employees.
These sometimes mom-and-
pop operations are responsible
for opening up their busi -
nesses in the morning and
closing them down at night.
They somehow always come
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up with the payroll and taxes
when there is no money in the
bank. They overpay for insur-
ance to protect themselves
from losing their investment
to tort lawyers. They assist
their employees to pay health
insurance for those employees
who want it, and if the gov-
ernment demands of them to
raise the minimum wage they
meagerly comply, wondering
where the money will come
from.
Small Business Operators
of America are under-repre-
sented in Congress and over-
represented at IRS audits.
When the MTA budget gap
looms and it would be un-
heard of to charge more than
$2.25 for a subway ride that
should cost $5, does Governor
Paterson tax the riders? No
he taxes the employers—the
Small Business Operators.
Ta x i n g t h e r i d e r s w o u l d
cause insurrection by the
public. The Small Business
Operators just pay the bill.
IBM and Pepsi Cola can
well afford to pay this tax
and write it off to cost to do
business. After all, many of
their employees take public
transportation to get to work
and paying the tax is cheaper
than buying buses.
The small print shop in Put-
nam County which employs
less than 10 people who drive
their cars to work instead
of taking the MTA probably
cannot.
Mr. Obama proposes to im-
pose a “cap and trade” on the
energy used by everyone in
America. Restaurants are one
small business which uses a
lot of energy for refrigeration,
heating, and cooling. Can
a small restaurant afford to
change all of the refrigeration
in its restaurant in order to
comply with governmental
demands—probably not. Will
they be forced to pay the
extraordinarily high taxes
imposed by the government
in order to stay in business—
probably they will.
Mr. Bondi is faced with a
Putnam County tax deficit. He
fails to raise property taxes
significantly for many years
and then when the rubber band
is about to break, does he raise
property taxes to meet the
deficit? No, he forces a sales
tax hike on the county, stick-
ing it to the Small Business
Operators. Shop Putnam, Bob.
Perhaps Mr. Bondi’s higher
sales taxes were one of the
factors contributing to Putnam
County leading the entire state
in declining sales tax revenue.
Philipstown government
wants all of Philipstown to
remain “green” so we will
never see those ugly gravel
mines and cement factories.
They hire an over-paid con-
sultant with a “green” agenda
to write the re-zoning of the
entire Route 9 corridor to be
“rural pristine” or whatever
Without the
Small Business
Operators of
America, this
country is
Russia.
the fancy term was that the
euphoric consultant dreamed
up.
If this re-zoning goes
through, the Small Business
Operators of Route 9 will be
hemmed into a corner. Their
business will not be able to
be expanded, sold, traded,
or bartered without a “battle
royale” in the zoning and plan-
ning courts. In other words
this “green” consultant wants
the businesses on Route 9 to
go out of business, leaving
lovely green pastures with
horses, cows, and goats.
Where will we buy stuff?
How will the county make up
the loss in sales tax revenue?
Will our property tax base
go through the roof because
we have fewer and fewer
businesses in Philipstown
to provide the tax ratable?
Will YOU be able to afford
to live in this “rural pristine”
environment? Shop Putnam,
Mr. Shea.
Speaking of gravel mines,
the “green” folks fight pav-
ing our dirt roads with gusto.
Unpaved roads require gravel
so they don’t wash out like
Old Albany Post Road washed
out this year. Gravel requires
gravel mines. Get my point?
The small business entre-
preneurs of America usually
get screwed to the wall by
government. They have lit-
tle if no representation; yet
statistics show that they are
America’s largest employer
of our workers.
These entrepreneurs do not
vote as a block because their
bus ines s es are s o div ers e.
They get no “bailout” loans;
they go out of business. They
usually don’t receive govern-
mental subsidies; they use
their cunning in the market-
place to be competitive.
They pay higher percentages
of taxes because they do not
have high priced accountants
to figure out how to skirt the
tax laws.
So I raise a glass to the true
workers in the labor move-
ment. Men and women with
n o un i o n s t o p r o t e c t t h e i r
butts, they keep their noses
to the grindstone and out of
other people’s business, and
they just keep plodding along,
with little incentive to build
on what they have and no
stimulus money to hire more
of America. Those laborers of
whom I speak would be the
Small Business Operators of
America.
Curiously, I wonder when
President Obama, Governor
Paterson, County Executive
Bondi, and candidate for su-
pervisor Shea will someday
realize, like each of us now
realizes, that without the
Small Business Operators
of America, this country is
Russia.
Mr. Rolston, a Cold Spring
resident, is proprietor of Cold
Spring Depot restaurant.

9/10 Mentality Squanders Our Future

town board member. My life
experience working with at-
torneys in liability insurance
defense, as well as managing
employees in an office, has
given me a wealth of expe-
rience that I can use for the
benefit of the town. As a
retired person I have more
time to devote to issues and
communication.
I feel strongly that a town
board member is the voice and
will of the people. Getting
out to talk to my neighbors
and citizens is essential to
find our priorities. Continu-
ing personal interaction with
residents will tell me our
most pressing issues. Nega-
tive attitudes and feuds are
three years in the those lake
areas. Drinking water must
be made safe, and if an area
is in need of septic repairs a
way must be found to make
that happen, without a major
taxpayer burden.
I care deeply about this
wonderful town and it’s
people. I know that I can
be an objective voice of our
townspeople, using my life
experience and devoting time
to get out to listen.
Together with the Repub-
lican team of Jackie Annabi
and Bob Tendy, we will work
to make Putnam Valley the
town you love and can still
afford.
We will soon observe the
8th anniversary of the mass
murders of 3,000 people in
the September 11 terrorist at-
tacks. As the event recedes
PETER
GADIEL
further into the past we hear
more and more about the “9/10
mind-set” versus the “9/11
mind-set.” The former is the
way we looked at the world
the day before the attacks:
smug, ignorant of the evil
forces at loose in the world,
and heedless of our vulner-
ability to them. The latter, the
9/11 mind-set, means facing
the reality of an era when we
are no longer the safe, secure,
and geographically-isolated
fortress that this country had
been for more than 200 years.
The 9/10 mind-set allowed
us to squander the strength
and security that was created
for us by our predecessors.
Geographic isolation pro-
vided less and less protec-
tion with the development
of military weapons such as
supersonic jets and missiles.
But it wasn’t the armed forces
of our enemies that led us to
September 11; it was the fail-
ure to care about who we were
allowing into our country, the
failure to control our borders.
The September 11 mass
murders resulted from the re-
fusal of government officials
to enforce the immigration
laws already in existence, the
primary purpose of which are
supposed to be the protection
of our country and its people.
The Independent 9/11 Com-
mission, in very great detail,
revealed how it was that three
officials of the U.S. State De-
partment, ignoring federal law
and the regulations of their
department, allowed 19 men
to come to the United States.
The Commission described
how these 19 were then able
to hide in plain sight thanks
to the presence of millions
of illegal aliens. It detailed
how they were able to obtain
the authentic U.S. driver’s
licenses, that enabled them to
then obtain all the goods and
services they needed in order
to plan, rehearse, finance, and
then carry out their attacks.
How they were able to rent
motel rooms and apartments;
obtain credit cards and open
bank accounts; transfer funds;
rent cars; buy flying lessons;
and on the morning of 9/11 use
their authentic, U.S.-issued
identity documents to board
the planes they turned into
missiles.
These killers (all readily
identifiable as young, single
men from terrorist-sponsoring
nations, men who perfectly
fit the profile of a Muslim
terrorist) were able to obtain
the tools of mass murder and
then live in the U.S. for up
to two years while they made
their preparations, thanks to
the 9/10 mentality.
The 9/10 mentality caused
President Bill Clinton to ig-
nore the recommendations of
a commission headed by his
own vice president, which,
in 1996, recommended that
airport security be drastically
improved. But Clinton did
not take action, because the
airline industry, unwilling to
bear the greater costs, gave
handsomely to his 1996 re-
election campaign.
The 9/10 mentality caused
Clinton Attorney General Janet
Reno and her subordinate Jamie
Gorelick to prevent counter-
terrorist agents in the FBI
from communicating with the
FBI’s criminal investigators.
They also prevented the CIA’s
anti-terrorist agents from com-
municating with the FBI.
The 9/10 mentality allowed
tens of millions of people from
all parts of the Earth, including
nations actively hostile to our
country and way of life, freely
to cross our borders either
illegally with no screening
at all, or legally with equal
failure to screen.
Certainly, this negligent at-
titude, this head-in-the-sand
mentality is not limited to
Democrats. Republicans such
as George W. Bush and Sena-
tors John McCain and Richard
Lugar have been just as eager
to expose us to some of the
world’s worst human beings
as anyone in the other party.
During his eight years in of-
fice President George W. Bush
was at least as negligent as his
predecessor, and perhaps even
more so because he refused
to learn the lessons of 9/11.
He refused to stop illegal im-
migration, refused to expand
the Border Patrol, ICE, and
prison facilities for illegals
to anywhere near the strength
authorized by Congress in the hands of someone who of September 11 is this: all of Mr. Gadiel is president and a
2005. Bush, in combination should never have been in them could have been avoided co-founder of 9/11 Families for
with Congressional Democrats our country in the first place. had politicians stood up to a Secure America. His 23-year-
and some Republicans, even These tragic deaths are no the ACLU, La Raza, and the old son, James, an assistant
increased the number of na- less the result of the pre-9/11 Chamber of Commerce. None trader for Cantor Fitzgerald,
tions whose citizens can come mentality than were the 9/11 of these thousands would be worked on the 103rd floor
to the USA without having to attacks themselves. And what dead had elected officials re- of the World Trade Center,
apply for a visa. these murders and thousands of fused to allow our country to be North Tower, and died in the
Certainly, the 9/10 mind-
set is a learning disability
others around the country share
in common with the murders
overwhelmed by a tidal wave
of uncontrolled immigration.
September 11 attacks.
that afflicts both parties. But
it’s not a disability that arises
naturally in these politicians.
It is planted in them by the
wealthy and powerful forces
that profit from open borders
and uncontrolled immigration,
both legal and illegal.
The 9/10 mentality results
from a unique alliance based
on the financial greed of those
on the political right and the
radical ideology and greed
for power of those on the left.
The ACLU, U.S. Chamber
of Commerce, Communist
parties, American Bankers
Association, People for the
American Way, homebuilders,
George Soros, Ford Founda-
tion, agribusiness, La Raza,
American Bar Association,
NAACP, American Immigra-
tion Lawyers Association,
United Church of Christ, the
travel industry, and the AFL-
CIO all lobby for open borders.
Consequently, despite much
window dressing, and despite
the erosion of the rights of
American citizens, we are very
much in a pre-9/11 situation.
Putnam County and our
neighboring communities
nearby sadly prove this. On
September 11, 2001, eight Put-
nam County residents paid the
price of our government’s fail-
ure to protect its citizenry with
their lives. Let us never forget
the sacrifice made by Thomas
Kuveikis, Robert Minara, Dan-
iel Harlin, Christopher Black-
well, George Cain, Stephen
Driscoll, David Fodor, and
George Paris. Let us also never
forget that in 2005, Elizabeth
Butler was savagely murdered
by a multiply-convicted illegal
alien and, more recently, the
deaths of Mrs. Donohue and
her daughter in Brewster at
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GUFS (Cont’d from front pg.) HALDANE (Cont’d from front pg.) MTA
and 2.5 percent. Over the life “The best thing is that it is last contract. *Teachers will for the past three contracts. terparts in late June. With no (Cont’d from front pg.)
done today—and with no dis- pay a larger share of the cost of “We went into the negotiations lawyers present, both sides ernment alone. What about
of the contract, the GTA agrees
ruptions” said board president health coverage; 11.25 percent wanting a contract. There’s agreed they were close to an institutions like hospitals and
to increase their contribution
Dave Merandy, who, with VP of premium costs in year one, no question that this was a agreement. An unofficial, ver- schools? Let’s not forget small
for health insurance from 9
Mike Junjulas, represented the compared to 8 percent in the year…reflective of the eco- bal agreement was reached at businessman trying to make a
percent to 11.25 percent, rep-
Haldane in contract negotia- old contract. In year two they nomic times,” Patinella com- a marathon meeting July 17, living at a restaurant on Main
resenting a 25 percent increase
tions. Highlights of the new will pay 12.5 percent, a 3.5 mented. “A large number of although not without drama. Street in Cold Spring or a deli
in overall contributions. The
agreement include: *Salaries percent increase over the pre- faculty live in the community. Merandy said that for a while it in Carmel.”
district also achieved a measure
will increase by an average of vious agreement. *The district We know things are difficult.” looked like negotiations might Tamagna described the tax
of protection from steadily ris-
3 percent in each of the con- will no longer pay 100 percent Patinella added, “No one wants have reached an impasse. “We as “unconscionable. I hope
ing retiree health care costs by
tract’s two years, compared to of the cost of health coverage to break the step cycle,” refer- were only about $40,000 apart,” that every one of the 12 coun-
securing a change from a flat
an average 6.1 percent increase for retirees. For teachers hired ring to the increases moved he said, with the difference not ties in the MTA region follows
dollar amount to a percentage-
in the previous contract. *The after July, 2009, the district from July to February as part in favor of the district. In the our lead.”
based contribution for future
total cost of year one of the will pay 75 to 90 percent of of the agreement. “We were end, the HFA agreed to revi- The original resolution to
retirees. The new professional
new agreement is $7,333,079, the cost of premiums, based on willing to be flexible. It’s a sions in “shared savings” and participate in what Legislator
development program calls for
an increase of $168,037, or length of service. *The district two-year contract. Hopefully the deal was done. Mary Ellen Odell of Carmel
establishment of a committee
2.35 percent, over the previ- will pay out less in “shared things will be brighter then. I Junjulas was happy that the described as “an act of civil
of teachers and administrators
ous year. It includes all wages savings,” the amount paid to have to pay taxes, too.” step increase was delayed until disobedience” passed by a vote
to develop workshop and semi- G a r r i s o n t e a c h e r s , a d m i n i s t r a t o r s , a n d s c h o o l b o a rd
and benefits for teachers and teachers who opt out of Hal- Merandy said he felt that February since it would result in of 8 to 1, with Tony Fusco of
nar opportunities for teachers, members are all smiles after the contract agreement.
teachers’ assistants. *The total dane’s health coverage to be both the HFA and the CSEA, savings to the district, although Mahopac Falls dissenting.
enabling them to continuously
rollment concluded Ms. Co- at other times to encourage cost of year two of the contract in another program. “took the economic situation the exact amount had not yet Fusco agreed with his col-
improve educational offerings.
lucci’s report. While overall community engagement. Jim is $7,653,412—a 4.3 percent The district had already set- into consideration. If they had been calculated. If Junjulas had leagues last week in support
Indulging in somewhat of an
attendance is down slightly, Cannon added that board goals increase over year one. *Step tled with the Civil Service Em- gone all the way to the mat, had his way, the savings would of the new initiative, making it
understatement, and continuing
high school enrollment has should be thought about on a Increases, normally paid to ployees Association (CSEA), they may have gotten more.” have been considerably greater. unanimous. Under the state’s
the board’s disinclination to
increased by eleven students. district-wide basis, including teachers in July in addition represents support staff. That Merandy and Junjulas both “I wanted to freeze the steps plan 34 cents of every $100
include Garrison parents in the
This is in excess of the allow- high school students, and not to salary increases, will not contract called for a 2.75 per- lauded Business Manager Anne for two years,” he commented. earned by residents of the
process, Superintendent Gloria
ance typically made during solely based upon the school be awarded until February in cent increasing to base salaries Dinio for her work during the But Junjulas’s greatest sat- counties surrounding NYC
Colucci said that “Achieving
budget discussions and repre- building. both years of the contract, re- in year one and a 2.85 percent negotiations. “With her there… isfaction came from the sav- will be paid to the MTA.
this agreement took longer than
sents an increased direct cost The board also approved a sulting in substantial savings increase to base salaries in it was great” Merandy said. ings the district will realize Senator Vinnie Leibell said
either side wanted.” Colucci
to the district. Board Presi- revised tax warrant, consistent to the district. *Stipends paid year two, along with a freeze Both Dinio and Superintendent by reducing its portion of the he understood the lawmakers’
continued, saying, “The pro-
dent Prentice described it as with recently revised tax levy. to teachers for extracurricular in step increases. Villanti took a voluntary wage premiums paid for retirees’ frustrations. Assemblyman
cess was further complicated
“about a $100,000 increase.” A second reading of the board activities such as coaching will HFA president Mark Patinella freeze for the coming year. health care coverage. “With Greg Ball, meanwhile, has
by a mediation effort that fell
Contributing to the increase is member insurance policy was increase by 2 percent compared teaches HS biology and was The district’s team met in- what is happening in health demanded the a fiscal over-
short of expectations and by
migration of families from New also made. This policy would to a 3.6 percent increase in the the teachers’ chief negotiator formally with their HFA coun- care that is huge!” sight board to increase MTA
the dramatic downturn in the
York City, and the economy allow board members to partici- accountability and efficiency.
economy.”
With the weight of contract in general, which is forcing pate in the district’s employee
negotiations off their shoul- many students from private insurance policy but board
ders, the board looked to a fresh schools. Trustee James Cannon members would be responsible
start. Superintendent Colucci’s remarked that the district will for payment of all premiums.
report described this year’s have to take these factors into Bus routes, which have not
theme as “Picturing America.” consideration for “at least the changed, were approved, as was
A continuation of the Hud- next two years.” the 2008-09 Putnam-Northern
son River Quadricentennial Describing board goals for Westchester BOCES contract
celebration, local history of the upcoming year, Board for $363,000. This does not
the Hudson Valley will be in- Vice President Eric Jacoby represent a delayed approval,
corporated at all levels of the expressed his desire to seek out but meets a BOCES require-
curriculum. To support this and “new alternatives to creating ment for identification of ac-
board goals.” Jacoby said he tual costs.
other aspects of the education
“does not want to be locked Parent and meeting-regular
program at the school, Colucci
into past goals.” Seeking to Gordon Stewart expressed the
described over $148,000 in
identify specific actions with feelings of many when he de-
grants that have been applied
specific goals, Jacoby asked, scribed his expectations of “lots
for. While grant approvals are
“What is a stellar educational of community enthusiasm and
staggered throughout the year,
environment and how do we contributions” toward working
she expects to know the full
achieve it?” He described a on the “goals and aspirations
status by the end of this fall.
process that will occur not only of the school district.”
A discussion of school en-
during board meetings but also
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Tuesday, September 15 Primary — GOP Candidates for County Sheriff

The PCN&R invited candidates participating in the September 15 primary elections to provide personal information and respond to a series of questions.
There was a 100-word limit on responses to our questions and no word limit on personal profile data.

Donald B. Smith (Incumbent) Andrew DeStefano

AGE: 61
FAMILY INFO: Married to Jane Powell Smith for more than 37 years; Father of two children: AGE: 45
Christopher and Cherilynne; Grandfather of five beautiful grandchildren FAMILY INFO: Wife of 12 wonderful years Julisa, 7-year-old daughter Patricia
PARTY AFFILIATION: lifelong Republican endorsed by the Republican, Conservative, PARTY AFFILIATION: lifelong Republican
and Independence parties EDUCATION: Manhattan College, Class of 1989, B.S. Economics/Finance; Lehman College,
EDUCATION: 1969 - B.S., United States Military Academy at West Point; 1974 – Master of M.A. History (expected September 2009)
Science Degree in Systems Management, University of Southern California; 1979 -Graduate CAREER: Career law enforcement officer and commander.
of the U.S. Army and Command General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, KS; 1986- Graduate
of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces and Fellow at the National Defense University
at Fort McNair, Washington, DC.
CAREER: Served as a career military officer in the United States Army, culminating as the
Assistant Division Commander at the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, TX; Achieved rank
of Brigadier General; Major staff assignments - Chief of Armor Branch and Chief of Combat To what extent are you op- force? ognition out of 41,000 cops. my long-term associations
Arms Division at the Army’s Personnel Command in Alexandria, VA. Served as the Deputy timistic about the future of In law enforcement, expe- Putnam County deserves to with many fine organizations
Director of Personnel Support Policy and Services in the Office of Secretary of Defense Putnam County and to what rience is a must. There is no have that type of key experi- which can be found on my
from 1991–93; Overseas tours-combat tour of Vietnam and a six-year tour in the 8th Infantry extent are you pessimistic? substitute and no equivalent. ence in the top law enforce- resume.
Division (Mechanized) during the Cold War in the Federal Republic of Germany; Awards Putnam County has tre- A Sheriff simply cannot super- ment position. In addition, law
and decorations - Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of mendous potential. The real vise deputies if he hasn’t done enforcement is my career, not KEY PRINCIPLES: Com-
Merit with two oak leaf clusters, Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf strength in Putnam is with the the job. I am the only Republi- a stepping stone to County Ex- plete transparency and hon-
clusters, and Army Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster; Deputy County Executive of residents and everyday folks can candidate in this race with ecutive or District Attorney. esty, which means no smoke
Putnam County from 1999-01; Elected Sheriff of Putnam County in 2001 and 2005. Serving who want to see our quality law enforcement experience, and mirrors. My police re-
as Sheriff of Putnam County from 2002 through the present. of life improve. I am deeply and that’s a fact. I am also How have you served the sume has been public since
concerned about the stagnant the overwhelming choice of public in the past? my opening announcement.
To what extent are you op- a uniform police force, an population of 5,000. Crime Security Council Founda- and reactive law enforcement rank and file law enforcement. I am a retired Captain from The way a candidate runs a
timistic about the future of investigative unit, an iden- has been reduced in Put- tion, the Westchester/Putnam philosophy which has really th e N ew Yo rk C ity P o lice campaign is the same way
Putnam County and to what tification and forensics unit, nam County by nearly 19%, Council for Boy Scouts of left this county far behind Why should you be re- Department. In addition, I he will be the Sheriff. Offer
extent are you pessimistic? an operations and communi- an overall decrease in the America, the AMBER Alert where we should be. Putnam elected Sheriff? am also a proud U.S. Army solutions, not excuses. I’m the
I am highly optimistic about cations unit, a civil unit, a crime rate of 21.5% from Partnership, New York Mili- County is one of only two I clearly have the right ex- veteran. I am the only male only candidate offering actual
the future of Putnam. The narcotics enforcement unit, 2002 through 2008. We have tary Academy, and as an of- counties in the entire State of perience for this job and I will Girl Scout leader in Putnam s o l u t i o n s . L o y a l t y. To t h e
past eleven years it has been a youth services unit, and a cracked down on drunken ficer in the New York State New York that has a non-cop be able to put together crime County, and I coach girls’ soc- Sheriff’s Department and to
my honor and privilege to jail which includes medical driving, almost tripling the Sheriffs’ Association. as Sheriff. That fact says it all. strategies and traffic accident cer and Little League baseball the public. Take responsibility
serve our citizens. I have and mental health services. number of DWI arrests. s t ra t e g i e s t h a t t h e C o u n t y in Patterson. I volunteer my for shortcomings. Prepare for
worked closely with all of It is important for the Sheriff In conclusion, we have KEY PRINCIPLES: W h a t i s t h e m o s t i m p o r- doesn’t presently have. In time and money as a foster the future. Act like a police
o u r re s id e nt s w i t h special to be highly educated, well changed the culture of the My principles are based on tant quality a Sheriff must 1997 I was recognized as the owner at the Putnam Human commander, not a politician.
emphasis on our most vulner- trained and have knowledge S h e r i ff ’ s O ff i c e t o o n e o f the West Point motto: Duty, possess to manage a police NYPD Cop of the Year, a rec- Society. I am very proud of
able populations— our youth, in all aspects of law enforce- serving the people with dig- Honor, and Country. In liv-
our seniors and people with ment and, most important of nity and respect and being ing up to those principles, I
disabilities. I believe that
Putnam County is not only a
all, have a strong foundation
of character, integrity, values
accountable to our citizens.. to serve my God, my country,
my family, and my commu- Jim Borkowski
special place because of our and empathy. How have you served the nity. I believe in “servant
beautiful countryside, our public in the past? leadership.” The principles
environment, and our geog- Why should you be re- I have used my West Point we have developed for the AGE: 47
raphy but most important of elected Sheriff? education to provide a lifetime Sheriff’s Office and Correc- FAMILY INFO: Married (Linda) for 21 years; two children (Lauren, age 19 and Matthew,
all, are the citizens of Putnam Before I became Sheriff in of service to the nation and to tional Facility are: age 15)
County. As long as people 2002, there was a great deal of my country. In the military, • Do the right thing in en- PARTY AFFILIATION (as reflected on ballot lines): Republican
continue to participate in our tension between law enforce- I served in combat in Vietnam forcing the laws to keep Put- EDUCATION: Bachelor of Arts degree, SUNY Albany, 1984; Juris Doctorate, Boston
government, I have no cause ment and our emergency ser- and served for six years in the nam safe University, 1987
for pessimism as I believe vice partners. Putnam County Federal Republic of Germany • Do the right thing for the CAREER: Assistant District Attorney; Attorney; Criminal Court Judge, Town of Southeast
that in a democracy good now has a new 911 Call Center during the Cold War. citizens of Putnam County (1998-2009).
ultimately triumphs over evil. and an Emergency Response I have always been involved • Do the right thing for the
Team consisting of specially in giving back to my com- men and women of the Putnam
W h a t is t h e m o s t i m p o r- trained deputies and police munity by serving in numer- County Sheriff’s Office and
tant quality a Sheriff must officers who can respond to ous service and philanthropic Correctional Facility. To w h a t e x t e n t a r e y o u knows the law, because you know what it takes to build law school was as an Assis-
possess to manage a police any crisis. causes to include: Carmel • Mission accomplishment optimistic about the fu- must know the law to enforce a criminal case, and make an tant District Attorney. I also
force? Putnam County has the low- Rotary Club, the American • Training ture of Putnam County the law. The Sheriff must be arrest stick. Being Sheriff is served as a Special Prosecu-
T h e S h e r i ff o f P u t n a m est crime rate of any county Heart Association, the March • Equipping and to what extent are you willing to roll up his or her more than street cop work. tor in Putnam County. These
County leads a very complex i n N e w Yo r k s e c o n d o n l y of Dimes, the Mental Health • Families pessimistic?: sleeves and work to get the Today, an effective Sheriff experiences fueled my desire
organization which includes to Hamilton County with a Association, the American • Morale and Esprit de Corps Putnam County has many job done; to improve mo- needs more skills. That’s to later serve as a criminal
d e d i c a t e d c o m m u n i t y s e r- rale and keep the people of why the police overwhelm- court judge for 10 years here
vants, volunteers, and just Putnam safe and secure. Un- ingly support me. I have been in Putnam, where I worked
regular folks who work hard, fortunately, these past eight endorsed by more than 58 law closely with Putnam County
pay their taxes, and want to years have shown us what enforcement organizations, law enforcement.
raise their families in a safe detached leadership can do including the New York State
community. As a father, a to a department and how it Troopers PBA. Every law en- KEY PRINCIPLES:
husband, a former judge with can affect public safety. I will forcement organization within I n d e p e n d e n c e , i n t e g r i t y,
overwhelming law enforce- not be a detached, absentee 40 miles which has given an and hard work. I am a fiercely
ment support, I can provide Sheriff. I will be an engaged, endorsement has endorsed me. independent person who will
the leadership to make Putnam full-time Sheriff and a strong I was the first elected official not be swayed by politics or
County more safe and more leader. After two terms of in Putnam County to call for any other special interest.
secure. the incumbent Sheriff, it is partnering with the Federal Serving as a judge for the
I am not pessimistic. I time for a change. government to deport criminal past ten years provided me the
believe so strongly that we illegal aliens, and I have a opportunity to demonstrate
need a change of leadership Why should you be elected plan to greatly reduce drunk my integrity; founded on a
at the Sheriff’s Office that I Sheriff? driving in Putnam County. deep respect for the law. That
stepped down as judge so that As a prosecutor, assistant means I will always keep an
I could run for Sheriff. I am district attorney, and criminal How have you served the open mind, constantly seeking
concerned that Putnam County court judge for the past 17 public in the past? the advice of others, before
is at a tipping point with crimi- years I have the experience, My entire career has been reaching a conclusion. As
nal illegal aliens, especially integrity and leadership skills focused on public service and a lawyer and judge, I worked
in Brewster and Mahopac. necessary to be Sheriff. I have law enforcement. Even before two jobs, and typically work
360 degree experience in law graduating law school, my 60-70 hours per week. I take
What is the most enforcement; from arrest to first two legal jobs in college minimal vacation time. I
important quality a Sheriff putting criminals in jail. I were internships at the Albany believe my principles will
must possess to manage a earned a Juris Doctorate in law County Probation Depart- provide the people of Putnam
police force? at Boston University, study- ment, and at the Richmond with an ethical, thoughtful and
L e a d e r s h i p . T h e S h e r i ff ing criminal law, criminal County District Attorney’s strong leader as their sheriff.
must be a strong leader who procedure, and trial work. I Office. My first job after

The primary election will be held on

Kevin McConville, of Cold Spring, is the presump-
tive Democratic candidate for Putnam County Sher- Tuesday, September 15.
iff. Before the general election on November 3, the
PCN&R will print profiles of all the remaining can-
didates vying for office.

The PCN&R invited candidates participating in the September 15 primary elections to provide personal information and respond to a series of questions. In Putnam Valley, Republicans and Democrats should vote for two candidates
in their respective primaries. Christopher Lieberman and Samuel E. Davis, candidates in the Democratic primary, could not be reached after repeated attempts and so their profiles do not appear.
2009 Primary Elections — Republican Candidates for Putnam Valley Town Board Democratic Candidate for
Esther McHenry
AGE: 68
FAMILY: My son Scott has a
bookstore in Peekskill. I live
with my terrier in a cottage in
Putnam Valley.
PARTY: Republican
E D U C AT I O N : B S i n A r t
teacher education from Pratt
Institute Brooklyn
CAREER: I taught art in the
NY public schools for a cou-
ple of years, then worked as
an insurance liability claims
adjuster & supervisor until
retirement a few years ago.
This business experience en-
ables me to easily understand
legal issues, and to achieve an
efficient organization.
What is the most important
issue facing Putnam Valley
and how will you address it?
Taxes are the number one
concern of the PV people I
meet, and how to keep our
taxes under control without
compromising the rural qual-
ity of Putnam Valley. School
taxes are the biggest concern.
We need some commercial
taxables to offset school taxes.
We can do better in maintaining
clean lakes, and drinking water
by researching practical solu-
tions while keeping healthy
standards. Non-phosphate
lawn chemicals should be
mandated, and there must be
a way to ensure that all septic
systems are functional.
How will you be a steward
of the taxpayer dollar?
The majority of taxpayers
recognize the need for sen-
sible economic development
in Putnam Valley to offset
taxes, while keeping our coun-
try charm. Small businesses
should be encouraged in com-
mercially zoned areas. I intend
to partner with neighboring
towns in purchasing goods and
services, eliminating duplica-
tion within areas and depart-
ments to bring down expenses.
As a retiree I appreciate the
daily financial struggles of my
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
neighbors and as a taxpayer I
will not tolerate waste.
To what extent are you opti-
mistic about Putnam Valley,
and to what extent are you
pessimistic? Describe each.
I am very optimistic for
the future of Putnam Valley.
Most of the citizens of this
community are sensible and
willing to work together. The
danger lies in getting bogged
down in non-productive quar-
rels between factions. This is
a wonderful town of friendly
people.
How have you served the town?
I have been active in Putnam
Valley Arts, served on the town
ethics committee, volunteered
for the food pantry benefit and
sunset series. I have fought for
my neighbors with an article
78 to keep our improvement
district pool open when the
county wanted to close it due
to its small size. I believe in
action.
KEY PRINCIPLES:
I believe in open accessible
government, where a town
board member is truly the
voice and will of the people
she serves. I believe that all
citizens’ concerns should be
heard, and long-term solu-
tions planned through civilized
discussion. My life experi-
ence has given me a wealth
of insight to get to the heart
of a problem. As a retiree I
have time to devote to town
issues, and my experience in
business has readied me to
find practical solutions.
Jacqueline Annabi
AGE: 39
FAMILY: a lifelong Putnam
resident. I am married for 13
years and we have 4 children
11, 9, and twin 7-year-olds.
PARTY: Republican
E D U C AT I O N : G r a d u a t e d
from Western Connecticut
State University with a ma-
jor in political science and a
minor in business management.
CAREER: After running a
very successful family owned
business I married and had
four children. I now work at
The Law Firm of William G.
Sayegh, P.C., in Carmel as an
Administrative Assistant.
What is the most important
issue facing Putnam Valley
and how will you address it?
The main issues that have
affected us all are our taxes
and our lakes. As a tax payer
common sense tells us the only
way to lower our tax base is by
opening up our town to small
business that fit into our com-
munity. Our lakes are affected
by the chemicals in our lawns
and overflow of septic. As
Councilwoman I would look
into finding a way to lower our
tax base as well as including
county and local agencies in
insuring our homeowners have
their septic systems maintained
and that only non-phosphate
fertilizer is used.
How will you be a steward
of the taxpayer dollar?
By working with those
accountable for every dol-
lar spent. It seems to us tax
payers that those surrounding
the budget feel the numbers
are only on paper and not real
money being spent. That’s
when common sense comes
into play. As a town board
member I would look into the
budgets and see where we can
save, including using services
our County offers us to work
along with our town. A wise
man once said “a penny saved
is a penny earned.”
To what extent are you opti-
mistic about Putnam Valley,
ElEction SpEcial
Patty Villanova
AGE: 59
FAMILY: Married to Louis; 3
children and 4 grandchildren.
PARTY: Republican
E D U C AT I O N / C A R E E R :
I went to Catholic schools
from kindergarten through
high school. I took certificate
courses in paralegal studies
and worked as a legal assistant
and to what extent are you
in litigation support. I am a
pessimistic? I am very opti-
fabric artist and for the past
mistic about Putnam Valley.
five years I’ve owned a busi-
There is no better place to
ness in Peekskill called Side
raise a family. Every town has
Effects/NY.
issues. But we have what the
What is the most important
other towns’ lack. We have
issue facing Putnam Valley
citizens that care about the
and how will you address it?
issues and really want to do
Taxation without represen-
something about it instead of
tation. There is no one on the
sit back and complain. I am
Town Board who represents the
not pessimistic about our town
people and who is willing to
because our town is very proac-
stand up to the special interest
tive; we look for the cause of
groups that are causing taxes to
the problems and find a way to
skyrocket. The size and scope of
solve them, not just band aid
town government keeps grow-
them. I am proud to live here
ing and outpacing our ability
and I’ll work hard to keep it
to pay for it. I would address
a great town.
this issue by scrutinizing every
How have you served the town?
expenditure, looking at every
Our family has run a very
contract to determine where
successful business in Putnam
we can cut the budget. If I’m
County. Since living in Putnam
elected, there will be nothing
Valley I have been involved
“sacred” when it comes to taxes.
in many local charities such
How will you be a steward of
as The Southern District of
the taxpayer dollar?
the MS Society, which helps
I would provide disclosure
coordinate our local MS Walks,
and economic impact for all
and Community Cares, which
projects coming before the
helps parents with debilitating
Board. The Fire Department
diseases like cancer or MS
is proposing to build a multi-
with their daily chores. I am
million dollar firehouse, claim-
also very involved with my
ing they will be able to get over
children’s sports programs, I
4 million dollars in grants. For
have taught CCD at Elizabeth
months I’ve asked the current
Ann Seton Church and I am
town board to put this up for
also a proud member of the
a referendum, only to be told
Putnam Valley Republican
there’s not enough information.
Committee.
Meanwhile, we have detailed
KEY PRINCIPLES:
plans and some approvals have
Honesty. Integrity. Common
already been given. I would
sense. It’s important to stand
make sure all the costs are
up for what is right and listen
fully revealed and then let the
to all sides then make an intel-
people vote in a referendum.
ligent decision based on facts
To what extent are you opti-
not opinion. I will be honest to
mistic about Putnam Valley,
the tax payers, I will have the
and to what extent are you
integrity to say yes or no and
pessimistic?
mean it. I have the common
I am guardedly optimistic.
sense to know when to do so.
The state is turning into a two
class society: those who work
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Putnam Valley Town Board
Wendy Whetsel
AGE: 65
FAMILY: Married to Bill,
son Jofre, Daughter-in-law
Stacy, Grandson, Jofre Jr.
PARTY: Democrat
EDUCATION: MAT Man-
for the government and have
h a t t a n v i l l e C o l l e g e , B FA
guaranteed salaries, pensions,
Syracuse University
and benefits; and those in the
CAREER: Commercial Art-
private sector who have none of
ist, President of Chelsea Di-
these things and who pay some
rect Marketing, Inc. To what extent are you
of the highest taxes in the US
What is the most important optimistic about the future
to support those benefits most
issue facing Putnam Valley of Putnam Valley, and to
of us can only dream of. I hope
and how will you address it? what extent are you pes-
the residents realize how little
I t i s d i ff i c u l t t o d e f i n e simistic? Describe each.
control they actually have over
one most important issue. I am optimistic about the
even local government and
The lake communities are f u t u r e o f P u t n a m Va l l e y
become willing to take back
concerned with the health because of its rural beauty
that control by electing people
of their lakes, and what and proximity to multiple
who will work for them.
measures our town board resources. Our diverse
How have you served the town?
will need to take to maintain group of people talented,
I have served as an unpaid
or restore their health. I’m hard working, and highly
volunteer and activist. I was
working on implementing an educated—regularly partici-
a founding member of SWAT
ordinance prohibiting the use pate in community affairs and
(Sewage Waste Action Team), a
of phosphates in fertilizers bring creative solutions to
group of residents who fought
near water bodies. Septic community problems, and I
against the Westchester Sludge
remediation is another key believe that the years ahead
Plant that was supposed to be
to keeping waters clean. we will remain a vibrant
built on Route 301. I worked
Protecting rural roads from and diverse community. As
against construction of a
becoming major highways is our small businesses and
new town hall, out of control
vital to maintaining the rural residents struggle with di-
school spending and a police
and historic character of our minished incomes and job
department we couldn’t af-
town. I am working with the i n s e c u r i t y, r e t h i n k i n g o u r
ford. I helped establish the
County Legislators to insure approach to solving problems
Lake Oscawana improvement
that our County Roads will is mandatory, and will take
district to preserve the lake
be protected. time, and can be done.
and protect property values. I
How will you be a steward KEY PRINCIPLES:
was active in Concerned Tax-
of the taxpayer dollar? I am a strong advocate
payers of Putnam Valley and
I am a fiscal conservative, for the environment, for the
BEST - Better Education &
working to cut costs wherever health of our water supply,
Supportable Taxes.
possible while our economy and for keeping Putnam Val-
KEY PRINCIPLES:
is struggling. The backs of ley affordable for ALL. I am
I hold these truths to be self
the taxpayers are too bur- an avid supporter of identify-
evident, that all men are created
dened already. Holding the ing opportunities for viable,
equal, that they are endowed by
line during this recession is affordable, renewable energy
their Creator with certain inalien-
important. Finding new ways that will increase the town
able Rights, that among these are
to generate income such as coffers. I love the historic
Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of
energy production will pro- and rural character of our
Happiness. That to secure these
vide the town needed income. town and work hard to make
rights, Governments are insti-
As oil pricing continues to sure that it stays protected.
tuted among men, deriving their
increase I will again try to I work hard to find common
just powers from the consent of
i n s t i t u t e a t o w n o i l c o -o p ground when opinions dif-
the governed. That whenever any
to hold down oil costs for fer, finding solutions that
form of Government becomes
our residents pending town benefit all.
destructive of these ends, it is
board support.
the right of the People to alter
or to abolish it, and to institute
a new Government.
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McGUIRE’S (Cont’d from front pg.)
cost about $1200 to install
t h e n ew G u i n n e s s s y s te m.
As the weeks went by, word
spread, and the twenty -dollar
contributions started to add
up. The money was raised,
the equipment installed and
the first keg was delivered
about three weeks ago.
Last Saturday, McGuire’s
said a most fitting “thank you”
to those who had contributed
to the fund by throwing a par-
ty, free of charge, and in true
Irish tradition—pints of the
celebrated stout, a menu that
included bangers and mash,
corned beef and cabbage, and
of course—Guinness stew.
The juke box belted out a
steady stream of Irish tunes.
Conversation was loud and
boisterous. Mandy McGuire,
adeptly, single-handedly, ran
the bar for the capacity crowd.
The mood was rollicking.
“It’s like St. Patrick’s Day
in August!” commented Chris
Filangeri, who had driven in
from Patterson, NY, to take
part. Guinness fans who had
not contributed to the fund
were also on hand—although
they paid a fee for the party.
Handing out free pints
and giving away prizes to
a packed house, Shaun Mc-
Guire couldn’t have been
happier—or more grateful
—to the many customers who
had contributed to the rather
creative fund. “This is great.
It’s a real testament to the
r e l ationsh i p w e h a v e with
our customers,” he said.
Guinness, with its slightly
bitter taste is not everyone’s
cup of tea. It is so dark in
color that it is often described
as black, although connois-
seurs are quick to state that
it is actually a deep ruby red
when held up to the light.
Guinness is often taken to be
a heavy, calorie-laden brew,
but McGuire pointed out that
a pint has about 170 calories
compared to some 190 calo-
ries for a similar amount of
Budweiser.
McGuire was right when he
said that Guinness is about
tradition. In 1759 Arthur
Guinness made what has to
Shaun McGuire is pictured here pouring the first “official” pint of Guinness stout at
McGuire’s on Main at the weekend party held to thank customers who helped make
installation of the special lines and taps possible.
be one of the best deals of all
time. He signed a lease for
the use of an empty brewery
at St. James Gate in Dublin,
Ireland. He paid a whopping
one hundred pounds up-front,
about $147 US, plus $66 US
in annual rent for four acres
o f p r o p e r t y, w a t e r r i g h t s ,
and an entire brewing facil-
ity. Quite a bit of money in
that era perhaps, but for one
thing - the lease was for nine
thousand years.
Guinness began brewing
his own ale and porter and
apparently he was onto some-
thing. Today, the company
that Guinness founded stands
as the world’s largest pro-
ducer of beer, pouring out
1.2 million barrels a year to
customers in more than one
hundred countries. According
to the Guinness website, ten
million glasses of its famous
stout are poured every day.
Guinness is a brew that
prompts a lot of good-natured
debate—especially over the
proper pouring method. Mc-
Guire says that cust o m e r s
have offered seven or eight
different theories as to the
proper pour. He feels he is
playing it by the book. “You
tilt the glass at a forty-five
-degree angle and pull the
tap” he explained. “When
it’s about three-quarters full,
you stop and let it settle for
about eighty seconds. Then
you push the tap forward to
finish. That adds more air
and increases the cascade
(of bubbles.)”
Guinness is known for its
smooth, thick head, which in
an official Guinness glass,
McGuire says should go from
the top of the iconic harp
graphic right to the rim. Un-
like other draft beers which
use carbon dioxide for car-
bonation, Guinness employs
a mix of seventy-five per-
cent nitrogen and twenty five
percent carbon dioxide. The
nitrogen produces finer, more
numerous bubbles, which help
give the brew its distinctive
head.
According to McGuire,
Guinness is served at “cellar
temperature” in Europe, or
about 55 degrees Fahrenheit.
In the US, the recommended
temperature is 43.8 degrees
and he says that their walk-in
cooler has been running at a
steady 44 degrees.
McGuire’s on Main fits the
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
M i c h a e l T u rto n
“friendly neighborhood pub”
mold to a tee. You’re apt
to find a mix of locals and
out -of -towners, quaffing
a drink and enjoying what
is billed as, “inexpensive,
good quality comfort food.”
It’s hard to argue with that
description. The burger is a
full meal and comes in at just
under eight dollars. “If any-
one can find a better burger
for that price they should
grab it—but ours is the best
deal around,” McGuire said.
Chile-cheese-fries, chicken
wings, nachos, quesadil-
las, a range of sandwiches,
soups, and salads round out
a menu that satisfies without
breaking the bank. A recent
five-star rating on yelp.com
verifies that customers find
McGuire’s food pretty com-
forting.
September 29 will mark 250
years of Guinness production.
If you’re thinking of heading
down to McGuire’s to try a
pint of Ireland’s best known
stout you may not want to
waste any time. The Guin-
ness lease at St. James Gate
expires in the year 10,759.
President and Secretary Clinton Attend HV Shakespeare
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The star power was even greater in the audience than on the stage on Saturday night, as President Bill Clinton and
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attended a performance of the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival’s Pericles at
Boscobel. HVSF Artistic Director Terry O’Brien, pictured at left, along with the cast, welcomed the Clintons to the
actors’ tent at the conclusion of the show.
H i s t o r i c D u t c h S a i l i n g Antique Farm Equipment
Vessels To Visit Cold Spring Impresses at Tilly Foster
Tractors, turn-of-the-century the ground in search of water.
farm implements, antique water The Putnam County Antique
pumps—characterizing this Machinery Association (PCA-
display as “old equipment” MA) shares its appreciation
hardly paints the correct pic- and understanding of historical
ture. Imagine a 25 foot tall farming and other equipment at
1890s water well rig. Then its show this weekend, now in
picture the muscle needed to its second year at Tilly Foster
drive this mechanical equip- Farm. The event is free and open
ment hundreds of feet into to the public from 11am–4pm.
The celebration of the 400th
Rozemyn Afman
The fleet will remain in New
Where Does the Time Go?
anniversary of Henry Hud- York for three weeks, taking
son’s legendary voyage from part in sailing races on the
Amsterdam to New York and city’s waterways and offer-
the establishment of the New ing educational information
Netherland colony continues to visitors.
with the arrival on these shores On September 14, the fleet
of a fleet of 20 historic boats will commence sailing up-
which left the Dutch port of stream to visit several historic
Harlingen to cross the Atlantic ports. It is anticipated that the
aboard a Dutch freighter. Early fleet will depart Peekskill on
on September 1, the fleet sailed Wednesday, September 16, at
into New York harbor to honor 8:30am, arriving at Constitu-
Captain Hudson. tion Island at approximately
The historical vessels—low- 10am. After overnighting, they
slung skutsjes, fishing boats, are scheduled to depart from C at h e r i n e G a r n s e y
barges—are direct descendents Cold Spring on Thursday, the
Most folks are just a little wistful on Labor Day weekend,
of the sailing ships that plied 17th, at around 7am, heading wondering why the summer of ’09 was so fleeting…(l-r)
Dutch coastlines in the 17th for Kingston. For updates on
Marshall Mermell, Debbie Darman, Maureen McGrath
century, immortalized by the the times of arrival and de- and Kendall Ingenito, all affiliated with the Chamber of
country’s painters, and are parture, visit www.spts.nl and
Commerce, said goodbye to summer at their usual spot:
closely related to the first ships click on the “language” tab table-side at the last Sunset Series concert of the summer
built in New York. to access the site in English. on a beautiful late Sunday afternoon.

Budney is Lion of The Year; New Officers are Installed Garden Club’s Show Summons Eat, Drink, Be Merry – and
President Tim Greco Presents
Betty Budney with her award
The Cold Spring Lions
Club, 70 years young, has
been consistently working
towards the improvement of
the Philipstown community.
Annually, the Lions make it
happen by financially assist-
ing local organizations, col-
lecting eye glasses, provid-
ing eye exams for the needy,
making Christmas baskets
and delivering toys and food
during the holiday season,
providing scholarships for
Philipstown graduates plus
Documentary Honors Putnam Firefighters
Recently The Fire Within,
a feature length documen-
tary exploring the culture
of members of the Fire De-
partment in Putnam Valley
and surrounding towns began
airing on local Public Ac-
cess Channels in Putnam. It
is a 74-minute documentary
directed by Maryann Arrien
of Brain Trust Productions,
gleaned from 17+ hours of
interview footage with 12
members of the Putnam Valley
Fire Department, describing
what got them involved, their
local history, how they train,
and how they interact with the
fire companies of neighbor-
ing towns. It includes train-
ing sessions in a 130+degree
room, and a real fire call at
a burning automotive shop
in Putnam Valley.
The film explores what
qualities are sought in po-
tential volunteers. Issues of
physical fitness, ‘fire tax’
implications, and general fire
safety for children are cov-
Up the Scottish Highlands Help United Way Help Others
Pictured at the gathering are, from left: Bruce Campbell, Richard Ferguson,Chuck Hustis, President
Tim Greco, Beth Greco, Donna Tiffany, David Lilburne, District Governor Cary Smollen, Fred
Clarke, Al Sirak, Suzanne Wills, and Frank Milkovitch.
sponsoring many community
events, and engaging in many
other activities.
The Cold Spring Lions
Club recently presented the
Lion of the Year award to
Betty Budney for her out-
standing service to the club.
Betty is the chair of the Lions
Club Children’s Christmas
Wish List and Food Basket
annual project. Along with
her many community projects
Betty works tirelessly for
the community. Well done
ered, as well as a fascinating
portrait of the fellowship phe-
nomenon in the fire service in
the form of the ‘Mutual Aid’
they practice between neigh-
boring municipalities. Also
covered are fire department
events, demonstrations, and
parades, including a major
one shot in Ossining.
For those who have never
had an inside look at what fire
department volunteers actu-
ally do, including the physical
and emotional difficulties, it
is a revealing testimony of
how this fellowship-based
dedication between volun -
teers of different towns helps
to serve the public good.
The director/camerawom-
an, also the community media
coordinator for the Town of
Putnam Valley’s Community
Te l e v i s i o n , a d d e d f o o t a g e
from town archives to show
how department members
drop whatever they are doing
to respond to a call. Arrien
essentially shot the film as
Betty!
An installation ceremony
was held at the Plumbush
I n n f o r i n c o m i n g o ff i c e r s
of the Club. The ceremony
was administered by Lions
International District 20-R1
Governor, Cary Smollen,
Ti m G r e c o o f G a r r i s o n
was re-elected as the club
president for 2009-2010.
Greco has been an active
member of the Cold Spring
Lions Club since 2006.
The 2009-2010 slate of
a one-person band, with a
3-chip mini DV digital cam-
er a, w ir eles s micr o p ho n es
and tungsten lighting kits,
and editing in Adobe Pre-
miere Pro.
The Fire Within is currently
airing on Comcast Channel
8, the Putnam Valley chan-
nels, and also soon in some
neighboring counties in the
hopes of inspiring future
firefighters and volunteers
to consider joining their lo-
cal departments. It’s also
available for viewing or
f r e e d o w n l o a d f r o m w w w.
b r a i n t r u s t p ro d u c t i o n s . c o m
or www.putnamvalley.com/
specialprograms.htm and on
DVD from the Mid-Hudson
Library System. Those need-
ing a copy for airing on a
public, educational or gov-
ernment access station should
contact filmmaker Arrien at
845-528-7420 or arrien@op-
tonline.net.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
o ff i c e r s i s P r e s i d e n t : Ti m
Greco; 1st Vice President:
Chuck Hustis; 2nd Vice Pres-
i d e n t : A l S i r a k ; 3 r d Vi c e
President: John Merante;
Secretary: Chuck Hustis/Da-
vid Lilburne; Treasurer: Beth
Greco; Lion Tamer: Suzanne
Wi l l i s ; Ta i l Tw i s t e r : F r e d
Clarke; Membership Chair-
persons: Bruce Campbell
and Frank Milkovich; Leo
Club Chairpersons: Donna
Tiffany and Rich Ferguson.
TRASH (Cont’d from front pg.)
center of our village.”
The mayor called garbage
removal a “critical compo-
nent to maintaining a robust
weekend-oriented economy,”
and asked the county to assist
the village in subsidizing the
trash abatement.
While Legislators Dan Bir-
mingham, Tony Fusco, Dini
LoBue, Mary Ellen Odell, and
Sam Oliverio joined Tamagna
in voting for the measure,
Legislators Mary Conklin,
Richard Othmer, and Chair-
man Tony Hay cast dissent-
ing votes.
Hay told his colleagues
and an audience of some 75
attending the meeting at the
historic Putnam Courthouse
in Carmel that he had “noth-
ing against” Cold Spring: “To
single out one village poses a
concern since others will now
be holding out their hands,
as well, and in this difficult
economy the money is not
there.”
Legislators Othmer and
The Philipstown Garden
Club is offering up a special
treat to the community. The
club is staging a small flower
show in the program room
of the Desmond Fish Library
on September 18 and 19,
Friday and Saturday. This
is an event held only every
three to four years. The show
is aptly called “Highland
Fling,” which incorporates
the Scottish Highlands into
the Hudson Highlands. Small
may connote simple but there
is nothing simple about the
flower arrangements, the
horticultural exhibits, and
the photographic display, all
of which are “tied together”
with Scottish tartan ribbons.
It is a juried show, which
means judges from the Gar-
den Club of America, of
which the PGC is a member,
come from far and wide to
judge the entries. Members
Conklin both indicated that
assisting Cold Spring with
financial aid for garbage pick-
up was “not fair to the rest
of the county.”
Conklin, who operates
Thunder Ridge in Patterson,
said her business must pay
for trash removal: “That’s
part of a business expense. I
don’t ask to be subsidized.”
Othmer agreed. He told
the legislature that he is a
member of the Garrison Yacht
Club: “People from all points
north, south, eas,t and wes,t
who visited the riverfront
for the holiday weekend left
tons of trash in our dumpster.
The club’s membership paid
for the trash pick-up. This is
business!”
But Legislator Birmingham
noted that the county partners
with other municipalities on
a variety of initiatives, and
Legislator Oliverio called
Cold Spring a “great cash
cow for every resident of
Putnam County because sales
tax generated there is second
to none.”
Tamagna promised to “hand
deliver” the check to the
mayor once it is issued by
the county’s Department of
Finance.
T HE P UTNAM C OUNTY N EWS A ND R ECORDER
are given GCA awards and
the overall show itself is
judged for staging, content
and artistic talent.
All of the classes reflect
Scottish themes; “Briga-
doon,” “My Love is Like a
Red Red Rose” and “Auld
Lang Syne,” are only three
of the many entry classes.
If you decide to visit the
show, it is open to the pub-
lic from 2pm until 4pm on
F r i d a y, S e p t e m b e r 1 8 a n d
10:30am to 4pm on Saturday,
September 19. Even if you
are headed elsewhere stop
in for 10 minutes, there is
no charge, there is nothing
to buy, and you’re certain
to ooh and aah and become
inspired.
The Desmond-Fish Library
is located in Garrison on the
corner of Route 9D and Route
403. For more information
call 424-3020.
CRIME (Cont’d from front pg.)
Smith says that these num-
bers should be read in the
context of Putnam’s position
in the region. Fully 79 percent
of the crime reported in the
State of New York outside of
New York City occurs in 17
“high impact” counties. Four
of those counties—Westches-
ter, Dutchess, Rockland, and
Orange—surround Putnam.
“These statistics are slip-
pery things,” Republican can-
didate Jim Borkowski said.
“Don Smith hides behind his
statistics. But he is never seen
on Main Street in Brewster,
he is never seen in downtown
Mahopac, where he ignores
the issue of criminal illegal
Advertise in the PCN&R.
It works!
Celebrating 30 years of help-
ing residents change their lives
for the better here in Putnam,
United Way is holding an an-
niversary event to showcase
signature dishes from 14 of
Putnam’s finest restaurants,
along with more than 30 fine
wines and micro-brewed beers.
To be held at The Garri-
son on September 21, from
6–9pm, this three-hour epi-
curean event will also feature
Grammy Award-winning pia-
nist Art Labriola, performing
jazz interpretations from the
Great American Songbook
with Stew Cutler and Al Hem-
berger.
Under one roof at The Gar-
rison, guests can experience
culinary delights created by
talented chefs from Bird &
Bottle Inn, Cathryn’s Tus-
can Grill, Riverview, Tavern
at Highlands, Fresh Compa-
ny, Hanlon’s Neighborhood
Steakhouse, Cutillo’s, The
aliens.” Borkowski has said
in debates that he is afraid to
let his own wife or daughter
be alone in the village of
Brewster, “The big issue is if
people feel safer,” Borkowski
said in an interview with the
PCN&R; “overwhelmingly
they do not. That’s directly
attributable to the fact Don
Smith is an absentee leader.”
DeStefano says that the
perceived uptick in crime
r e v e a l s t h a t t h e S h e r i ff i s
“following policing models
that are outdated.” The former
NYPD Captain says that “you
can fight crime by tracking
crime stats. Police depart-
ments watch each other. If
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Terrace Club, Dish, and Fil-
ia’s, and many more superior
dining establishments.
Samplings of fine wines
will be provided by Sterling
Cellars of Mahopac. Crafted
beers will be offered for tasting
by Manhattan Beer Distribu-
tors and Gasko-Meyer. Johnny
Gelato of Kent will refresh
your taste buds with unique
gelato flavors.
Tickets are $60 at the door,
$50 in advance. Reservations
highly recommended. To buy
tickets, register online at
uwwp.org or call 621-2203.
United Way of Putnam has
invested nearly $3 million
in more than 50 health and
human-service programs
throughout the county dur-
ing its 30 years as an affili-
ated partner of United Way
of Westchester, resulting in
lasting and positive change for
those who live and work here.
crime was really down almost
20 percent, as the Sheriff says,
people would be coming from
all over the world to see how
he did it. They’re not.”
Smith attributes the criti-
cism of his terms as Sheriff
to the demands of campaign-
ing for a job. During his two
terms in office, he says, the
overall number of crimes has
been reduced 18.9 percent,
even as the population of
Putnam County increased.
The crime rate has dropped
21.5 percent. “The question is
which county is the safest in
the Hudson Valley, and we’re
still number one,” said Smith.
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Children’s Programs Begin J o h n S w a r t z w e l d e r Wi n s The Hoot is a-Hollerin’ Again Defending Champs Battle
Again at Desmond-Fish National Essay Competition at Little Stony Point
The Desmond-Fish Library
will have children’s pro-
grams with crafts, music,
and Legos this fall beginning
September 9.
The Preschool Story Hour
is held each Wednesday at
1:30pm beginning September
9 and continuing throughout
the year except on school
holidays. The story hour
is for children from 3 to 5
years old.
T h e P a r e n t - c h i l d Wo r k -
shop is held each Monday
and Wednesday from 10:30
until 11:45am and resumes
Sept. 14, continuing until
Nov. 11. The workshop is for
children from 6 months to
3 years old and consists of
free play followed by circle
time, songs, and a story. On
Wednesdays, Karin Pollock
of Music Together comes to
the workshop at 11am.
The Craft Hour is held
every Tuesday at 4pm, begin-
ning Sept. 15 and continuing
until Nov. 10. The craft hour
is designed for school age
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LEGAL NOTICE
ADVERTISEMENT
FOR BIDS
Sealed bids will be
a c c e p t e d b y t h e Vi l l a g e
of Cold Spring up until
2:00 P.M. on the 2nd day
of October, 2009 for labor
and materials required for
the "Energy Conservation
Project" proposed for
Village Hall, 85 Main Street,
Cold Spring, New York and
for the Cold Spring Fire
House, 154 Main Street,
Cold Spring, New York.
The labor and materials
required for the Energy
Conservation Project
include: installation or
replacement of insulation
in p ortio ns o f the ceiling
or roof of both buildings,
insulation of the boiler hot
water piping, insulation of
the west wall of the North
West room (i.e., the meeting
room) at the Firehouse,
replacement of all existing
f l u o r e s c e n t T- 1 2 l a m p s
and magnetic ballasts with
T- 8 l a m p s a n d e l e c t r o n i c
ballasts, replacement of all
incandescent lamps with
compact fluorescent lamps,
and installation of motion
detecting light switches at
the Cold Spring Fire House.
A written statement of the
work involved in the Energy
Conservation Project and
of bid requirements is on
file with Village Clerk. All
bidders must schedule and
attend a mandatory pre-
proposal "walk through
meeting" to be held at the
Village Hall and the Cold
Spring Fire House prior to
submitting bids.
Copies of the written
statement of the Energy
Conservation Project
and bid requirements are
available from the Village
Clerk on request. Bidders
should contact the Village
Clerk to schedule a date and
time for their mandatory
pre-proposal walk through
meeting. Addenda, if any,
will be issued only to those
persons whose names and
addresses are on record as
having requested written
statement of the Energy
Conservation Project.
Bids will be publicly
opened and read at 2:00 P.M.
on the 2nd day of October,
2009 at the offices of the
Vi l l a g e o f C o l d S p r i n g ,
Village Hall, 85 Main Street,
Cold Spring, New York.
BY ORDER OF
VILLAGE BOARD
VILLAGE OF
COLD SPRING
MARY SAARI,
VILLAGE CLERK
Dated: September 3, 2009
LEGAL NOTICE
Town of Putnam Valley
Planning Board
NOTICE 9/2009
September 1, 2009
Please be advised that the
next meeting of the Planning
Board will be held at Town
Hall, 265 Oscawana Lake
Road on Monday, September
14, 2009, for the purpose of
considering the following
applications:
Communications: 5:30pm
Regular Meeting Start
Time: 6:00pm
AGENDA
PUBLIC HEARING
The following public
hearing have been scheduled
for September 14, 2009 at
6:00PM (or as soon thereafter
as agenda conditions permit)
at the Putnam Valley Town
Hall, 265 Oscawana Lake
Road, Putnam Valley, New
York, 10579. All interested
parties are invited to attend
and will be heard. A copy
of the application materials
children. This fall’s crafts
will include making corn
husk people, pine cone bird
feeders, autumn leaf prints,
caramel apples, and alphabet
bingo.
The Children’s Room at
the Library is set up with
entertainment for all ages
There is a puppet theater,
a large collection of Legos,
Brio trains, an assortment
of puzzles, and a computer
with educational children’s
games. There is also a com-
puter with internet access
for parents to use while
their children are playing
or choosing books.
Children do not need to
register for these programs.
To contact the library about
these or other programs, call
424-3020. The Library is
open Monday, Wednesday,
and Friday from 10 to 5pm,
Tuesday and Thursday from
2 to 9pm, Saturday from 10
to 4pm, and Sunday from 1
to 5pm.
and plans may be inspected
during normal business
hours at the office of the
Planning Board Clerk, Town
of Putnam Valley Town Hall.
1. Feldman, Martin-Lee
Avenue (TM: 62.18-1-49)
WT5-05
The applicant wishes to
construct a shed, deck and
walkway on a 0.19 acre
p a r c e l o n L e e Av e n u e .
The parcel has frontage
on Lake Oscawana and the
Town Wetland Inspector has
referred the wetland permit
application to the Planning
Board.
REVIEW
2. Kisslinger Robert- West
Shore Drive (TM: 62.6-1-3,
4&5/File: 2008-0026) 2009, at 8pm to hear the
The applicant is proposing
the construction of a
single-family residence on
approximately 1.5 acres of
land located at the terminus
of West Shore Drive in the
R-3 Zoning District. The
Planning Board will review
the mitigation plans.
3. HYH Subdivision
– B r o o k s i d e Av e n u e a n d
Pudding Street (TM: 41.-
2-13 & 41.15-1-3/File:
41./206/1040&1041)
An application has been
filed for a proposed 15-
lot subdivision with a
proposed private road on
approximately 236.51
acres of land located in
the R-3 Zoning District.
The Planning Board will
continue its review of the
Subdivision, Major Grading
Permit and Wetlands Permit.
The Planning Board will
consider an outline for the
preparation of a Part 3 EAF.
DISCUSSION
4. Fiorentino, Annette
(TM: 41.-2-14/ File:
41./104/861 were filed with the Secretary
The applicant is proposing
a 7-lot subdivision on
±57.4 acres of land located
o n Wi c c o p e e R o a d i n t h e
CD Zoning District. The
applicant has requested
an informal discussion to
introduce the project to the
Board.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
5. Approve Minutes of
August 24, 2009
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of
Public Hearing
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE,
t h e P u t n a m Va l l e y To w n
Board will conduct a public
h e a r i n g o n We d n e s d a y,
September 9, 2009 @
6:00 p.m to hear public
comments, on a proposed
local law to regulate and
control the emissions from
outdoor wood boilers in the
Town of Putnam Valley.
HEARING TO BE HELD,
at the Putnam Valley Town
Hall, 265 Oscawana Lake
Road, Putnam Valley, New
York.
Eileen Royael
Town Clerk
LEGAL NOTICE
Town of Putnam Valley
NOTICE WT 9/2009 Opportunity to Ballot
Notice is hereby given that
the Town of Putnam Valley
has received a wetlands
application from the
following applicant:
WT 20/09 Chris Beliveau
11 Ly o n C o u r t
TM: 41.6-2-64
PUBLIC NOTICE:
Vi l l a g e o f C o l d S p r i n g
Planning Board will be
meeting at the Village Hall,
85 Main Street, Cold Spring
on Tuesday, September 22
at 7:30 pm to discuss the
development of a Planning
Board application that would
assist community members
in navigating the planning
process.
it Out by Hitting the Books
Last spring, students at
the Garrison School had the
opportunity to participate
in an essay writing con-
test sponsored by I Won’t
Cheat, a national organiza-
tion dedicated to promoting
honesty. Founded by Dale
M u r p h y, a t w o - t i m e M L B
MVP who played for the
Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia
Phillies, and Colorado Rock-
ies, this character education
program encourages kids
of all ages to not cheat in
athletics, in school, or in
life. It encourages kids to
remain true to their character
in an effort to “change the
culture of cheating.”
Students across the coun-
try in grades 4 through 12
answered the question,
“What would you say to
your favorite athlete if he
or she was caught using
s t e r o i d s ? ” I Wo n ’ t C h e a t
received nearly 3,000 en-
tries. Garrison School 7th
grader, John Swartzwelder,
was chosen as one of the 29
second place winners.
John received a $50 gift
certificate for ZAPP In-
visible Shields from the I
LEGAL NOTICE
Pursuant to the provisions
of section 4-118 of the state
of New York Election Law,
official notice of the Primary
Election publication by
Putnam County Board of
Elections is hereby given:
Primary Election, Tuesday,
September 15, 2009
Polls are open from 6:00
A.M. to 9:00 P.M.
All polling places in
Putnam County are open
for voting.
Democratic Party
Town of Kent
Justice
(Vote for two)
Highway Superintendent
(Vote for one)
Town of Putnam Valley
Councilman
(Vote for two)
Republican Party
Sheriff
(Vote for one)
Town of Carmel
Councilman
(Vote for two)
Town of Kent
Justice
(Vote for two)
Councilman
(Vote for two)
Town of Putnam Valley
Councilman
(Vote for two)
Town of Southeast
Councilman
(Vote for two)
Independence Party
Opportunity to Ballot
Legislator District #4
(Vote for one)
Patterson Districts
1,2,4,5,7 & 8
Southeast 11 & 13
Town of Carmel
Opportunity to Ballot
Supervisor
(Vote for one)
Opportunity to Ballot
Councilman
(Vote for two)
Town of Kent
Opportunity to Ballot
Supervisor
(Vote for one)
Opportunity to Ballot
Town Clerk
(Vote for one)
Justice
(Vote for two)
Opportunity to Ballot
Councilman
(Vote for two)
Opportunity to Ballot
Receiver of Taxes
(Vote for one)
Highway Superintendent
(Vote for one)
Town of Patterson
Opportunity to Ballot
Councilman
(Vote for two)
Opportunity to Ballot
Receiver of Taxes
(Vote for one)
Town of Southeast
Opportunity to Ballot
Councilman
(Vote for two)
Working Families Party
Town of Kent
Justice
(Vote for two)
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Won’t Cheat Organization.
He shared, “It was late at
night when my mom got the
message that I was one of the
second place winners. I was
overwhelmed but thrilled at
such an accomplishment.
I hope that my essay can
inspire others to not cheat
or use steroids.”
The school community is
extremely proud of John and
this achievement. Here is an
excerpt from John’s essay:
“Steroids are short term
material. It won’t make you
better inside. You shouldn’t
do anything to hurt yourself
or your body. It would be best
if you walk away knowing
you gave it your best shot.”
LEGAL NOTICE
T h e To w n B o a r d w i l l
conduct a Special Meeting
on September 15, 2009
a t 9 : 3 0 a . m . a t t h e To w n
Hall, 238 Main Street, Cold
Spring, New York to discuss
t h e To w n P a r k a t Q u a r r y
Pond.
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice is hereby given
that a public hearing will
be held by the Zoning Board
of Appeals of the Village of
Nelsonville at the Village
office, 260 Main Street, on:
Thursday, September 14,
appeal of Frank Ricevuto, Jr.
from the denial of a request
for a building permit, to
construct two carports on his
property, known as tax map
#38.17-2-42, located at 262
Main Street, Nelsonville,
New York in an VB District.
Denial is based on failure
to comply with Section 188-
29D, Schedule B of the
Nelsonville Code, failure
to meet setbacks.
All interested persons will
be heard at the above time
and place.
William Rice
Chairman
Nelsonville Zoning Board
of Appeals
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF LIMITED LIABILITY
C O M PA N Y. N A M E :
M O N A C O R E A LT Y
M A N A G E M E N T, L L C .
A r t i c l e s o f O rg a n i z a t i o n
o f S t a t e o f N e w Yo r k
(SSNY) on 07/27/09. Office
location: Putnam County.
SSNY has been designated
as agent of the LLC upon
whom process against it
may be served. SSNY shall
mail a copy of process to the
LLC, c/o George Monaco,
276 Buckshollow Road,
Mahopac, New York 10541.
Purpose: For any lawful
purpose.
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF FORMATION
OF LIMITED LIABILITY
COMPANY. NAME: KNH
CONSTRUCTION LLC.
A r t i c l e s o f O rg a n i z a t i o n
were filed with the Secretary
of State of New York
SSNY) on 07/16/09. The
latest date of dissolution is
12/31/2060. Office
location: Putnam County.
SSNY has been designated
as agent of the LLC upon
whom process against it may
be served. SSNY shall mail
a copy of process to
the LLC, 105 Palmer Trail,
Carmel, New York 10512.
Purpose: For any lawful
purpose.
LEGAL NOTICE
Workshop Agenda
T h e Vi l l a g e o f C o l d
S p r i n g B o a r d o f Tr u s t e e s
will hold public discussion
on the Special Board for
the Comprehensive Plan/
LWRP report regarding the
development of the former
Marathon parcel and Foundry
Ridge parcel. Copies of the
report are available at the
Village Clerk’s Office, 85
Main Street, Cold Spring,
NY.
Dated: September 4, 2009
Mary Saari, Village Clerk
On Sunday, September 13,
the Little Stony Point Citizens’
Association is once again host-
ing its end of the season music
festival, now known simply as
“the Hoot.” The Hoot on the
Hudson started 15 years ago
with some acoustic guitars,
banjos, and mandolins on the
beach at Little Stony Point,
just north of the Village of
Cold Spring on Route 9D. A
potluck with a few local musi-
cians involved in the citizens’
association has morphed over
the years to become a must-
see afternoon featuring a wide
representation of the immense
Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
In September and October
Jackie Grant, Executive Direc-
tor of the Hudson Highlands
Nature Museum, in partnership
with the Hudson Highlands
Land Trust, will be facilitating
a 4-session workshop where
participants will learn how to
significantly reduce house-
hold energy consumption. The
workshop will follow the Low
Carbon Diet by David Gershon,
a workbook that outlines how to
reduce the “carbon footprint” of
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Formation of
K & G Realty Partners,
L L C . A r t s . o f O rg . f i l e d
with NY Dept. of State on
6/29/09. Office location:
P u t n a m C o u n t y. S e c . o f
State designated as agent
of LLC upon whom process
against it may be served and
shall mail process to: #201
T h e B a r n e s O ff i c e B l d g . ,
S t o n e l e i g h Av e . , C a r m e l ,
NY 10512. Purpose: any
lawful purpose.
LEGAL NOTICE
Village of Cold Spring
Zoning Board of Appeals
Village Offices, 85 Main
Street
Cold Spring, NY
NOTICE
The Board will hold a
public hearing on Thursday,
September 17, 2009 at 7:00
PM for the purpose of hearing
public comment on the
application of Constantine
Serroukas, 21 Maryland
Av e . , P o u g h k e e p s i e , N Y
to construct a one story
addition to the FoodTown
shopping center building at
49 Chestnut Street (in the
B-2 Designated Shopping
Center zoning district) to
house the relocated Cold
Spring Post Office. The
proposal will require the
following Area variances
f r o m t h e Vi l l a g e C o d e :
side, rear yard variances
from Section 134-10 (D),
lot coverage variance from
134-10 (E), corner lot sight
distance variance from 134-
17 (B). This application is
paired with a Use variance
application to construct a
27 space parking lot at the
corner of Marion Ave. and
Benedict Road (in the R-1
zone) to serve as required
parking for the Shopping
Center.
LEGAL NOTICE
Village of Cold Spring
Zoning Board of Appeals
Village Offices,
85 Main Street
Cold Spring, NY
NOTICE
The Board will hold a
public hearing on Thursday,
September 17, 2009 at 7:00
PM for the purpose of hearing
public comment on the
application of Constantine
Serroukas, 21 Maryland
Ave., Poughkeepsie, NY to
construct a 27 space parking
lot at the corner of Marion
Av e . a n d B e n e d i c t R o a d
(in the R-1 Single Family
Residential zoning district).
The proposal will require a
Use variance from Section
134-7A of the Village Code.
This application is paired
with an Area variance
application to construct a
one story addition to the
FoodTown shopping center
at 49 Chestnut Street (in
the B-2 zone) to house the
relocated Cold Spring Post
Office.
PUBLIC NOTICE:
Vi l l a g e o f C o l d S p r i n g
Planning Board will be
meeting at the Village Hall,
85 Main Street, Cold Spring
on Tuesday, September 29
at 7:30 pm to discuss and
submit an opinion for the
Cold Spring Zoning Board
of Appeals concerning the
variances requested by the
owner of the Foodtown
Plaza, which are necessary
to proceed with an expansion
of the building footprint and
the creation of an additional
parking lot on Marion Ave.
pool of talented musicians in
the area.
The festival runs from noon
until 6pm, and admission is
free for the whole family.
Refreshments will be avail-
able or bring a picnic. Lawn
chairs and umbrellas are rec-
ommended items to bring along
for those making a day of it
and the beach and hiking trails
are often mixed in for a full
day’s fun. Kid-centric acts
kick things off at noon. For
more information or to become
involved, contact Volunteers@
LittleStonyPoint.org
your household. Each member
will calculate his carbon foot-
print at the first meeting and
in the following three evening
sessions will discuss aspects of
household systems and lifestyle
practices where small changes
can make a big difference. The
meetings will begin on Thurs-
day, September 17, at 7pm at the
Hudson Highlands Land Trust,
1180 Route 9D, Garrison. The
sessions are free. Register by
calling 845-534-5506 x 204.
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Qualification of
SPI Litigation Direct, LLC.
Authority filed with NY
Dept. of State on 7/27/09.
Office location: Putnam
County. Principal business
address: 2960 Professional
Dr., Springfield, IL 62703.
LLC formed in DE on
11/6/01. NY Sec. of State
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against
it may be served and shall
mail process to: c/o CT
C o r p o r a t i o n S y s t e m , 111
8 t h Av e . , N Y, N Y 1 0 0 11 ,
registered agent upon whom
process may be served.
DE address of LLC: 1209
O r a n g e S t . , Wi l m i n g t o n ,
D E 1 9 8 0 1 . A r t s . o f O rg .
filed with DE Sec. of State,
401 Federal St., Dover, DE
19901. Purpose: all lawful
purposes.
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that
a license, number 2154386
for summer restaurant wine
and beer has been applied for
by the undersigned* to sell
beer and/or wine at retail
in a restaurant under the
Alcoholic Beverage Control
law at 2741 Route 9, Cold
S p r i n g N e w Yo r k 1 0 5 1 6 ,
Putnam County. RoundUp
Te x a s B B Q Tu m b l e We e d
Saloon, Corp.
L i n d a P Va u g h a n ,
President
LEGAL NOTICE
Request for Proposals for
Engineering Services
The Village of Cold Spring
is seeking proposals from
engineering firms to perform
services associated with
Dam Safety Compliance
and Capital Planning for
Drinking Water Reservoir
Facilities. Three Dams make
up the Reservoir system for
the Village water system.
Tw o D a m s a r e c l a s s i f i e d
as Class “C.” A detailed
description of the services
required is available from
t h e Vi l l a g e C l e r k a t t h e
Village Hall, 85 Main Street,
Cold Spring, NY.
The Village is accepting
sealed proposals until 3:00
PM October 16, 2009.
T h e Vi l l a g e w i l l h o l d a n
informational meeting on
September 24th at 10:00AM
at the Foundry Brook Water
Treatment Plant. The
informational meeting is not
mandatory but it is strongly
encouraged.
The Village reserves the
right to right to reject any
or all proposals.
BY ORDER OF THE
VILLAGE BOARD OF
COLD SPRING,
MARY SAARI,
VILLAGE CLERK
Dated: September 4, 2009
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice of Qualification
of SAHN EAGLE LLC.
Authority filed with
Secretary of State of NY
(SSNY) on 8/13/09. Office
location: Putnam County.
LLC formed in Delaware
(DE) on 5/26/09. SSNY
designated as agent of LLC
upon whom process against it
may be served. SSNY shall
mail process to: The LLC,
3 1 P r i v a t e Wa y, G a r r i s o n
NY 10524. Address to be
maintained in DE: 160
G r e e n t r e e D r. , S t e . 1 0 1 ,
Dover DE 19904. Arts. of
Org. filed with DE Secy. of
State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4,
Dover DE 19901. Purpose:
Any lawful activities.
This Saturday, almost 200
young people from twenty-one
public libraries will duke it out
in the l Mid-Hudson Library
System Battle of the Books.
Once again, a team of readers
from the Butterfield Library in
Cold Spring will be entering the
fray, attempting to defend the
title they have twice earned, in
2008 and 2007. ” This year’s
team members are returnees
Kieran Austin, Claire Carroll,
Sonya Kuzminski, and Alec
Lane and newcomers Lucy
RE-ZONING
Shea said he was pleased
with the increased interest in
the proposed zoning changes
and that he hopes the property
owners’ involvement will not
be limited to just the re-zoning
issue. He said he hoped that
the concerned citizens would
appoint a liaison to the town.
“I applaud the town for having
these workshops,” said Andy
Chmar, executive director of
the Hudson Highlands Land
Trust in an interview Tues-
day afternoon. The land trust
helped the town prepare maps
as part of the drafting of the
comprehensive plan. “The more
input there is, the better the
LEGAL NOTICE
The resolution, a summary
of which is published
herewith, has been adopted
on the 1st day of September,
2009, and the validity of
the obligations authorized
by such resolution may be
hereafter contested only
if such obligations were
authorized for an object
or purpose for which the
COUNTY OF PUTNAM,
New York, is not authorized
to expend money or if the
provisions of law which
should have been complied
with as of the date of
publication of this Notice
were not substantially
complied with, and an
action, suit or proceeding
contesting such validity is
commenced within twenty
days after the publication
of this Notice, or such
obligations were authorized
in violation of the provisions
of the constitution.
M. CHRIS MARRONE
Clerk to the County
Legislature
BOND RESOLUTION
OF THE COUNTY OF
PUTNAM, NEW YORK,
ADOPTED SEPTEMBER
1. 2009, AUTHORIZING
THE CONSTRUCTION
OF A REPLACEMENT
FIRE TRAINING
BUILDING IN AND FOR
S A I D C O U N T Y AT A
MAXIMUM ESTIMATED
COST OF $450,000; AND
AUTHORIZING THE
ISSUANCE OF $450,000
BONDS OF SAID COUNTY
T O PAY T H E C O S T
THEREOF.
Class of objects or
purposes: Construction
of a replacement Fire
Training Building on site
of existing facility in Kent,
New York.
Period of probable
usefulness: Fifteen (15)
years
Amount of obligations to
be issued: $450,000 Bonds
SEQRA Status: Type
II Action
A complete copy of the
bond resolution summarized
above shall be available for
public Inspection during
normal business hours at the
office of the Clerk to the
Legislature, at the County
Office Building, 40 Gleneida
Avenue, Carmel, New York.
Dated: September 2, 2009
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 service:
RFB#43-09 B R E A D
AND BAKED GOODS
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.putnamcountyny.com.
Sealed bids must be filed in
the above office on or before
1:00 P.M., WEDNESDAY,
SEPTEMBER 23, 2009.
dated: Carmel, New York
August 31, 2009
Sgd/Alessandro Mazzotta,
Purchasing Director
Putnam County
Purchasing Department
Austin, Weronika Bajsicka,
and James Perkins. They are
coached by Butterfield staff
members Luanne Morse and
Maureen McGrath.
Last spring participating li-
braries recruited 5th-8th grad-
ers to read 10 titles chosen by
the librarian coaches.
To prepare for the regional
battle, teams gathered over the
summer to master the details
of each story and engage in
local battles with neighboring
libraries.
(Cont’d from front pg.)
document will be.”
Glenn Watson, a member
of the Zoning Advisory Com-
mittee of Philipstown, said on
Tuesday that he expects there
will be changes to the zon-
ing proposal. “It was crafted
by a half a dozen people,” he
said, so that when the public
becomes more involved, there
will certainly be changes.
The board also authorized
Mazzuca to sign an agreement
accepting the Open Space In-
stitute’s gift of the Philipse
Brook Gorge to the town. The
gorge area borders Philipstown
Park. OSI will put a conserva-
tion easement on the property.
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: RFB #42-09 DREW
LAKE ("KENT") SENIOR
CENTER SITEWORK
AND SEPTIC SYSTEM
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,Rutnamcountyny.com.
Sealed bids must be filed in
the above office on or before
1:00 P.M., WEDNESDAY,
September 30, 2009.
dated: Carmel, New York.
September 2, 2009
Sgd/Alessandro Mazzotta,
Director, Putnam County
Purchasing Department
LEGAL NOTICE
Request for Proposals for
Planning Services
The Village of Cold Spring
is requesting proposals from
qualified consultants to
assist in the development
of a Local Waterfront Plan
a n d S t r a t e g y. A d e t a i l e d
description of the consultant
deliverables is available
from the Village Clerk at
Village Hall, 85 Main Street,
Cold Spring, NY.
The Village is accepting
sealed proposals until 3:00
PM October 15, 2009.
The Village reserves the
right to right to reject any
or all proposals.
BY ORDER OF THE
VILLAGE BOARD OF
COLD SPRING,
MARY SAARI, VILLAGE
CLERK
Dated: September 4, 2009
WORKSHOP AGENDA
Representatives from
the Putnam County Board
of Elections will be
available at Village Hall,
85 Main Street on Tuesday,
September 22, 2009 at 7:00
pm to demonstrate the use
of optical scanning voting
machines.
Dated: September 4, 2009
Mary Saari, Village Clerk
LEGAL NOTICE
(PUBLIC NOTICE)
(Please Take Notice)
That in accordance
with Sec. 6-108 of the
election laws of the State
of New York, the Town of
Philipstown Conservative
Committee will hold a caucus
on Wednesday, September
16, 2009, at 7:00 p.m. for
the purpose of nominating
candidates for the following
town offices:
SUPERVISOR (1)
COUNCILMAN (2)
ASSESSOR (1)
(Please take further
Notice)
The Conservative caucus
will be held at VFW Hall,
K e m b l e Av e n u e , C o l d
Spring, New York 10516,
All registered Conservatives
in the Town of Philipstown
are invited to attend.
James Maxwell,
Chairman
Putnam County
Conservative Committee

Blue Devils Prepare to Face Chester
A young Haldane team looks to build on last year’s 5-4 season
by B.J. O’Brien
With Haldane football be-
ginning its season against
Chester this Friday, fall will
have officially started in the
Hudson Valley.
The Blue Devils' season
opens with a road game against
Chester High School at 7pm
on Friday night.
The team looks to build on
last season’s 5-4 record. Head
C o a c h To n y P e r c a c c i o l o ’ s
roster consists of 24 players.
There are six seniors, three
juniors, 14 sophomores, and
one freshman.
Despite having a smaller
roster, Coach Percacciolo be-
lieves that his team can do
well if it stays healthy and
plays to the best of its ability.
"I think we can take some
teams into the fourth quarter,"
he said.
The high percentage of
Lyons Named to NE-10 Conference Honor Roll
Cold Spring’s Megan
Ly o n s , a s o p h o m o r e a t
Southern Connecticut State
U n i v e r s i t y, w a s n a m e d t o
the weekly honor roll of the
Northeast-10 Conference for
her play with the Southern
Connecticut Owls, as the
Owls opened their season
with a 3-0 winning stretch.
After the team’s first three
matches, Lyons leads all Owls
with 20 kills. She is averag-
sophomores on the team en-
sures that many of the younger
players will have the oppor-
tunity to accumulate a lot of
playing time. Some of them
are already starters.
“They're getting tested right
away,” said Coach Percac-
ciolo, who has coached the
team for four years and also
works as a heavy equipment
mechanic in New York City.
On the offensive side of the
ball, the Blue Devils run the
Delaware Wing-T. This type
of offense features the run.
That's where Derek O'Dell,
the team's top player, comes
in. The senior running back
rushed for about 1,400 yards
last season and serves as one
of the Blue Devils' captains.
The defense runs a 50 Read.
Coach Percacciolo pointed out
that last season their defense
was based on reacting to what
the other team’s offense was
ing 2.86 per game and had
a game-high 13 in the win
over Dominican.
The Owls returned to action
on Wednesday, September 2
as they traveled to Vermont
for the team’s first North-
east-10 Conference match
against Saint Michael’s.
Lyons played for the Hal-
d a n e Vo l l e y b a l l t e a m t h a t
w o n t h e N e w Yo r k S t a t e
Championship.
doing. This season he plans
to feature more of an attack-
ing style. This is because the
Blue Devils lack size up front
on defense. Because of this,
they will rely more on speed.
Some of the team's key new-
comers are offensive linemen
Christian Callaghan, James
Moss, and Matt Hughes.
The Blue Devils' key re-
turning players are O'Dell,
quarterback Frank Fusco,
wide receiver/safety Elias
Lopez, tight end Rich Fergu-
son, runningback/linebacker
Rafael Famighetti, and line-
men Cameron Zampino and
John McGuire.
In addition to O'Dell,
Zampino and Famighetti also
serve as captains.
Discussing this week's
game against Chester, Coach
Percacciolo said that O'Dell
will miss the game due to an
ankle injury. That means that
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Wednesday, September 9, 2009
other players will have to
shoulder more responsibility
against a team that has been
highly successful in the past.
"Those guys have to step
up now," he said.
In order to be successful
against Chester, Coach Per-
cacciolo believes that his team
must move the ball on offense
in order to eat up time. This
will keep Chester's explosive
offense off the field.
"They have a veteran team
and they are pretty quick,"
said Coach Percacciolo.
After opening against
Chester, the Blue Devils face
Putnam Valley at home on
Sept. 17. That is followed by
another home game against
Lincoln Hall on Sept. 26. Hal-
dane then travels to Tuckahoe
on Oct. 3. They return home
to play Croton-Harmon on
Oct. 10 and then go to Hast-
ings on Oct. 17.
Putnam Valley Football Tigers Field Hockey Faces
Plans to Improve Some Challenges
by Mike Horton
After a losing season in
’08, the Tigers are excited
about the upcoming season.
They‘re returning some key
players they missed due to
injury last year and are enter-
ing a new league.
The football program is rela-
tively young, and since its
start in 2001 PV has managed
to appear in two bowl games
and grab a league champion-
ship in Class B two seasons
ago. This year the Tigers hope
for a return to that success, as
they drop to Class C.
Here’s a look at this year’s
Tigers squad:
TEAM- Putnam Valley Tigers
football
COACH- Frank Heitman, fifth
season
LAST YEAR’S RECORD/
FINISH- 3-5, missed the
playoffs
WHAT’S EXCITING ABOUT
THIS TEAM? - “Very athletic”
were the first two words to
come out of Heitman’s mouth
when asked this question. He
went on to say, “we should
get better every week as we
play games and start to come
together.” Heitman expressed
confidence in his team, but
added that they have yet to
show what kind of team they’ll
really be come game time.
Philipstown Pop Warner Ready for Fall Season
T HE P UTNAM C OUNTY N EWS A ND R ECORDER
RETURNING STARTERS-
Gerry Zimbaldi (12, OL/DL,
captain, All-League), Mike
Nolan (12, QB/S, captain),
Travis Gembecki (12, C/LB),
Chris Castro (12, OL/DL),
Ryan Fitzgerald (12, WR/S),
Kevin Christopher (11, WR/
LB), Jim Ready (12, OL/DL),
John Warden (11, RB/LB),
Brian Minnerly (11, WR/DB).
N OTA BLE R ETU RN IN G
PLAYERS-Jason Kolb (11,
OL/DL), Anthony Tyndal (12,
QB/DB), Jetmir Berisha (12,
OL/DL), Gerardo Alvarez (12,
OL/DL)
N O TA B L E N E W P L AY-
ERS- AJ Martinez (10, RB/S),
Marcus Givan (12, WR/DB),
Will Mauro (10, OL/DL),
Connor Gembecki (10, QB/
DB), Steve Pino (12, WR/DB)
LEAGUE-The new League
C-D North consists of Lincoln
Hall, Haldane, Hastings, Cro-
ton, and Putnam Valley.
OUTLOOK-Heitman is ex-
cited about the change in class.
“After dropping in class, I
think we could compete for
the section,” he said. Heit-
man added that he feels like
his team has the talent. “If we
can focus and be intense, we
could do some things.”
The Tigers open their sea-
son on Friday September 11
at home against new league
opponent Lincoln Hall at 7pm.
Sharon DiPalo
by Mike Horton
Putnam Valley’s field hockey
team has been one of the big-
gest bright spots in the school’s
brief history. Since snatching
the school’s first state title in
any sport in 2005 under coach
Tracy Parchen, the Tigers have
maintained their aggressive
play.
Toniann Cortina stepped in
as head coach in 2007, and the
Tigers reclaimed their title as
section champs in Class B last
season. Despite their loss in
the regionals, it was a stellar
season for the Tigers.
This year they have some
challenges as they are dropping
to Class C and replacing some
key players. Cortina knows
the team has holes to fill, but
she is confident that they can
stay strong.
Here’s a look at this year’s
Tigers team:
TEAM- Putnam Valley Tigers
field hockey
COACH-Toniann Cortina,
third season
LAST YEAR’S RECORD/
FINISH- 19-3, Section 1 Class
B champs, lost in regionals to
Garden City
W H AT ’ S EXCITING
ABOUT THIS TEAM? - Cor-
tina is excited about how this
year’s group will respond to
After a month of nightly August
practices, Philipstown’s
two youth football teams
are ready to start playing
their fall games. The Mighty
Mite (pictured at left) and
Tiney Mite teams have begun
scrimmaging this week and
are excited for their first
games. The Mighty Mites start
on Sunday, September 13 at
Mayor’s Park at 2pm. Check
out midhudsonconference.org
for the two teams’ schedules.
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new challenges. “These girls
are young, but we have an op-
portunity to grow,” she said.
RETURNING STARTERS-
Hannah Tavella (12, M, cap-
tain, All-League), Amanda
DeChent (12,Off, All-League)
RETURNING PLAYERS-
Demetria Andritsopoulos (12,
Off), Ashley Browne (12, Off),
Tianna Daley (12, G), Alissa-
beth Minnich (11, Off), Vic-
toria Stanishia (11, D), Dana
Tatnell (10, M)
NEW PLAYERS - Sayaka
Abe (9, Off), Lauren Landi
(10, M), Erin McCrudden (9,
M), Maria Rao (11, Off), Alissa
Schut (11, Off), Melissa Wag-
ner (9, Def), Kristen Weeks
(11, Def), Erica Wharton (11,
Def), Diane Rush (10, Def)
LEAGUE - The league consists
of Pleasantville, Briarcliff,
Edgemont, JFK, Walter Panas,
Croton, and Hen Hud. Cortina
said “We expect to do well in
Class C. We have pretty high
expectations, and we would
like to make the finals.”
OUTLOOK - Cortina is look-
ing to be strong this year,
despite inexperience. “If we
do it, that would be great, but
it’s going to be because we
worked hard for it.”
The Tigers open their season
at home against Pawling on
Thursday at 4:15pm.
School, Rec League, and
Travel Team Coaches:
The PCN&R is
expanding its sports
coverage.
Please send game
wrap-ups and photos
to Editor@pcnr.com.
Put “sports” in the
subject line.
If you are interested in
working as a stringer
for the Sports section,
please email
Editor@pcnr.com
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SERVICES
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
BEST DEAL IN TOWN - Get
a Classified Ad in the Putnam
County News for as little as
$6.25. Our classifieds get re-
sults! 265-2468.
TREE SERVICE: Pruning,
cabling, removal, stump grind-
ing, shearing. Consultation.
Certified Arborist. Fully in-
sured. Call Henry L. Kingsley,
265-3721. PC#1566.
MASSAGE:
Feel Good Again!
Georgia Christy,
Licensed Massage Therapist.
424-4224.
YOUR DISPLAY ADS can
go on the PCN&R web site for
an additional $10. Call Marga-
ret @ 265-2468 for more info.
SWEDISH MASSAGE:
Back pain, neck pain, stress?
Sleep better, heal better,
think better, feel better. Dan
Anderson LMT 527-7533
YOUR BEAUTIFUL HOME
by Toland Construction. Reno-
vation, restoration, remodeling
and new construction. All size
jobs. PC#1244 and insured.
845-265-2253
HONOR THY PLUMBER
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 arborist
cert. # NY 5332A. Fully In-
sured. Reg. No. PC2213-A
Please Call: 845-265-
3434
CRYSTAL CLEAR WINDOW
Cleaning Service. Specializing
on all shapes and sizes, store,
office, & home. Free Estimates,
fully insured."Got Windows"?
Year round service. Call 845-
431-6967.
KC PAINTING - Interior &
Exterior painting - sheet-rock-
ing - taping - plaster repair.
References, insured. PC #260.
265-3291.
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)
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
NAIRN CONTRACTING CO.,
LLC. Remodeling - Building -
Renovations - References - In-
sured - PC#441 Est 1987 845-
265-7810
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-
2390
KIMMEL BUILDERS ALL
phases of construction. Large
and small projects. many satis-
fied customers. view our
website, kimmelbuilders.com
845-656-4956 lic PC941
ADULT CAREGIVER
available. Exp, drive to all
appts. Dispense meds. Com-
panion. Call Ray 845-265-3769
PC COMPUTER TROUBLE
Repair/Instruction/Upgrade
needed? We can help, reason-
able rates 845-265-3089
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
ALL EXCAVATION.
Expert & affordable service,
septics, new/repaired, drainage
work, all site work, land clear-
ing, demolition, foundations/
pools dug, driveways etc. 26
years local experience insrd/
PC#3332 Jeff 845-635-1717
or 914-330-1747, The Best for
Less!!
PAINTING AND PLASTER
Repair, Interior, 22 yrs exp.
George Kimmel 845-831-8723
HOUSECLEANING AVAIL
Reliable, experienced, afford-
able. Call Mary 914-954-1382
FINE ART PRINTMAKERS
Hi res scans of originals
up to 6 X 8ft. Color and B&W
Archival inks, papers, and
canvas. Any length X 64"W.
State of the art digital
since 1997. 845-809-5174
www.thehighlandstudio.com
HOME IMPROVEMENTS
Kitchens, bathrooms, play-
rooms & tile work. Licensed &
insured. Call 845-849-2299 for
free estimates by Nick
Mastrantuono.
MUSIC LESSONS
saxophone/flute/clarinet
Jazz Improv - all instruments
with Rob Scheps. CS Village
fun, patient, creative. Call 503-
381-5983, cell.
CHEFALOCONSTRUCTION.COM
28 years of remodeling, reno-
vation, new construction and
restoration in the Philipstown
area. Call Jim at 914-456-
4131 or 845-896-7472 for free
estimates or consultation.
PC#2360-A
CLEANING SERVICE
Experienced, dependable, and
detail oriented. Satisfaction
guaranteed. Refs avail 845-337-
1403
TUTOR
All ages. Seventeen years
teaching all subjects, including
Spanish, Writing, Math, SAT
plus College Essay prep.
Weekly Art + Spanish Classes
Frank Ortega 845-265-4236
STORE OPENING: COM-
PUTER store now open in
Philipstown Square (old Perks
Plaza) providing all types of
PC support & repairs. SPE-
CIAL: disinfect, speed-up, up-
date & clean-up $100. 845-809-
5411 moodypcs@gmail.com
3166 Route 9, Cold Spring (1.5
miles North of Rte 301)
HANDYMAN. HIGH QUAL-
ITY work, reasonable rates,
Refs. Call 914-879-7904 leave
message.
DOWNEY OIL 90 YEARS
of Warm Service. Visit our
Web Site. DowneyOilNY.com
856-365-3663
SCHOOL SUCCESS demands
writing excellence. Get help
from expert writing/research
coach: educator experienced
for all levels; well-published
writer, professional editor.
saradgilbert@gmail.com
845-265-5295
TAG SALE
HUGE GIRL SCOUT FUND
Raiser Sat 9/12 from 9am-2pm
(rain date 9/13) Little League
Field at North Highlands Fire
Dept. Fishkill Rd. Cold Spring.
Clothes, toys, books, furniture
and more.
YARD SALEAPALOOZA
Cold Spring. A multi-family
tag sale that you won't want to
miss! 333-337 Main Street,
Cold Spring, NY Sat Sept 19th
10-5pm.
MULTI FAMILY YARD
Sale. Sat Sept 12 9-4pm. 265
Main St. Cold Spring. Inclds
furniture, tools, household
items.
MISC
BIJOU GALLERIES LTD
Celebrating 14 years in busi-
ness at 50 Main Street
Cold Spring Daily 11-5
Bijougalleries.com
SHEAFORSUPERVISOR.COM
WANTED
HUD VALLEY AUCTIONEERS
Antique and Estate buyers
commission sales, auctions
held monthly, 432 Main St.
Beacon 845-838-3049, Neil
Vaughn. For info visit www.
hudsonvalleyauctioneers.com
REAL ESTATE
REAL ESTATE NEEDS
Limited Editions Realty 21
Main Street, Cold Spring. Call
845-265-3111 or go to
limitededitionsrealty.com
COLD SPRING VILLAGE
Home: 3BR, 1+1/2 BTH, FPL,
Hd Wd Flrs, Garden, Off St.
pkng, + detached 2 story ga-
rage w/500 Sq Ft. office/artist
studio. Great location, walk to
train and shopping. $385,000.
by appt only 845-265-2944
PETS
LOST OR FOUND PET? Call
Dog Control Officer, 265-4732.
Call Sheriff's Dept., 225-4300
only in an emergency.
PUTNAM VALLEY Dog con-
trol office operates small im-
pound. Please contact them if
your dog is missing and might
have travelled into Putnam Val-
ley. They maintain list of lost
dogs and sightings. Adoptions
are also available. 526-3293
DOGGIE DAY CARE &
RESTFULL SLEEPOVERS. I
welcome your furry friend as a
true guest in my home. They
have total access to my home
and my one acre fenced yard in
the woods. Bow Wow Haus
johnfunck@optonline.net
845-424-6017 John Funck 43
Cutler Lane, Garrison
AIDEN IS A YELLOW LAB
Mix, male, approx 9 mos old as
of 8/28/09. Neutered, Rabies
vaccinated. He's friendly with
the female Annabelle, who is
also at our shelter. Plays well
with her so he likely would be
friendly to other dogs. Likely
to submit to another "in charge"
dog easily enough. Aiden's
adoption fee is $120. Putnam
Humane Socity, Old Rte 6,
Carmel 845-225-7777 Mon-
Fri: 10-6pm Sat-Sun 10-4pm.
LOCAL HORSE BOARDING
Available. Only 2 stalls left in
our newly built, semi-private
facility with arena. Call for
quotes. Lessons & leasing also
available. Ask for Amber 845-
206-1906
HELP WANTED
THE PUTNAM COUNTY
Historical Society seeks vol-
unteer docents. Young adults
will gain museum work experi-
ence. Older adults will learn
local history and share passion
with community. Museum
open Wed-Sun, 11-5. Please
call 845-265-4010
DO YOU LOVE SPORTS???
Need work? The PCN&R is
expanding its sports coverage
and seeks freelance reporters
to start immediately. Contact
Joe Lindsley at joe@pcnr.com
or 845-265-2468
PATTERSON FLEA MARKET
Rte 22, Patterson, NY. Every
Sunday, 8-4. Dealer space
available $35. New and Old
items. 845-265-4414 or
www.PattersonFleaMarket.com
COLD SPRING 3BDRM THREE TO FOUR BDRM
2Bth house on 1 acre. All utils house on large estate. Access
CHILDCARE incld, newly finished full bsmt,
large mahogany deck. 914-409-
to trails, boat dock, peaceful,
private setting. $2000/mo +
PHILIPSTOWN STAY AT 6236 $2500/mo utils. One mo Sec + last mo.
HOME MOM 914-621-8599
RELAXING FARM PROPERTY
available to babysit your child
in my home! Reasonable rates, Home w/ 2bdrm 1.5 bths, 5 SIT WANTED
Call 845-424-5344 acre backyard w/pond. Private
setting. Mins from
Poughkeepsie train station and
BABYSITTER TO WATCH all major roads. $1500/mo + OFFICE SPACE WANTED
three spirited kids (G3, B5, B7), Local grant writer seeks PT
utils. 914-456-4974
intermittent after school and
weekend hours. Cold Spring
office for computer work, etc.
Will trade services, such as
OFFICE SPACE AVAIL
Village. Refs required, Bonny manual labor, companionship,
for Healthcare Professional in
845-809-5317 writing, editing, etc. for space.
Cold Spring. 845-265-2275
Exc refs, friendly. 845-661-
1552 Pete.
GARRISON CHARMING
RENTALS 3 bdrmm 1bth apt on horse farm.
Hiking & trails. $1800/mo
COLD SPRING MAIN ST inclds utils 845-424-3324 FOR SALE
store for rent 1000 sq ft. Great
location 1 block RR $1600/mo. TRANQUIL OFFICE SPACE ANTIQUE RUSSIAN SILVER
for rent overlooking pond. Per-
Incl heat 845-528-1975 Collection, pre-1917 very rare:
fect for consultants or writers. spoons, milk pitchers, tray, etc.,
2 offices, $450 and $600/mo.
COMMERCIAL SPACE vintage Tiffany Crystal
avail at 3021 Rte 9, Cold Spring. Rent one or both. Furniture if Candelholders, ca 1850. cop-
needed. Full kitchen, medita-
Warehouse 1,600 sq. ft. with per Bedwarmer (England) Call
office 300 sq ft. $2,000 a month. tive walk to pond. Bedroom 917-488-5232
for rent also on per night basis
Great for any type of contrac-
tor. Utilities not incld. Pls call if needed. Call 845-661-0350
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 2BDRM APT
1 bath, EIK, lvng rm, lrg yard,
4 blks to train. W/D , pkng &
water incld. $1350/mo. Newly
painted. One mo sec, 845-661-
6632
GARRISON 3BDRM 2BATH
house renovated 1860 farm
house, beamed ceilings,
skylites, sub zero. Unique in-
holding in Fahnestock State
Park amid 3500 acres of forest,
lakes, water falls, meadows.
Garrison school, lawn care,
lake & beach permits incld.
$2400/mo 845-265-2519
COLD SPRING/BEACON 9D
Mins, DIA, I84, RR, 70 NYC,
Hudson Views, Boats, 3bdrm,
den, 2 bth, $1600 914-584-
7137 or 914-960-0069
GARRISON PROFESSIONAL
Commercial office rental at The
Stone House. Excellent loca-
tion. Rte 9 at Putnam/
Westchester border. $475/mo.
Includes heat, electric, park-
ing. Refs, Sec. Indian Brook
Properties 845-788-4191
2 BDRM APT COLD SPRING
walk to everything, walk in
closets, hrdwd flrs, off st. pkng,
heat. Laundry on premises.
$1300/mo. 845-265-3030
COLD SPRING VILLAGE
1 br Apt - 4 minute walk to
train. All utilities and off street
parking included. No pets, no
smoking. $975/mo 845-380-
1108
GARRISON 1 BDRM APT
Heat/hot water cen air, fur-
nished or unfurnished, pkng.
Call 845-424-6149 $850/mo
COZY COTTAGE IN WOODS
Old Albany Post Rd, Garrison.
Avail 11/1. perfect writer's re-
treat. Fully furnished. All utili-
ties included. $1650 + dep 845-
612-9481