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Cricket Valley protesters

return to court, negotiate
offers for settlements
By KAITLIN LYLE
kaitlinl@millertonnews.com

DOVER — Resolved to raise aware-

ness of potential health, safety and
environmental hazards linked to the
Cricket Valley Energy (CVE) power
plant in Dover, climate activists, com-
munity advocates and area residents
organized a blockade at the power
plant with the intention of shutting
it down this past November. Urging
Governor Andrew Cuomo to shut the
plant down for good, protesters from
the group Resist Cricket Valley blocked
CVE employees from entering the PHOTO BY ERIK MCGREGOR
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE DOVER ATHLETIC BOOSTERS plant with a tractor blockade. That day, Prior to their court session at the Town of Dover Court, Attorney David
Student athletes on the Dover varsity and junior varsity basketball teams four individuals also climbed one of Dorfman prepared the 25 people charged with trespassing as a viola-
recognized their family, friends and community members for their ser- tion at the Cricket Valley Energy power plant as well as the four people
vice in the Armed Forces during a special Salute to Service Recognition See CRICKET VALLEY, A9 charged with criminal trespassing in the third degree.
Ceremony in the Dover High School gymnasium.

A sporting salute
DOVER — To show their gratitude
for the service of local veterans, stu-
dent athletes on the Dover varsity and
junior varsity basketball teams honored
those who served and are serving in the
Armed Forces at a special Salute to Ser-
vice Recognition Ceremony on Tues-
day, Jan. 14.
Organized by Cindy Mejorado Flint
and the Dover Athletic Boosters, the
students were given a chance to honor
family members, friends and other
Flu season is worse this year
There’s still time to get a shot
By CYNTHIA HOCHSWENDER
cynthiah@lakevillejournal.com
TRI-STATE REGION — Although
the Tri-state region is now deep into flu
season (and it’s expected to get worse),
it’s not too late to get a flu vaccine.
There are no more flu clinics sched-
uled for this flu season, but pharmacies
such as Rite Aid/Walgreens in North
Canaan are offering vaccinations; CVS
in Millerton is temporarily out of stock
of the vaccine for seniors (anyone over
the age of 65) but has vaccine for the
general population (call or stop by to
see if they have the vaccine for seniors
yet); and at primary care doctors.
The Salisbury Visiting Nurse As-
sociation still has a limited amount of
the vaccine. You need to call and make
an appointment with Wellness Nurse
Lisa Barbieri at 860-435-0816; she can
be reached Tuesday through Friday be-
tween 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.
community members court side in the
Pine Plains solar moratorium
supported but not adopted, yet
Dover High School gymnasium, begin-
ning at 5:30 p.m.
Following an American Legion Col-
or Guard recognition ceremony and a
live performance of the National An- By WHITNEY JOSEPH week’s Town Board meeting due to a lar Committee has been working on
them by Dover High School students, editor@millertonnews.com technical error, the board expressed its for the past year. She added the mora-
the gym shifted to host the Dover var- support of the moratorium. And if the torium is in no way meant to dissuade
sity boys basketball team’s game against PINE PLAINS — The town of Pine silence from the public, which did not people from pursuing solar energy.
Millbrook. Millbrook was declared the Plains is one step closer to enacting a make any comments during the hear- “We want people to do solar; we’re
winner scoring 75-25 over Dover. six-month moratorium on solar farms ing, was any indication, it also sup- not against solar,” she said at a later
— Kaitlin Lyle and other commercial solar facilities, ports the measure. date, adding she favors moving away
thanks to a public hearing that was Councilwoman Sarah Jones said from fossil fuels. “We’re very much in
held on Thursday, Jan. 16. Although she expects no controversy on the favor of solar; we just want to be sure
the proposed local law on the mora- moratorium, or on soon-to-be com-
torium could not be adopted at last pleted solar law, which the town’s So- See SOLAR MORATORIUM, A9
Holy cow: hometown heifer wins championship
The Centers for Disease Control
(CDC) reports that “Seasonal influ-
enza activity in the United States has
Giddy Up moo-ves to the top of her class
been elevated for eight weeks and By CAROL KNEELAND
continues to increase.” Special to The Millerton News
Every year, there seems to be con-
fusion about what is a cold and what MILLBROOK — The Whalen fam-
is a flu. The CDC stresses that not ily of Friendship Farm received a late
everyone who has the flu will have a Christmas gift on Wednesday, Jan. 15,
fever; however, signs of flu are fever when they learned that their Guern-
or feeling feverish and having chills; sey, Giddy Up, was named All Ameri-
cough; sore throat; runny or stuffy can Summer Yearling Heifer.
nose; muscle or body aches; head- Explaining that the award was
aches; fatigue; and occasionally but akin to a football player winning the
not always vomiting and diarrhea (this Heisman Trophy and being named
is more common in children than in All American, proud owner Richard
adults). “Dick” Whalen said, “That means she
Colds and flus are both respiratory is the best Guernsey in that class. She
illnesses caused by a virus. It’s hard is the best one in the country.”
to tell them apart. But the simplest Giddy Up galloped to her title af- PHOTO SUBMITTED
way to think about it, according to ter being named as the latest junior Dick Whalen sports the ribbon and medal he and his heifer, Giddy Up,
the CDC, is that a flu is much more Champion at the Dutchess County won at the October 2019 World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisc. Capping
her honors, she was recently named number one in the country as the
See FLU SHOT, A9 See GIDDY UP, A9 Guernsey All American Summer Yearling Heifer.

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A2 THE MILLERTON NEWS, Thursday, January 23, 2020
OBITUARIES
David Gilhooly
NORTH CANAAN — Da-
vid Gilhooly, 91, died on Jan. 17,
2020.
He was born in Glasgow,
Scotland, on April
30, 1928. He came to
the U.S. on Veteran’s
Day, 1960, and was a
veteran of the British
Armed Service.
David was a won-
derful and generous
husband, father, step-
father and grandfa-
ther. All who knew
him appreciated his
quick wit, his service to others
and his kind manner.
David lived in Salisbury and
Cornwall for many years. When
he first came to the country, he
worked at Lakeville Precision
Molding, and was caretaker and
groundskeeper for many fami-
lies in the area, and an Amway
distributor. He was a vestry
member of Christ Church Epis-
copal in North Canaan.
He enjoyed going to blue-
grass festivals and listening to
Scottish ballads.
David leaves his loving wife,
Ruth Gilhooly of North Ca-
naan; his daughter, Christine
Messer, and her husband, Ralph
Larmore; his granddaughters
Send obituaries to
cynthiah@lakevillejournal.com
American Legion
Post 178 breakfast
MILLERTON — A break-
fast will be held at Millerton
American Legion Post 178 on
Sunday, Feb. 2, from 7 to 11
a.m.
The meal may be served as
eat in or take out.
The price is $8 per adult
and $6 for children and se-
niors.
The breakfast takes place
on the first Sunday of the
month from October through
April.
The Post is located at 155
Route 44.
Horse rescue
training in Dover
DOVER PLAINS — The
Dutchess County Animal Re-
sponse Team under the Medi-
cal Reserve Corps (MRC) of
Dutchess County will be
practicing an exercise about
horse rescue on Thursday, Jan.
30, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at
Lucky Orphans Horse Rescue.
The event is only open to
members of MRC and is free.
MRC members can regis-
ter by contacting Joseph Ryan
at jryan@dutchessny.gov or
845-486-2493.
Student artwork in
DCC gallery exhibit
POUGHKEEPSIE — Se-
lect works by students in
Dutchess Community College
(DCC) art classes will be on
display through Friday, Feb.
7, in the College’s Mildred I.
Washington Art Gallery.
The gallery is in the Allyn
J. Washington Center for Sci-
ence and Art. Gallery hours
are Monday through Thurs-
day, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Fri-
day, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Guests
should park in Lot D.
For more information
about the exhibit, call Gal-
lery Director Lindsey Guile
at 845-431-8610.
Painting and music
events at library
COPAKE — The Roeliff
Jansen Community Library
is sponsoring two events.
The new Painting Party
Club meets on Thursday, Jan.
30, from 5 to 7 p.m. The me-
dium will be canvas.
Harpsichordist Andrew
Appel will perform on Satur-
day, Feb. 1, at 5 p.m.
Both events are free and
open to the public.
The library is located at
9091 Route 22.
Heather Messer of Chicopee,
Mass., Tara Quigley of Pitts-
field and Karen (Quigley) Brand-
meyer of Vermont; his niece,
Wilma Bailey Blue of
Glasgow; two neph-
ews, John McGarry of
North Canaan and Ja-
son McGarry of North
Carolina; his stepchil-
dren and their spouses,
Katherine Wingard
and John Ganning of
Chatham, N.Y., Steve
Wingard of Cottekill,
N.Y., Rebecca and Bob
Stucke of St. Albans, Vt., Terri
and Tom Bunce of North Ca-
naan, Jerri and Joan Wingard
of Raymond, Maine, Jayne and
Gordon Ridgway of Cornwall
and Russell and Dianne Wingard
of Falls Village; and many great-
grandchildren and great-great-
grandchildren.
David was predeceased by his
first wife, Charlotte Gilhooly;
his son, David Gilhooly Jr.; his
daughter, Maureen Quigley;
and his grandson, Brian Robert
Messer.
A memorial service will be
held in the spring. Arrange-
ments are under the care of the
Newkirk Palmer Funeral Home
in North Canaan.
AREA IN BRIEF
Forum on short-term
rentals Jan. 28
AMENIA — The Tri-Town
Coalition will host its first educa-
tional forum on short-term rent-
als, presented by the Dutchess
County Planning Department on
Tuesday, Jan. 28, at 6 p.m. at the
Amenia Town Hall auditorium.
The public is invited to come
and learn about the pros and
cons of short-term rentals (like
Air BnB), the potential impact
on affordable housing and what
communities across the Hudson
Valley are doing to regulate them.
The event is free, but RSVPs
are requested by email to jbou-
dreau@hudsonriverhousing.org.
Amenia Town Hall is located
at 4988 Route 22.
DCC to host forum on
immigration issues
POUGHKEEPSIE— Dutchess
Community College (DCC) will
present a forum called Know
Your Rights: Immigrant Infor-
mation in Uncertain Times on
Tuesday, Jan. 28, from 5 to 7 p.m.
in Bowne Hall, room 122.
For more information, contact
Paula Lockshon at 845-431-8345
or paula.lockshon@sunydutchess.
edu.
Concert at St. John’s in
the Wilderness Feb. 2
COPAKE FALLS — A Winds in
the Wilderness concert takes place
on Sunday, Feb. 2, at 3 p.m. at the
Church of St. John in the Wilder-
ness, located at 261 Route 344.
Music by Quartz, Bolling, Back,
Holtz, Myers, Granados and Satie
will be performed.
The price is $15 at the door. No Millerton Rescue Squad, will lead
charge for children and students. the trainings. The first training is
Refreshments will be available fol-
Lakeville Journal
lowing the concert.
For more information, call 518- lerton Library Annex located at
329-1577 or go to the Facebook 28 Century Blvd.
page for Winds in the Wilderness
Concerts.
Art at the Grange
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p.m. Steve Gubler will lead the
group and offer artistic support
for those who desire it.
The afternoon includes
watercolor painting (materials
available or bring your own),
crafts, stories, music/songs and
fellowship.
The events are free.
The Grange is located at 628
Empire Road.
For more information on
the Copake Grange, go to www.
copakegrange.org.
Dianne (Daniels) Murtagh
SHARON — Dianne (Daniels)
Murtagh, 49, a longtime resident
of Dutchess County and most re-
cently of Kent and Sharon, died
peacefully on Jan. 13,
2020, at Sharon Health
Care Center following
a lengthy illness.
Born June 11, 1970,
in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.,
she was the daughter
of Charles Daniels of
Punta Gorda, Fla., and
the late Sandra (Rich-
ards) Daniels.
She was a graduate
of Arlington High School and en-
joyed spending time with her be-
loved family, especially her nieces
and nephews. She will be dearly
missed by her loving family and
her many caregivers and friends.
Dianne is survived by her sib-
lings, Bambi Daniels of Canyon
Lake, Texas, Keely Arico and her
husband, Michael, of Hyde Park,
N.Y., Kim Fischer and her hus-
band, Scott, of Pleasant Valley,
N.Y., and Michael Daniels of Hyde
Myron Neugeboren
LAKEVILLE — Myron Neuge-
boren, 89, of Lakeville
passed away on Satur-
day, Jan. 11, 2020, at his
home.
Born in Brook-
lyn, N.Y., on Nov. 8,
1930, he is survived
by his loving family:
his wife, Carolyn; his
sons, Harlan, Rob-
ert and Edward; his
daughters-in-law,
Laurel, Beverly and Sandra; his
Congressman Delgado
in Hillsdale Jan. 23
HILLSDALE — Congressman
Antonio Delgado (D-NY 19) will be
in Hillsdale on Thursday, Jan. 23, at 4
p.m. The congressman will be the
featured guest on a tour highlight-
ing the town’s productive partner-
ship with the federal government.
The walk-about starts at Town
Hall at 4 p.m.
For more information, contact
Hillsdale town Supervisor Peter
Cipkowski, at 646-373-5002 or
pcipkowski@gmail.com.
Historical Society
membership meeting
PINE PLAINS — The Little
Nine Partners Historical Society
of Pine Plains will hold its Annual
Membership Meeting and Pro-
gram on Friday, Jan. 24, at 6:30
p.m. at the Pine Plains Commu-
nity Center located above the Pine
Plains Free Library, 7775 South
Main St. (Route 82).
The meeting is free and open
to the public. Refreshments will
be served.
The featured speaker will be
Neil Murray, local history teacher
and re-enactor, who will give a talk
about the material culture of a Civil
War soldier, which will include
items from Murray’s collection.
The snow date is Friday, Jan. 31,
at the same date and location.
For more information, go to
www.facebook.com/L9PHS.
Free Narcan training
MILLERTON — This year,
the library is offering quarterly
Narcan trainings to the public.
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Park; several nieces and nephews;
her great-nephew; several cous-
ins; and many dear friends.
In addition to her mother,
Dianne was also prede-
ceased by her husband,
Michael A. Murtagh, on
Feb. 19, 2013. They had
married June 16, 2012,
in Kent.
Private graveside
services and burial will
take place at Pough-
keepsie Rural Cemetery.
A memorial service will
be held on Sunday, Feb.
23, at 2 p.m. at Sharon Health
Care Center.
Memorial donations may be
made to the Sharon Fire Depart-
ment, P.O. Box 357, Sharon, CT
06069.
Arrangements are under the
direction of the Scott D. Conklin
Funeral Home in Millerton.
To send an online condolence,
go to www.conklinfuneralhome.
com.
grandchildren, Ross, Samantha,
Jonah, Olivia, Abigail,
Alexandra, Annaleah
and Ashlyn; and by his
wonderful sister, Sandra
Reisman.
Myron was a devoted
and generous husband,
father and grandfather,
and the exemplar of a
good and honest man.
His memory will be cher-
ished by the many who
loved him. Go Giants!
Magic at the Copake
Grange Jan. 25
COPAKE — Jeffrey Jene
brings his classic and modern
magical effects presented in
a charming vaudevillian style
on Saturday, Jan. 25, at 7 p.m.
at the Copake Grange at 628
Empire Road.
Ticket price is $10 per adult
and $2 for children under 12.
All children must be accom-
panied by an adult.
Shachtman at the
White Hart Jan. 29
SALISBURY, Conn. — The
White Hart inn in conjunction
with Oblong Books & Music
and the Scoville Library pres-
ent Tom Shachtman discuss-
ing his book, “The Founding
Fortunes: How the Wealthy
Paid for and Profited from
America’s Revolution.”
The event takes place on
Wednesday, Jan. 29, at 6 p.m.
at The White Hart inn located
at 15 Undermountain Road.
An RSVP is required by go-
ing to www.oblongbooks.com
and clicking on events.
Writers’ Group
invites new members
PINE PLAINS — The Pine
Plains Writers’ Group meets ev-
ery Wednesday night at 7 p.m.
in the Community Room over
the Pine Plains Free Library. All
are welcome to attend.
For more information, email
darrahcloud@gmail.
The library is located at 7775
South Main St. The library and
Community Room are handi-
cap accessible.
Anthony H. Fontana
GALLATIN, NY — Anthony
H. Fontana, 60, formerly of Yon-
kers, N.Y., passed away at home
on Jan. 14, 2020.
He was born on June 3, 1959, in
Yonkers, the son of Harry and the
late Grace (DE Michaels) Fontana.
Anthony was a Master Plumb-
er and owner of Tana Tempera-
ture Control Company in Yon-
kers. He worked alongside his
father for more than 40 years.
He loved the outdoors and
spent many summers working on
a family horse ranch in Tupper
Lake, N.Y.
Anthony was an avid hiker and
ice climber. He and his wife, Nora
had a home built in the mountains
of Gallatin, where he was living
the dream. He was the eternal op-
timist and always happy.
On Feb. 22, 2003, he mar-
Worship Services
Week of January 26, 2020
The Congregational
Church of Salisbury, U.C.C.
30 Main Street, Salisbury, CT
Serving the Lord with Gladness
We bid you warm welcome to come
worship with us Sundays at 10 am.
All are welcome!
Moving music,and Christian fellowship
in a historic 19th C. Meeting House.
Sunday School & Nursery Care
The Rev. Dr. John A. Nelson
(860) 435-2442
www.salisburycongregational.org
St. John's Episcopal Church
12 Main Street, Salisbury, CT
Rev. Marilyn Anderson
Rev. Paul Christopherson
SUNDAY SERVICES
8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist (Rite I) Said
10:00 a.m. Eucharist with music (Rite II)
WEDNESDAY HEALING SERVICE
At Noon – with Eucharis
www.stjohnssalisbury.org
860-435-9290
North Canaan
Congregational Church, UCC
Joyfully opening our hearts
and doors to all God's people
Pastor Savage Frieze
172 Lower Rd/Rt. 44, East Canaan CT
Worship services Sundays at 10 am
AT THE PILGRIM HOUSE
30 GRANITE AVE, CANAAN:
FISHES & LOAVES Food Pantry and
CLOSETS for clothing, Wednesdays 9-11
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northcanaancongregational
North East Baptist Church
Historic Meeting House,
Main & Maple Millerton, NY
God's word is always relevant!
A Warm Welcome Awaits You
SUNDAY SERVICES
Family Bible School - 9:30 AM
Morning Worship - 11:00
Evening Service - 6:00 PM
WEEKDAY MEETINGS
Weds. Prayer Meeting 7:00 PM
at Parsonage 33 S. Maple Ave.
Sat. Bible Studies
for Men & Women 3:00 PM
FELLOWSHIP LUNCHEON
First Sunday of each month
after AM services
Pastor Henry A. Prause
518-789-4840
The Sharon United
Methodist Church
112 Upper Main Steet,
North End of Sharon Green
Touching Lives - Lifting Spirits
10:45 a.m. Worship Service, Nursery Care
No Sunday School in Summer
The Rev. Margaret Laemmel
860-364-5634
sharonumc5634@att.net
Canaan United
Methodist Church
2 Church St., Rte 44, Canaan, CT
11 a.m. Worship Service
“Open Hearts – Open Minds – Open Doors”
Rev. Lee Gangaware
860-824-5534
canaanct-umc.com
canaanctumc@gmail.com
Promised Land
Baptist Church
29 Granite Ave., Canaan, CT
Where you will find: A Warm Welcome!
Helpful Bible Messages, A Place to Grow!
Sunday School - 10am
Sunday Worship - 11am
Wednesday Bible Study
and Prayer Meeting — 7PM
(860) 824-5685
VISITORS WELCOME!
www.promisedlandbaptist.org
The Chapel of All Saints,
Cornwall
An intimate Episcopal service every
Sunday
9:00am Holy Eucharist and sermon
Chapel at Trinity Conference Center
West Cornwall, CT
WELCOMING ALL
SAINT KATERI
TEKAKWITHA PARISH
860-927-3003
The Churches of
Sacred Heart, Kent
St. Bernard, Sharon
St. Bridget, Cornwall Bridge
MASS SCHEDULE
9 AM – Sacred Heart
Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday & First Friday
SATURDAY VIGIL
4 PM - St. Bridget
SUNDAY MASSES
8 AM - St. Bernard
10 AM - Sacred Heart
The Smithfield
Presbyterian Church
656 Smithfield Valley Rd.
Route 83, Amenia, NY
Services every Sunday 10 a.m.
21st Century Theology
in an Historic Building
ried Nora (Lipari) Fontana in
Hopewell Junction, N.Y. She
survives him at home.
In addition to his loving father
and wife, survivors include his
daughters, Yvonne, Noel, Kelly
and Jodi Ann and her husband,
Rich; two sisters, Susan and
Doreen Fontana; eight grand-
children; and many nieces and
nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins
and friends.
A time of sharing was held on
Jan. 16, the Rev. Jeff Silvieus of-
ficiating. Burial was in North Elba
Cemetery in Lake Placid, N.Y.
In lieu of flowers, memo-
rial donations may be sent to
the Esophageal Cancer Educa-
tion Foundation, P.O. Box 821,
Manalapan, NJ 07726.
To sign the online register, go
to www.peckandpeck.net.
All Saints of America
Orthodox Christian Church
313 Twin Lakes Rd., Salisbury, CT
Sat. Vespers at 5:00 p.m.
Sun. Liturgy at 9:30 a.m.
Rev. Fr. John J. Kreta
860-824-1340
www.allsaintsofamerica.us
Falls Village
Congregational Church
16 Beebe Hill Road, Falls Village
10:00 a.m. Family Worship
11:00 a.m. Coffee Hour
A Friendly Church with
a warm welcome to all!!
860-824-0194
Christ Church Episcopal
in Sharon
9 South Main, Sharon CT
Sunday Holy Eucharist at 9:00 AM
Rev. Dr. Martha Tucker
All welcome to join us
860-364-5260
www.christchurchsharon.org
Greenwoods
Community Church
355 Clayton Road, Ashley Falls, MA
Sunday Service 10:30 AM
Kidz Konnection
K-6th grade (during Sun. Service)
Nursery Care All Services
Pastor Trip Weiler
413-229-8560
www.greenwoodschurch.com
St. Thomas
Episcopal Church
40 Leedsville Road
Amenia Union, NY
SUNDAY WORSHIP 10:30
followed by refreshments
All ages welcome!
Rev. Dr. Robert D. Flanagan
www.stthomasamenia.com
845-373-9161
Trinity Episcopal Church
484 Lime Rock Rd., Lime Rock
Sun. 8 & 10:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist
Nursery Care/Sunday School 10:20 a.m.
“Offering companionship along the way”
Rev. Heidi Truax
(860) 435-2627
trinity@trinitylimerock.org
www.trinitylimerock.org
Unitarian Fellowship
of NW CT
Cobble Living Room
Noble Horizons
The next meeting will be
Sunday, February 9 at 10:30 a.m.
Am I a humanist?
All are Welcome
For information call 860-435-2319
The Lakeville United
Methodist Church
319 Main St., Lakeville, CT 06039
9:30 a.m. Worship Service
Sunday School 9:15 a.m.
“Open Hearts - Open Minds - Open Doors”
The Rev. Margaret Laemmel
860-435-9496
Lakevillemethodist@snet.net
ST. MARTIN OF TOURS
PARISH
Immaculate Conception,
4 North Street, Norfolk
St. Joseph, 4 Main Street, Canaan
St. Mary, 76 Sharon Road, Lakeville
MASS SCHEDULE
Saturday Vigil 5 pm, St. Joseph Church
Sunday 9 am, Church of St. Mary
Sunday 11 am,
Immaculate Conception Church
DAILY MASS SCHEDULE
Wednesday 6pm
St. Joseph Chapel or Church
Thursday 8am
Immaculate Conception Church
Friday 8am
Church of St. Mary
ALL ARE WELCOME!
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Village Board halts ADA
renovations to Village Hall
By KAITLIN LYLE
kaitlinl@millertonnews.com
MILLERTON — Taking
into account the issues that
still need to be addressed
before moving forward
with construction, the Vil-
lage Board has decided to
put a temporary halt on the
anticipated Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA) reno-
vations for Village Hall, lo-
cated at 21 Dutchess Ave.
Going back to the village’s
2018 Community Develop-
ment Block Grant (CDBG)
application, the ADA renova-
tions for Village Hall were
a part of a joint application
between the village of Mil-
lerton and the town of North
East to make both Village
Hall and North East Town
Hall, at 19 North Maple Ave.,
ADA-compliant. The two
Millerton restaurants partner
with North East Historical Society
By MEG DOWNEY
Special to The Millerton News
MILLERTON — The North
East Historical Society plans
round two of its successful Dine
Out for History series, in which it
collaborates with Millerton area
restaurants to help preserve the
region’s past.
On select dates from Sunday,
Jan. 26, through Thursday, March
26, seven Millerton restaurants
will host their own Dine Out
for History night, where 10% of
the proceeds from all patrons
that night will be donated to the
historical society to support its
research, digitize its collection
and make historic content more
available to the public, particu-
larly educators.
“We had a great time doing this
last year,” said Edward Downey,
president of the North East His-
torical Society. “The aim is to
also benefit local restaurants in
wintertime when business can
be slow. Our supporters re-
ally turned out last year, and we
hope to have the same support
Fire department seeks dollars,
and willing and able volunteers
By CAROL KNEELAND
Special to The Millerton News
MILLERTON — It’s a good
time to pass a fireman’s helmet
and give the volunteer firefighters
who put their lives on the line for
their neighbors in times of need
a well deserved tip.
Millerton Fire Department
President Leonard Morrison Sr.,
a 40-year veteran of the organiza-
tion, explained that while the fire
department and the fire district
are two separate entities, they
work together to keep the com-
munity safe.
The fire district “takes pretty
good care of us,” he said, as it pro-
vides equipment and other sup-
port. Donations received during
the two-part annual fundraiser
currently underway help the
group to purchase items that are
not always provided through the
district.
Morrison emphasized that
while donations are neither re-
quired nor expected, contribu-
tions are well appreciated and are
put to good use.
He explained, for example,
that recently the department
purchased a $4,000 drier, which
helps to dry turn out gear. The
department, in turn, donated the
drier to the district, one of the
ways in which, Morrison said,
“We use some of the money to
help the district.”
The donated funds also help
to keep the department going by
paying monthly expenses such as
dues to the state association as
well as providing some special
items for the all-volunteer body.
municipalities were awarded a
2018 Community Development
Block Grant from the county
and have since designed two
separate renovation projects.
Renovations needed to Vil-
lage Hall include installing new
doorways, installing an interim
boiler in the building and creat-
ing new bathrooms to accom-
modate the federal require-
ments for ADA accessibility.
In anticipation of starting the
renovations, Village Hall per-
sonnel and the Millerton Po-
lice Department vacated their
offices at the Dutchess Avenue
building and moved to a tem-
porary space at 1 John St. last
October.
However, during the process
of evaluating and designing the
renovations project, Millerton
Mayor Debbie Middlebrook
reported that the village dis-
covered some structural and
this year.”
Diners can go whenever they
want at dinnertime on the desig-
nated nights, but they are encour-
aged to make reservations where
required and mention Dine Out
for History.
The historical society will
launch the series at The Millerton
Inn, 53 Main Street, on Sunday,
Jan. 26. An optional brief presen-
tation on historic food businesses
will be at 5:30 p.m. for those who
want to come early. It will be of-
fered with a glass of wine, and
guests can enjoy their dinners at
the inn after that. Dinner reserva-
tions are requested.
The remaining restaurant din-
ners run through March 26. To get
a reminder, sign up for the North
East Historical Society newsletter
by contacting Ed Downey at ed-
downey@millertonlawyer.com.
Dates, participating restau-
rants and their dinner times are
as follows:
 • Jan. 26, Sunday, The Mil-
lerton Inn, 53 Main Street, 5 to 9
p.m., 518-592-1900. Reservations
requested.
Morrison commented, “We
use it to take care of our broth-
ers and sisters” with everything
from snacks and soda for much
needed down time to scholarships
for children of the volunteers.
“If someone does something
good, we try to take care of them,”
he said, in various ways such as
presenting department-funded
awards at an annual dinner. He
said the number of awards is not
set but is determined instead by
circumstances during the year.
He noted that the coming May
dinner will feature a special award
for a life saving “CPR event.”
The dinner itself is funded
by a tax the state collects from
insurance policy payments, one
part of the complex functioning
and funding of the all-volunteer
department, which has changed
over Morrison’s four decades of
service.
Referencing the pressures on
department members he recalled,
“We used to do a block dance and
all that to try to raise money, but
now most of the firemen have a
second job — we just don’t have
it — and training is a mandate
today. It’s unreal. God bless these
new people coming in.”
He worries about department
staffing.
“I’m not sure where fire service
is going because when you think
about it, there’s no place for the
young people that graduate from
high school,” he said. “There are
no jobs here, so they’ve got to
move away.”
He said that the average age
of the members of the company
is about 49 years old.
environmental issues at Vil-
lage Hall that need to be ad-
dressed before construction
can begin, resulting in the
board’s decision to halt the
project.
“Once the board has a
better understanding of the
depth of the issues and the
cost, the board will make a
decision on how to proceed,”
Middlebrook said.
North East town Supervi-
sor Chris Kennan reported
on the Village Board’s de-
cision to halt the project at
the North East Town Board
meeting on Thursday, Jan.
9. He confirmed on a later
date that the village’s deci-
sion should not impact the
town’s ADA renovations to
North East Town Hall, which
include installing a ramp and
making the bathrooms ADA
compliant.
• Feb. 9, Sunday, Oakhurst
Diner, 19 Main Street, 5 to 9 p.m.,
518-592-1313.
• Feb. 17, Monday, Golden
Wok, Railroad Plaza, 5 to 9:30
p.m., 518-789-9236.
• Feb. 23, Sunday, Manna Dew
Cafe, 54 Main Street, 5 to 10 p.m.,
518-789-3570. Reservations re-
quested.
• March 3, Tuesday, Taro’s
Pizzeria & Restaurant, 18 Main
Street, 5 to 9 p.m., 518-789-6630
(cash only).
• March 9, Monday, Round III,
5523 Route 22, 5 to 9 p.m.
• March 26, Thursday, 52
Main, 52 Main Street, 5 to 10 p.m.,
518-789-0252. Reservations re-
quested.
The North East Historical
Society is located on the second
floor of the NorthEast-Millerton
Library, 75 Main St., Millerton. Its
hours are 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Fri-
days or by appointment. For more
information, email eddowney@
millertonlawyer.com.
Meg Downey is the North East
Historical Society secretary.
“We’re not alone,” Morrison
said. “Most of the companies are
the same.”
He noted similar circumstanc-
es in many volunteer organiza-
tions. Ever hopeful, however, he
said, “We’re always looking for
recruits all the time” and suggest-
Tonight’s
ed anyone interested in joining
should visit the 24 Century Blvd.
firehouse any Monday night be-
tween 6 and 7 p.m. He said the
cost of required turn out gear and Little Gates Wine Merchants in Millerton.
training will be covered by the
state with additional books be-
ing paid for in part by the current
fundraiser.
Donations may be sent to the
Millerton Fire Company Inc; P.O.
Box 733; Millerton, NY 12546. For
information, call 518-789-4645.
And, as always, 911 is ready to an-
swer any emergency call.
MILLERTON
IN BRIEF
Llama drama at
Annex Jan. 25
All ages are welcome to
the NorthEast-Millerton
Library Annex on Satur-
day, Jan. 25, from 1 to 2 p.m.
to listen to a reading of,
“Is Your Mama a Llama?”
Participants can pet a live
llama from Country Quilt
Farm.
No registration is re-
quired for this activity.
The Annex is located at
28 Century Blvd., next to
the firehouse.
THE MILLERTON NEWS, Thursday, January 23, 2020 A3
MILLERTON
Taradise offers a little slice
of paradise on South Center
By KAITLIN LYLE
kaitlinl@millertonnews.com
MILLERTON — Walking
down the stairs into the space
at 64 South Center Street, cus-
tomers will find themselves in
Taradise, an eclectic new store
designed to house “a whimsical
array of fun things for the house
and yourself,” according to Tara-
dise owner Tara Wing.
A resident of Stanfordville,
Wing first entered the business
world in 2008 when she used
$600 dollars to set up the for-
mer consignment shop, Pumpkin
House, in Millbrook, which be-
came a surprise success. Seeing
how she “accidentally walked
into a gold mine” with her first
business, Wing has since tried to
recreate the experience. Though
she identified time, energy, op-
portunity and location as cru-
cial components in setting up a
booming business, she said hap-
piness is the key ingredient to
success.
“If you experience happiness,
that experience resonates,” Wing
PHOTO BY KAITLIN LYLE
said, “and I’m quite happy here.” Taradise owner Tara Wing arranged her whimsical array of
When it came time to set up merchandise to entice customers to visit her shop at 64 South
her new shop, Taradise, Wing Center St. in Millerton.
found herself drawn to the vil-
lage of Millerton with its zest for
life and local shoppers.
from jewelry and accessories to
gently-used couture and more.
what to do with their items.
Wing said she is also willing
“A lot of communities are “It’s the oddities that I want to to create costumes for Halloween
lacking that right now,” she not- see,” she explained, “the rare stuff, as well as authentic themed cos-
ed. “Millerton is bustling and I’m the stuff not just everybody has.” tumes from any era, including the
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spired by the “magnificent expe- details they might otherwise of materials she’s acquired, Wing
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business in the space formerly her shop. While Taradise will The shop’s hours of opera-
occupied by The Millerton Scoop feature consignment, Wing said tion are from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on
and Merwin Farm & Home. By she plans to be selective. In fact, Thursday through Sunday. Wing
Labor Day, Taradise opened. she has encouraged customers to operates a booth on the second
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A4 THE MILLERTON NEWS, Thursday, January 23, 2020
AMENIA
BOE looks at social studies and science programs
By KAITLIN LYLE
kaitlinl@millertonnews.com
WEBUTUCK — The Webu-
tuck Board of Education (BOE)
was kept informed about the
latest changes made to the We-
butuck school district’s social
studies and science curricula,
thanks to two separate presen-
tations at its first two meetings
of the month.
PHOTOS BY KAITLIN LYLE
At the opening reception of its 2020
winter exhibitions, Wassaic Project
Director of Artistic Programming
Will Hutnick gazed into the reflec-
tion pool created by artist Corinna
Ray on the third floor of Maxon
Mills as part of the “Won’t You Call
Me By My Name” exhibition.
The Wassaic Project offers
dual winter exhibits
WASSAIC — Aligning per-
fectly with the snow’s arrival on
Saturday afternoon, The Wassaic
Project opened two new winter
exhibitions, “HEIRLOOMS:
Works from the Another Coun-
try Quilt Cycle” and “Won’t You
Call Me By My Name,” at Maxon
Mills, with a special reception on
Jan. 18.
Taking a tour around the
building, the ground floor of
Maxon Mills now features the
solo exhibition “HEIRLOOMS”
by the collaborative artistic team
DARNstudio while the exhibition
“Won’t You Call Me By My Name”
Robert Dweck, M.D., honored for work in rural medicine
By CAROL KNEELAND
Special to The Millerton News
AMENIA — As decades come
and go, communities thrive when
the best of what they are passes
from one generation to the next.
That was the case when Robert
Dweck, M.D., learned how to
practice small town medicine in
1985 from Sharon Hospital’s first
female physician, a local legend
who began her practice in 1929.
It continues to be true as he treats
patients and helps to educate a
new generation of doctors bound
for rural medicine.
Now, having contributed to
the area with various practices,
he continues rural work mainly
at the Amenia Health Center and
was recently recognized with the
prestigious Dr. Gary Ogden Rural
Health Practitioner of the Year
Award from the New York State
Association for Rural Health at
their annual conference in Ni-
agara Falls.
Dweck was nominated by
Jeffrey Palmer of Hudson River
Health Care, who cited, among
other qualities, Dweck’s “strong
convictions, powerful sense of
justice, passion for health care for
the underserved and good heart.”
Palmer also noted Dweck
participates in Somos la llave
del futuro.
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On Monday, Jan. 6, the BOE
heard Amanda Simon’s presen-
tation on the changes made to
the social studies department
for Webutuck students in grades
fourth through sixth.
In what turned out to be a
short presentation, Simon, a
fifth-grade teacher at Eugene
Brooks Intermediate School
(EBIS), reported that the social
studies department bought a
Using pixelated images of crows flying in different directions,
DARNstudio’s “As the Crow Flies” weaves the normalization
and lasting effects of Jim Crow laws on modern American
society into a quilt made of recycled felt, paper matchbooks
and cotton thread.
features four full-floor installa-
tions created by four residency
alumni throughout the building.
“Won’t You Call Me By My
Name” marks the first time The
Wassaic Project has hosted an
exhibition in the Maxon Mills
tower during the winter, Was-
saic Project Director of Artistic
Programming Will Hutnick said.
“This is really nice where we’re
able to host each floor for a single
artist… We always wanted to do
a cold show,” he said.
Both exhibitions will remain
open until Saturday, March 28.
— Kaitlin Lyle
er said, Dweck is “supporting the
Hispanic population in the area.
More recently he has been part
of the Open Community Project
that protects immigrant rights
and is a supporter of the North
East Community Center.”
The award came as a total sur-
prise to Dweck.
“It arrived via an email that
said ‘Congratulations,’ and I
thought it was spam or some-
thing,” he said. “I almost didn’t
open it.”
For Dweck, commitment to
the area is long and deep. He first
arrived in Millerton as part of
the National Health Service Pro-
gram, which provided a way of
helping to pay off student loans.
But he stayed after recognizing
the need he could fulfill in the
local region.
He spoke fondly of those early
days.
“When you’re young, you’re
filled with energy and enthusi-
asm,” he said. “I was coming into
town in a situation where there
had been a legendary family
doctor, Josephine Evarts, for 50
years. She was still alive but had
retired. She lived to the age of
107. There were two other very
elderly retiring doctors in Pine
Plains, and so I came in as a young
doctor to a community that really
needed somebody. It really was a
different era.”
six-year contract with Into So-
cial Studies, an educational pro-
gram that engages students with
hands-on activities and lessons
presented in magazine format.
Simon explained that, compared
to the traditional textbooks the
school district previously used in
the classroom, lessons are now
broken into magazine sections
instead of chapters. Students in
grades fourth through sixth are
Using certain shapes to recall a past injury, artist Joseph Lazaro
Rodriguez’s work on the fifth floor of Maxon Mills channels
his investigation of ideas though multiple artistic mediums.
Dweck, who also stayed in
the area because he recognized
it was a good place to have a fam-
ily, raised his two daughters here.
Now, coming full circle, one,
Emma Dweck, has an active acu-
puncture practice in Millerton.
As another part of that circle,
Dweck is passing on the wis-
dom and experience he, himself,
gained all those years ago from
Evarts as he also serves as a pre-
ceptor in a program that recently
opened in Kingston and aims to
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now assigned these magazines
based on their reading level, and
the magazines are updated on a
yearly basis.
In addition to the magazines
and other text-driven projects,
Simon said students will have
access to online materials, such
as an online news source for
children.
Based on what she’s observed
so far, Simon was happy to re-
Upon a closer examina-
tion, the quilts featured
in DARNstudio’s “HEIR-
LOOMS” exhibition are
made of paper match-
books, each with the ini-
tials of 14 slain individu-
als, the date of their deaths
and a logo depicting the
place they were killed.
recruit young doctors to the area.
He is proud to note that medical
students have the opportunity to
get a clear picture of rural prac-
tice every summer, as some come
to the area to work with Sharon
Hospital, its doctors and local
nursing homes.
“There is a lot of young energy
around now, which is kind of new
for the area, and it is a very good
thing,” Dweck said, envisioning a
promising future for rural medi-
cine in the Harlem Valley.
with the most advanced techniques.
port that Webutuck students are by writing about their families’
engaging with the program and traditions.
are able to demonstrate what Included in the list of re-
they’ve been learning. sources used by the classroom
As Webutuck Elementary teachers, McCoy said the teach-
School (WES) teacher Regina ers have made great use of in-
McCoy was unable to attend the teractive sites for education,
meeting on Monday, Jan. 6, the Google Earth, National Geo-
BOE heard her presentation on graphic Kids, PBS Kids and the
the social studies and sciences like. Among some of the field
classes for students enrolled in trips they’ve taken, she said
Pre-K through third grade at they’ve organized trips to the
the board meeting on Monday, World Peace Sanctuary in Was-
Jan. 13. saic; Indian Rock Schoolhouse
McCoy explained that the in Amenia; Sharon Audubon in
structure of the science and so- Sharon, Conn.; the Bronx Zoo;
cial studies classes at WES were among others.
different compared to the ones at McCoy reported that the
EBIS and Webutuck High School. only challenge surrounding the
As an example, she said the social classes is that there’s not enough
studies classes are divided into time or resources for hands-on
five different categories while activities for students to engage
the science classes are divided in. By purchasing the educational
into four different categories. science program ScienceFusion,
With each grade level from Pre- she said she hoped the teachers
K to third, she talked about the will be able to integrate more
different areas covered in the information into the lessons.
social studies and science cur- Looking at the teachers’ “wish
ricula, emphasizing the ways in list” for the future, McCoy said
which the students delve a little the teachers hope to purchase,
deeper into their studies as they among other things, subscrip-
advance through the grade levels tions to Time for Kids and So-
and how their lessons are often cial Studies Weekly Magazine,
integrated into one another. For National Geographic Kids and
instance, McCoy said the kin- social studies and science relat-
dergarten classes learned about ed apps. She was also pleased to
farm animals through their writ- announce that the third–grade
ing activities; the second–grade classes were awarded a Berkshire
students learned how to set per- Taconic Grant this year, which
sonal goals for themselves; and will be used to purchase class sets
the third–graders learned about of globes for students to use for
different cultures and traditions studies in geography.
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Suffragettes in Corselettes talk
exposes underwear evolution
By KAITLIN LYLE
kaitlinl@millertonnews.com
PINE PLAINS — Local resi-
dents were offered a unique op-
portunity to learn of the evolution
of women’s fashion and its link to
the country’s 19th Amendment at
the Suffragettes in Corselettes talk
held on Thursday, Jan. 16.
Held in the Community Room
above the Pine Plains Free Library,
mother-daughter duo Velya Jancz-
Urban and Ehris Urban addressed
20 interested attendees. At the
front of the room, the dynamic
duo from Grounded Goodwife
laid out a miniature wardrobe of
underwear and other women’s
fashion items from several his-
toric eras.
Dressed in a traditional kirtle,
Ehris Urban said the idea for the
talk was inspired by the fact that
her maternal grandmother was
born in 1926 just a few years after
the 19th Amendment was ratified,
changing the course of women’s
rights. To get the ball rolling and
their audience thinking, the duo
started the evening with a pop
quiz of the underwear industry.
As a fun fact, they revealed that the
average American women owns 21
pairs of underwear and the global
underwear business is estimated
to be worth more than $30 billion.
Starting in the Medieval Era,
or the Middle Ages (476 AD to
1453), Jancz-Urban and Urban
highlighted the era’s traditional
fashion, such as the kirtle. But-
tons were used only to adorn
clothing and women considered
scandalous or indecent typically
wore sideless surcotes. Because
the thickness and condition of a
women’s hair was viewed as a sign
of fertility, women were required
to conceal their hair from the eyes
of men other than their fathers or
husbands.
As an example of fashion from
the Tudor Era (which spanned the
reigns of Henry VII to Elizabeth I),
Urban donned a bumroll and then
a farthing gale. She explained to
the audience that bumrolls were
designed to make a woman’s waist
appear small and her hips appear
generous. On the other hand, a
farthing gale was designed to
emphasize a woman’s hips and
whether they were suitable for
breeding. To the audience’s dis-
taste, Urban and her mother re-
vealed women’s makeup in this
era was often composed of white
lead and other materials and that
women used chemical peels made
from distilled nails, turpentine or
lemon juice.
Spanning 1811 to 1820, the Re-
gency Era introduced the use of
short corselettes, which allowed
women to display their natural
hips. Holding up a model of a
bourdaloue, the duo talked about
PINE PLAINS
IN BRIEF
Methodist Church
fourth Friday
supper
Every fourth Friday of
the month, the Pine Plains
United Methodist Church
sponsors a supper from 5 to
7 p.m. This month the sup-
per will take place on Jan. 24.
The free will offer-
ing will be donated to the
Rural Immigrant and Mi-
grant Ministry in Dutchess
County.
The church is located at
3023 Church St. (Route 199).
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From left, mother-daughter duo Velya Jancz-Urban and Ehris
Urban from Grounded Goodwife described the vast evolution
of women’s fashion to the Pine Plains community in their
presentation, Suffragettes in Corselettes.
how women would use these
miniature chamber pots to re-
lieve themselves during church
sermons or social events.
Moving on to the Victorian
Era (1837 to 1901), Jancz-Urban
remarked, “Victorian women
wore more layers of clothing than
a 5-year-old kid on a snow day.”
By 1851, women began wear-
ing bloomers, and then crinolines
between 1860 and 1870. At the
height of crinolines in women’s
fashion, Jancz-Urban said that in
order to make crinolines every
month, factories typically used
(among other materials) 150,000
yards of muslin, 100,000 feet of
whalebone, 225,000 yards of cord
and 2.8 million eyelets. However,
she also highlighted reports of
“death by crinolines” where the
women’s crinolines would catch
fire and “theft by crinolines”
where women would attempt to
steal items by hiding them under
their crinolines.
Shifting the presentation to a
fun activity, the duo called for six
volunteers to model hoop skirts
from the Victorian Era. After a few
minutes spent dancing a waltz,
the volunteers were challenged
to see how difficult it was to use
a bourdaloue under a hoop skirt
without removing the skirt.
From the wealthiest of women
to maids, Jancz-Urban said all
women were expected to wear
a corset to support their “weak
body” and achieve the desired
17- to 22-inch waist. To the audi-
ence’s shock, she said there were
even maternity and nursing cor-
sets designed for women. Despite
the fainting fits women endured
from the 22 pounds of pressure
the corsets would apply to their
bodies, she explained fainting was
considered fashionable as it por-
trayed women as delicate and in
need of care. Another example of
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Victorian Era fashion featured the
bustle, which women would wear
under their skirt in the back to
keep their dresses from dragging.
Calling it “one of the stupid-
est examples” of fashion from
the Edwardian Era (1901 to 1910),
Jancz-Urban talked about hobble
skirts while Urban modeled one;
two volunteers were also called up
to model hobble garters. By 1910,
Jancz-Urban said women began
wearing more practical and less
restrictive clothing since they
were doing the men’s work dur-
ing World War I. It was also during
this period that the invention of
the bra emerged.
Focusing the audience’s at-
tention on the more disturbing
side of the suffragettes’ struggle,
the duo shared anecdotes from
women who were force fed not
only orally but also rectally and
vaginally. Picking out a handful
of women from the suffragettes’
movement, they told stories of
women who suffered strokes,
heart attacks and even death
from being force fed. Yet even af-
ter all the progress made to grant
women the right to vote, the duo
observed how the 1950s pushed
women back in the constrictive
role of the housewife, resulting
in the women’s revolution in the
1960s.
Moving on to 2020, Jancz-Ur-
ban talked about the introduction
of “shape wear,” such as Spanx,
and marveled at how women still
go through outrageous lengths to
conform to society’s beauty stan-
dards, whether they’re squeezing
themselves into skinny jeans,
threading their eyebrows or wax-
ing their intimate parts. At the
end of the talk, she encouraged
everyone to think about whether
it was an accident that the demise
of tight lacing coincided with
women securing the right to vote.
Housatonic Camera Club
opening, January 24, 5-7pm.
The exhibit is open to everyone
weekends 11am-4pm through
February 23.
Easy peasy Valentine’s Day
desserts, February 1 at 11am.
Cookbook author Jessie Shee-
han prepares and offers samples
of 3 delicious, one bowl choco-
late desserts. Guests receive a
10% off coupon from Lakeville
Wine & Spirits.
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PINE PLAINS/COPAKE
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A sweet treat
Students at Cold Spring Early Learning Center welcomed their new principal, Gian Starr,
to his post at a special Dessert with the Principal event on Tuesday, Jan. 14. From 6:30
to 7:30 p.m. in the Cold Spring cafeteria, students and their families, eager to get better
acquainted with Starr, showed up. Along with enjoying sweets and treats with students,
Starr introduced himself to parents and talked about his plans for the future.
Children’s books galore at
Roe Jan library, thanks to grant
By CAROL KNEELAND funds through summer sales at to chapter to young adult, and
Special to The Millerton News the library’s basement used book are all waiting to be checked out
shop. by young, curious minds.
COPAKE — Months of hard Noting the project was a Children’s Librarian Haylee
work by caring adults have big one, Gasell laughingly said, Carringer, who started with the
brought a bonanza of nearly 100 “We sell a lot of books,” and wel- library this past summer, also
new books for children from comed more donations of recent offers craft and story hours
Ancram, Copake and Hillsdale non-text books that are in good along with additional programs,
who frequent the Roeliff Jansen shape. which will be announced via the
Community Library. With the money in hand, online calendar.
Director Tamara Gasell said staff members spent a month The library is located at
the project began last spring scouring what Gasell described 9091 Route 22, approximately
with an application to The Pil- as a “very large” list of books one mile south of the Hillsdale
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organization that supplies chil- Foundation, reading numerous of Routes 22 and 23.
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Brain Teasers
CLUES ACROSS
1. Public broadcaster
4. Hit lightly
7. Keyboard key
10. Grain
11. Make a mistake
12. To the __ degree
13. Endure without complaint
15. Chinese-American actress
Ling
16. Edible stomach lining
19. Sunrooms
21. Feared
23. Most eager
24. Excessive chatting session
25. MLB ace
26. Major Central European river
27. Muscular weaknesses
30. Where seedlings germinate
34. Former monetary unit of the
EU
35. Personal ads abbreviation
36. Mythical animal
41. Members of Orthodox Jewish
sect
45. German city
46. Algerian coastal city 33. Barrier that holds back water
47. Military men 37. Move quickly Look for the
50. Salt of sulfuric acid 38. Deteriorate with age solution in next
54. Rhododendrons 39. Colorless crystalline
55. Mixture compound week’s issue.
56. Recommended quantities
57. 007’s creator
40. Cheekier
41. Expresses praise or joy
59. Men 42. Famed boxing promoter
60. Kids need it 43. Cured sausages Jan. 16 Solution
61. Midway between east and east- 44. Fill with air or gas
northeast 47. Angry
62. OJ trial judge
63. Yes vote
48. Chemistry prefix
49. Practitioner of Jamaican
64. USDA branch that manages religion
the FCIC 51. Softly bright or radiant
65. Create with cloth 52. Buffer solution used to
separate nucleic acids
CLUES DOWN 53. First responder group
1. English seaport 58. Defensive nuclear weapon
2. What’s owed
3. Sound systems
Sudoku
4. Elections feature them
5. Southern constellation
6. London and Brooklyn are two
7. One-time Ugandan capital
8. Attacked with bombs
9. Rebuke
13. Expression of disappointment
14. A way to work the soil Jan. 16 Solution
17. The human foot
18. Sun up in New York
20. A small island
22. Abnormal rattling sound
27. Make lively
28. A team’s best pitcher
29. It goes on the floor
31. Not good
32. Peyton’s little brother
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MILLBROOK
Millbrook Central School District
introduces Laura Mitchell, new
interim superintendent
By JUDITH O’HARA BALFE
judithb@millertonnews.com
MILLBROOK — The first
thing one learns about Laura
Mitchell is that she has a warm
smile, a firm handshake and likes
people to call her Laura. This in-
cludes students. She is a hands-
on, practical person who knows
what she’s doing and is ready and
willing to share her expertise.
Now, she’s sharing that exper-
tise with the Millbrook Central
School District, as its interim
superintendent.
With more than 20 years of
experience in the educational
field, Mitchell has fine-tuned
both her knowledge and her com-
munication skills. This she did
when helping to found an all-girls
public school in Queens, in 2006.
The Young Women’s Leadership
School of Astoria works with girls
in grades six through 12. Many
are minorities and/or from low-
income families; their graduation
rate under Mitchell was 98%.
With a holistic approach to
education, Mitchell worked with
students and their families in
Queens. One innovative project
concerned health and nutrition,
with the school striving to be-
come sugarless. Mitchell worked
with a nutritionist creating no- or
low-sugar breakfasts and lunches,
and the cafeteria featured a salad
bar stocked with healthy items.
The school served girls from
66 different cultures, including
Muslims, so there was a need to
learn and work with those from
varying cultures and to find com-
mon ground.
From Queens, Mitchell took
a position as superintendent of
schools in Garrison, N.Y., where
she spent the past nearly six years.
At Garrison she was instrumental
in establishing a literacy program
for kindergarten through eighth
grade. Other accomplishments
included creating a 1:1 Chrome-
book initiative for grades three
through eight and bringing
computer literacy to younger
students. She also oversaw a $9.9
million capital project.
Mitchell was hired to serve as
interim superintendent at Mill-
brook from Jan. 1 through June
30 of this year, while a search is
conducted to find a permanent
superintendent following Philip
D’Angelo’s retirement. D’Angelo
spent seven years as the Mill-
brook superintendent.
Mitchell describes her ap-
proach to this new position as
one in which she will conduct
a listen and learn tour, talking
to students, teachers, Board of
Education (BOE) members and,
she hopes, as many community
leaders and residents as she can.
She hopes to discover what the
needs of the students and school
are and how best to accomplish
short-term goals. Whether the
position will end up becoming
permanent remains to be seen.
Mitchell lived in Beacon for
many years, but her mother
worked at Cardinal Hayes School,
so she is familiar with Millbrook
and has fond memories of visit-
ing the Tribute Garden as a child.
She earned her undergradu- PHOTO BY JUDITH O’HARA BALFE
ate degree from Ithaca College, The Washington Town Board, above, held its annual organizational meeting on Thursday, Jan. 9.
her MS from St. Rose’s College
and her MLS from SUNY Albany.
Mitchell acquired her doctorate Town of Washington reorg meeting
in education leadership at Man-
hattanville College.
She has served as a library me-
dia specialist and as an assistant
Bank of Millbrook, Van de Water and
principal as well as a principal
and superintendent, so her ex- Van de Water and others appointed
perience is well rounded.
In between earning degrees By JUDITH O’HARA BALFE Town Clerk Mary Alex rec- 30, 2020. Paul Schwartz was
and working, Mitchell said she judithb@millertonnews.com ommended the appointment of named Planning Board chair,
is an avid reader and she loves Mindy Moore to a four-year which holds a seven-year term.
gardening. WASHINGTON — The Bank term as deputy town clerk, David Greenwood was
“I enjoy and am inspired by of Millbrook was reappointed as deputy tax collector and vital named town historian and also
collaborative work with all con- the official depository of town of records sub-registrar. The board chair of the Conservation Ad-
stituents,” Mitchell told the BOE Washington funds at the Town approved the recommendation. visory Commission (CAC), for
when hired. “I believe we are Board’s annual reorganization Other appointments includ- a one-year period.
stronger together and that the meeting on Thursday, Jan. 9. ed: Turletes as deputy supervi- At the same meeting, Alex
collective mind is far more in- The law firm of Van de Water sor; Lois Petrone as bookkeeper presented the town with a quote
novative, creative and productive and Van de Water was appoint- to the supervisor; Christine from General Code for the codi-
than one.” ed attorney for the town. The Briggs as town justice clerk; fication of current legislation
She said she is looking for a Poughkeepsie Journal and The Chelsea Edson as recreation through Local Law 2 of 2019, for
productive tenure at Millbrook, Millerton News were named the director; Kelly Cassinelli as as- a fee of $13,406. Annual main-
exploring, discovering and as- official newspapers of the town. sistant recreation director; Judy tenance for that service was
sessing as she makes her way. Other resolutions were: to Malstrom as clerk to the asses- quoted at $1,195. Additional fees
The BOE, meanwhile, said it is establish the town supervisor to sor; Nancy Patrick as zoning will arise as new zoning laws
looking forward to having her at invest town funds, as approved administrator and data collec- are adopted. The expense was
the helm. by the Town Board. All elected tor; Candy Rheder as Building previously budgeted at $13,500.
officials were also authorized to Department clerk; and Donald A proposal from Superior

Dutchess Day science students attend the Association of Towns

meeting in February, along with
Smith as interim building in-
spector and zoning administra-
Telephone for phone upgrades
was alloted $10,000 in the 2020

raise trout in the classroom

By MARGARET DREIER
Special to The Millerton News
MILLBROOK — When
Dutchess Day School’s fourth-
and sixth-graders returned to
their science classroom this fall
they found the usual lab tables,
Smart Board and science books,
but they also found something
new: a large fish tank complete
with an aeration device, a chiller
and other equipment for their
newest project, Trout in the
Classroom. Trout in the Class-
room is a project of the organiza-
tion Trout Unlimited, designed to
increase awareness of pollution
problems in America’s waterways
while giving children experience
with what science teacher Jona-
than Howe calls “real life science.”
“This project is fun, and excit-
ing, and it can teach every key
science skill: measurement, ob-
servation, diagramming, mod-
eling, and observing behavior,”
said Howe.  they searched online for help and
The students set up the tank
Science Department Chair Jonathan Howe spoke with sixth-
graders about testing the water and feeding the trout.
were able to correct a mistake in
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In the spring the trout will be
ready for release into a local cer-
other employees, with Town
Board approval. Approved was
the compensation of all employ-
ees within the limits of the ap-
propriated funds as established
in the budget; all non-salaried
employees will receive time and
a half for hours worked over 40
hours, as indicated in the 2020
budget. Moreover, approved
was a resolution for the pro-
curement of a blanket under-
taking from a duly authorized
corporate surety covering the
officers, clerks and employees
of the town, which must in-
demnify against losses caused
by the failure of the officers or
employees to faithfully perform
their duties. At the reorg, the
board also voted to establish
the rates of compensation for
all officials and employees as
indicated in the 2020 budget
without a previous audit from
the Town Board.
In the absence of the super-
visor, the interim successors
were named: Councilmen Ste-
phen Turletes, Robert Audia and
Michael Murphy, in that order.
tor.
Nikki Caul was named secre-
tary to the Zoning Board of Ap-
peals (ZBA). Louis Spagnola Jr.
was named constable and Joseph
Spagnola III as deputy constable.
Anthony DeBonis was named
animal control officer.
John Parisi was named to a
five-year term as Zoning Board
of Appeals chairman and Jeff
Feilgelson was appointed to the
Board of Assessment Review,
with a term expiring on Sept.
MILLBROOK IN BRIEF
Towels collected for small animal rescue
The public is asked to bring
gently used towels to the
Dutchess County Farm and
Home Center by Monday, Feb.
3, for the Dutchess County Teen
Ambassadors to donate to My
Candle blessing at Grace Church
In the tradition of the an-
cient Anglican church, Grace
Church will bless candles and
distribute them to all who
come to the 8 and 10 a.m. ser-
budget. The company proposed
a fee of $9,890.86.
And an insurance adjustment
was made to the budget, due to a
lightning strike on Oct. 5, in the
amount of $7,278.74.
The board was informed that
records are available for the an-
nual audit; Justices Shequine
and Feigelson have requested
an independent outside audit.
The next Town Board meet-
ing will take place on Thursday,
Feb. 13, at 7 p.m. at Town Hall.
Hope’s in You, a small animal
rescue in LaGrangeville.
For more information, email
mc2693@cornell.edu.
The Farm & Home Center is
located at 2715 Route 44.
vices on Sunday, Feb. 2. A fes-
tive tamale brunch follows the
10 a.m. service.
The church is located at
3328 Franklin Ave.

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at the beginning of the school
year and added brook trout
eggs in October, and they have
been carefully caring for the eggs
and then the young fish. They
have been monitoring the water
the way they were doing the test.
On the day their tank’s chiller
froze, they investigated and dis-
covered the thermometer had
become disconnected and was
measuring the temperature of the
tified trout stream, and then the
Dutchess Day scientists will start
planning for next year’s trout.
Howe is sure they’ll want to
repeat the project because, “Our to build your business?
goals are for kids to learn skills,

quality and collecting data on ni-
trogen, ammonia and pH levels.
Like all scientists, they’ve had
to deal with unexpected events.
On the day of a power outage,
they watched their tank’s ther-
mometer carefully to be sure the
water temperature didn’t rise too
much because the chiller wasn’t
on. When their water test indi-
cated an ammonia level problem,
air instead of the water, and they
realized it was in overdrive try-
ing to cool the whole room. The
students are enjoying the chal-
lenges and excitement of being
real scientists.
One fourth-grader said, “It’s
fun, and it’s a responsibility. Mr.
Howe always wants us to try to
come up with solutions, and we
can learn from our mistakes.”  School.
ask questions, problem solve and
love science; through the Trout
in the Classroom project kids are
learning firsthand the spirit of
science.”
On Sunday, March 1, at 9 a.m.
Dutchess Day will hold an Open
House and display the trout.
Margaret Dreier is a math and
reading teacher at Dutchess Day
Y
ou get handed your first wrench at seven,
and by 14 you’re swapping engines in the
car you race. It gets in your blood. Not just
mechanics. Building. Dominick kept building,
starting his business at 24, taking out a mort-
gage on a broken down and abandoned train
station in Pine Plains. Between fixing cars, he
fixed sheetrock and plumbing.

A Good Mechanic Is Not Hard to Find! T hese days, that building has four
commercial spaces in addition
to Factory Lane Automotive, and the
Dominick Calabro
Customer since 1987

racecar Dominick works on belongs to

Ask for a proven pro his youngest son. When you build, or

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Webutuck girls basketball team
defeated by Pine Plains
By KAITLIN LYLE
kaitlinl@millertonnews.com
WEBUTUCK — While they
had the advantage of challenging
their opponent on their home
court, the Webutuck varsity girls
basketball team faced defeat
against Pine Plains following a
game on Tuesday, Jan. 14.
Facing off against the Pine
Plains Lady Bombers at 5:30 p.m.,
the Webutuck Warriors prepared
themselves for a tough game
against their local rivals in the We-
butuck High School gymnasium.
With the game in motion, the
student athletes kept alert on the
court. Raising their arms in the
air, they attempted to block their
opponents from passing the ball
to one another or from making a
shot at the basket. Demonstrating
their communication skills and
teamwork, the players dribbled,
passed and shot the ball to one
another.
Yet despite their best efforts,
the Warriors found themselves
dominated by the Lady Bombers,
Skating by
MILLBROOK — The Mill-
brook School, located at 131
Millbrook School Road, off
Route 44 in Millbrook, has a
popular skating rink, the Bon-
tecou Rink, that is open to the
public every Sunday from Dec.
1 to March 1.
No skates are available for
rental; skaters must bring their
own. The rink is open to all
ages, but those 14 or younger
must be accompanied by an
On a recent outing, right, the Powers family, including, from
left, Juilanne, 9, mom Danielle, and Hayley, 3, enjoyed the
ice at Bontecou Rink, taking advantage of support as needed
to stay upright. The Powers enjoy skating together and said
they always have a fun time at the rink.
SPORTS IN BRIEF
Thursday volleyball for adults
MILLBROOK — The
Washington Recreation
Committee invites adults to
the Guertin Gymnasium at
Village Hall for some pickup
Legal Notice
The Pine Plains Fire District
held its 2020 reorganization
meeting on January, 2, 2020
at the Pine Plains Fire House,
7 Lake Road, Pine Plains, NY.
Regular monthly meetings in
2020 will be held at the Fire
House on the third Tuesday of
each month at 7:30 PM.
Board of Fire Commissioners
Pine Plains Fire District
01-23-20
NOTICE OF RECEIPT
OF TAX BILLS AND
WARRANT
TOWN OF NORTH EAST
DUTCHESS COUNTY
TAKE NOTICE, that I,
Gail Wheeler, the undersigned
Collector of Taxes for the Town
of North East in Dutchess
County, New York State have
duly received the Tax Bills
and Warrant for the collection
of property taxes within the
Town of North East for fiscal
year 2020. Collection of taxes
will begin with the receipt of
taxes through March 2, 2020
at the Town Hall, 19 N. Maple
Ave, Millerton, New York, on
the following days and times:
Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.; Wednesday
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. and 6:00
p.m. - 8:00 p.m.; and Saturdays
during February 9:00 a.m. -
noon.
TAKE FURTHER NOTICE,
that taxes may be paid on or
before March 2, 2020 without
penalty. All taxes received after
that date shall have an added
interest of 2% for the month
of March, 3% for the month of
Beginning at 5:30 p.m., the Webutuck Warriors challenged the Pine Plains Lady Bombers on
their home court in the Webutuck High School gymnasium on Tuesday, Jan. 14.
who held the lead at 12-0 in the
final minutes of the first period.
Competing for Pine Plains,
Lady Bomber Jaylen Beliveau
scored 11 points and made four
steals and two rebounds while her
adult.
The charge to skate is $3 per
person, and skate sharpening is
available at a charge of $5. Several
hockey leagues from around the
region also use the rink, which is
also available for private parties at
a charge of $200 per hour.
For further information on the
Bontecou Rink at The Millbrook
School, call 845-677-5154 or 845-
677-8261, ext. 118.
— Judith O’Hara Balfe
volleyball on Thursdays from
7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
No skills required.
The gymnasium is located
at 35 Merritt Ave.
April, and 4% for the month
of May.
After June 1st, all unpaid taxes
will be turned over to Dutchess
County Commissioner of
Finance, 22 Market Street,
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601. In
addition, after May 15th, a fee
of $2.00 will be added for each
parcel. Dated: January 9, 2020.
Gail Wheeler
Town Clerk/Tax Collector
Town of North East
01-16-20
01-23-20
Legal Notice
A meeting of lot owners and
Board of Directors of Evergreen
Cemetery, Pine Plains, N.Y. will
be held on Feb. 8, 2020 at 10 a.m.
at the Center Office, 50 North
Main St., Pine Plains, N.Y.
Douglas B. Coons
President
01-16-20
01-23-20
01-30-20
NOTICE OF RECEIPT
OF TAX ROLL AND
WARRANT
TAKE NOTICE, that I,
Dawn Marie Klingner, the
undersigned Collector of Taxes
of the Town of Amenia, County
of Dutchess and State of New
York, have duly received the
tax roll and warrant for the
collection of taxes within the
Town of Amenia for the year
2020, and that I will attend at
4988 Route 22, Amenia from
January 2, 2020 to March
02, 2020, 9:00 o’clock in the
forenoon to 1:00 o’clock in
the afternoon on each day,
teammate, Lily Brenner, scored
10 points and made nine steals
and three rebounds. Leading the
scoring for Pine Plains, Emily
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Amenia will be returned to the
County Treasurer of the County
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June. Dated January 16, 2020.
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Town of Amenia
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GIVEN that the Town Board
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and labor necessary for the
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four steals. Also competing for
Pine Plains, Samantha Spizuoco
scored five points.
By the final buzzer, Pine Plains
left the court as the winner with a
score of 57-27.
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construction of the Highway
Department Fuel Storage and
Management System for the
Town of North East, New
York. This Contract has been
designated, as set forth in these
contract documents, including
drawings and specifications,
prepared by CPL Architects,
Engineers, Landscape Architect
and Surveyor, D.P.C., located
at 64 Green Street, Suite 1,
Hudson, NY 12534.
All such sealed bids must
be received by the Town Clerk
of the Town of North East, 19
North Maple Ave., PO Box
516, Millerton, NY 12546 until
1:00 pm on February 10, 2020
at which time the bids will be
publicly opened and read out
loud.
Copies of the proposed
contract documents, including
plans and specifications, and the
forms of bids for the contract, are
available for public inspection
and purchase at the office of
the Town Clerk, Town of North
East, 19 North Maple Ave.,
Millerton, NY 12546 (phone
518-789-3300 x 603), Monday
to Thursday 9:00AM-12:30PM
and 1:00PM- 4:00PM, Friday
9:00AM-12:30PM, becoming
available January 17, 2020.
Pursuant to the provisions of
GML 102, persons desiring to
take a copy may obtain them,
subject to a deposit in the
amount of $50.00 for each set,
payable by check or money
order to the Town of North East.
All bids shall be made and
received upon the following
conditions, which are more fully
set forth in the bid documents:
It’s a steal
T
he Roman Poet Virgil
thought that Rumor
was a winged beast,
raging over the countryside,
full of gossip, constantly on
the lookout to cause all man-
ner of grief and misery.
A bit overdone, you might
say, but not if you rename the
beast SCANDAL! Yep, you
need caps for that word be-
cause it’s a biggie.
What is there in us hu-
mans that so loves a scandal?
That’s the kind of question we
bleacher bums should stay far
away from, but that doesn’t
stop the gossip, even out here
in the cheap seats.
The latest hot button is the
Astros stealing signs by using
high tech devices including
trash cans to bang out the
code of the sign thief’s glean-
ings. I’ve read where a number
of players think that stealing
signs by the runner on second
is OK, but using a camera from
out here in the bleachers isn’t.
That’s like saying it’s OK to
steal someone’s money in per-
son but don’t use a computer
to accomplish the same end.
Boy, it’s a good thing ball play-
ers aren’t in charge of public
morality. After all, we play a
game where it’s legal to steal a
base — right off the ball field,
if you’re Rickey Henderson.
On May 1, 1991, when he
passed Lou Brock for the all-
time base stealing crown, he
pulled the base out of ground,
lifted it over his head, and
made off with it as a trophy.
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1. Only such bids as are
made and filed upon the forms
available in the office of the
Town of North East will be
accepted.
2. Bids are to be enclosed
in a sealed envelope marked
“Town of North East Fuel Storage
and Management System” along
with the associated contract
(i.e. General Construction and
Electrical Contract).
3. Each bid must be
accompanied by a certified
check in the sum of five percent
(5%) of the amount bid, payable
to the order of the Town of North
East, or a bond with sufficient
sureties, to be approved by the
Town Board of the Town of
North East, in such amount,
conditioned that if the bid is
accepted, the bidder will enter
into a contract for the same and
will provide acceptable security,
in the form of cash, certified
check or performance bonds,
or letters of credit, as set forth
in the contract documents, for
the faithful performance of the
contract, within 15 days from
the acceptance of the bid.
4. P u r s u a nt t o t h e
provisions of GML 105, no
bids may be withdrawn unless
no contract is awarded for more
than 45 days after the opening
thereof. Upon such proper
withdrawal of bid, the deposit
shall be forthwith returned.
After award of the contract, all
bid deposits or other bid bonds
except that of the successful
bidder will be returned.
5. Upon acceptance of
the bid, if the successful bidder
fails to enter into a contract
A7
SPORTS
BLEACHER
VIEWS
Theodore Kneeland
Yessir, that’s how to steal a
base.
There is also the theory that
if you’re not cheating, you’re
not trying hard enough. Now
there’s a shortcut around play-
ing fair and square if there
ever was one. Yep, for those
folks, a win is a win, even if
you use all kinds of shortcuts
to get there. I guess that’s the
Vince Lombardi school of
competition: “Winning isn’t
everything, it’s the only thing.”
Well, maybe not.
For some truly expert opin-
ion, let’s go to the people who
really understand the notion
of play: children.
What’s the first thing a
child learns to say when the
competition gets a bit out of
bounds? “Hey, that’s not fair!”
Now what is “fair” may be a
bit more complicated than a
child’s idea of it, but the no-
tion is that we should just
play the game. So, let’s play
on. If people cheat, they most
certainly should be reminded
that a sense of fair play is es-
sential; but as far as that beast
of Rumor and Scandal goes,
well, let’s just lock it up in the
bullpen where it belongs.
Millerton resident Theodore
Kneeland is a retired teacher and
coach — and athlete.
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pursuant to the requirements
of said Town Board or fails to
give further security prescribed
in this notice within the time
noted herein, then the check
deposited as aforesaid, and the
moneys standing to the credit
of the same shall be forfeited to
the Board as liquidated damages
and not as a penalty and the
Town Board shall collect the
same or enforce the payment of
the bond for the benefit of the
Town Board.
6. All bids shall contain
the non-collusion certificate in a
form meeting the requirements
of GML 103-d.
The Town of North East
reserves the right, in its
discretion, to waive technical
noncompliance or irregularities
that are not material or
substantial, and to reject all
bids and to rebid the project.
By order of the Town Board
of Town of North East
01-23-20
Legal Notice
Please take notice the Town
of Pine Plains Town Board will
hold their “Workshop Meetings”
the Monday before the regular
Town Board meeting.
The meetings will be held
at the Pine Plains Town Hall,
3284 Rt.199, Pine Plains, N.Y.
at 7:00 pm.
The public is welcome to
attend.
By Order of the Town Board
Judy S. Harpp
Town Clerk
01-23-20
A8 THE MILLERTON NEWS, Thursday, January 23, 2020

OPINION
50 Million & 1,400 Million
People Outweigh the USA
EDITORIAL PAGE A8 THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2020

F
or decades now I have been
beating a drum of common A VIEW FROM
EDITORIAL
sense when it comes to
the us-versus-them mentality THE EDGE
of USA commerce. When the
Peter Riva
It’s time to witness town EU created the Euro in 1999,
everyone said it would be less
Because the EU consumer
government in action
valuable than the dollar. Within
six months it was worth more watchdogs have seen that such
“special” Apple products pre-

B
and still is. And why? Because
y this time, mid-January, our towns and vil- 750,000,000 people — consum- vent competition and they will
lages have held their reorganization meetings mandate a unified plug-in for
ers all, at a rate mirroring the
for the new year. Required by New York state all such devices. Apple is about
per-capita spend in the USA—
law, municipalities must “reorganize” at their earli- 15% of the market there. Apple
will be stronger economically
may have loyal customers glob-
est convenience, as close to Jan. 1 as is possible. overall than only 350,000,000
ally, but they are less than 5% of
The purpose of the reorg is to make official appoint- Americans.
the market globally. With China
ments, including the town attorney, engineer and accoun- When you add in China now
and the EU wanting the change,
tant, as well as the official depository and newspaper. that its economy is based of con-
Apple will change and unify or
Salaries are set, board committees manned, meeting pol- sumption of goods, services and
be forced to.
icies determined. It’s a time to take care of housekeep- beat-the-Jones’ mentality that
America taught them, it is clear Similarly, in China there’s
ing issues, maybe mundane, but vitally important. opposition to facial recognition,
Barely anyone attends these organizational meetings that 1,400,000,000 people (4x as
many) will, eventually, have the which is perhaps rightly seen as
outside of those involved in town and village government. We xenophobic for all the different
can understand that, because board meetings aren’t known
for being terribly exciting. Yet, at these meetings, boards Of Earth and mountains, first say in new products, new
services, and new commercial-
ism than our measly population.
regions of China. Europe agrees.
In talks, the EU European Com-
make important decisions that affect residents and taxpay-
ers, and we think it behooves our readers to take a glance at sacred and mundane And, slowly, despite huge
resistance from American com-
mission has revealed they are
actively considering banning
those decisions. That’s why, every year, The Millerton News facial recognition in public areas

I
covers these reorg meetings. Articles on the North East, t was one of those cli-
Amenia and Pine Plains reorgs ran earlier this month. An
article on the Washington reorg is running this week. Give
mate-change stories that,
at least briefly, made head-
them a look and learn who does what in your hometowns. lines. On Aug. 19, a group of
Then, armed with that new information, we suggest about 100 people, including
you keep informed about your local government week- Iceland’s Prime Minister Katrin
ly, through our articles, through municipal websites, Jakobsdóttir, gathered at the site
through chatting with your local leaders. Maybe, even, of the first Icelandic glacier lost
you’d consider attending a Town or Village Board meet- to climate change: Okjokull.
A plaque titled A Letter to the
ing. Agendas are typically posted on the town or village
Future stated, in Icelandic and
website or can be obtained at Town or Village Hall.
English: “In the next 200 years
Some locales see great public participation. In the town
all our glaciers are expected
of Pine Plains, for instance, parking can be hard to come
to follow the same path. This
by at Town Hall on meeting night. Residents show up
monument is to acknowledge
ready to grab a chair and witness the board work its way
that we knew what is happening
through the night’s agenda. And people are not shy. When
and what needs to be done. Only
public comment opens, residents with something on their
you know if we did it.”
mind speak up. They do so when confused or concerned,
Roughly equidistant from
too. And for its part, the Pine Plains Town Board is open
Okjokull are two legendary
to those questions, and to new ideas. It’s a great exam- mountains, one, Snaefellsjokull,
ple of how small-town government is supposed to work. is near the end of a peninsula
We recommend attending such a meeting in your home- pointing to Greenland, and is
town at least once if unable to make it a regular habit. renowned both as a “power
Our towns and villages all strive to be transparent, which center,” radiating healing power
is why they meet in public in the first place. There are rules and as the site of Jules Verne’s
and regulations for how our governments should conduct novel, “Journey to the Center of
themselves, including at meetings. We’re pleased to report that the Earth.” The other, Hekla, to
those rules are pretty strictly followed and that our officials the southeast, was for centuries
truly seem to want the public to be informed, to participate. regarded as the gateway to Hell,
To learn when your hometown boards meet — and re- a reputation founded on its long
member, there are numerous boards and committees to history of prodigious eruptions.
follow, including the Planning Board, the Zoning Board On the other side of the
of Appeals, the Conservation Advisory Council and many world, in Tibet, there is the
other committees — call your Town or Village Hall or four-sided Himalayan Mt.
check online. The goal, always: to be an informed citizen. Kailas. The source of four major
Indian rivers, Kailas is regard-
ed as sacred by four religions:
GUEST
COMMENTARY
Jon Swan
ground on which people have
been killed, as at Gettysburg
and Arlington, or as the result
of terrorist attack, as at Ground
Zero.
In the western hemisphere,
the Navajo regard four moun-
tain ranges as particularly sacred
and throughout the United
States, indigenous people have
long regarded certain sites —
both high and low and including
lakes and rivers — as sacred.
(The Standing Rock Sioux
Tribe’s legal battle to prevent
the Dakota Access Pipeline
from desecrating sacred land
is presently being fought out
in the U.S. District Court, in
Washington, D.C.)
Shed blood alone makes
American land sacred. The
rest is open to drilling, dyna-
miting, mining and logging, as
evidenced by President Trump’s
Aug. 27 instruction to Agricul-
ture Secretary Sonny Perdue to
exempt the 16.7-million-acre
Tongass National Forest in
Alaska from logging restric-
panies eager to rule the roost,
we’re losing the battle of setting
standards globally.
5G cell access and products in
2018 and 2019 were all everyone
talked about at the Consumer
Electronics Show. This year?
No one is talking about it at all
simply because 5G technology
is already out and may soon
be dated, is politically charged
(U.S. vs. China) and, besides,
6G is already in development
by companies such as QUAL-
COMM and Huawei. Putting
aside the political argument
(and the NSA-mimicking Chi-
nese need to monitor all traffic
on Huawei systems), in the
end 1,400,000,000 customers
will decide the next iteration of
broadband cell technology, not
the USA. We may invent, we may
innovate, but consumer demand
in a capitalist system will dictate
that the largest group of custom-
ers’ needs will be the guiding
commercial platform toward
fulfillment. And remember, it
is not governments saying so, it
is the money boys and girls on
Wall Street, Shanghai, Frankfurt,
London and Hong Kong who
hold that power.
Take a small example: Apple
will soon have to dump all its
special charging cables. Why?
for the next five years while they
“consult with other world gov-
ernments” to decide on a total
ban. China is talking to them,
wanting a ban. Now many think
that’s contrary to the Chinese
government’s monitoring of
everyone and everything — ex-
cept that China has an internal
political problem with ethnicity
because the country is so vast and
contains so many different visu-
ally identifiable peoples (56 in all;
Mongol vs. Shuang vs. Manchu
vs. Miao, etc.). China may well
sign on to facial recognition bans
in public places. That means the
machines, the commerce in such
technology will fade. Our NSA
is not happy with that at all.
In short, the world mar-
ketplace that America helped
create is now a major obstacle
for American commercial dom-
inance simply because the size
of consumer population does
dictate trends, needs and capital
investment. Like the communist
failed system of dominance before
it, the USA model of democratic
capitalism may well prove to be
our own worst enemy in global
dominance in the years ahead.
Peter Riva, a former resident of
Amenia Union, now lives in New
Mexico.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism
and Bon.
Humans have invested moun-
tains with divinity for millennia.
One hospital experience Mt. Olympus was regarded as
the home of the Greek gods; it
tions, and the administration’s
decision to shrink the Bears Ears
National Monument by 85%,
thus opening for exploration
and extraction more than a
million acres of land regarded

I
would like to express to you
about our local hospital in
Sharon, Conn. I am a senior
and have lived in many places
and different states. I always had
a healthy outlook on life. How-
ever, now that I am older, I have
spent some time in hospitals and
doctor offices in many places
and was saddened about the care
I had experienced. My wife and I
moved to North East, N.Y., and
are now planning to move to
Connecticut. Why?
Because of the care we have
received in Sharon Hospital and
the doctors that work there.
Sharon Hospital is next to none
when it comes to personal ser-
vice and professional care as
well as a clean environment and
friendly staff. I’ve been in hospi-
tals and was served food and it
doesn’t come close to the food
at Sharon. It was like going to a
private hospital! I am sure there
is always someone that will com-
plain about hospitals and that is
because they do not know what
to expect.
However, being in city hos-
pitals and dealing with the staff,
I felt like a victim rather than a
patient! My two doctors that
work at Sharon Hospital, Dr.
Roth, he is a urologist, and Dr.
Dweck, who is an internist, are
the most thorough doctors I
have ever met. I realize that Sha-
ron Hospital is limited as what
they provide. I only wish they
can bring back an oncology staff
and I feel it will help the hospital
become complete, especially for
our senior citizens.
Angelo Prunella
Millerton
was on Mt. Sinai, in the Sinai
Peninsula, that Moses is said
to have received the Ten Com-
mandments, while Mt. Mira,
near Mecca, is thought to be the
site where Muhammed received
his first revelations of the Quran.
To my knowledge, never in
the history of the United States
has a mountain of any height
been recognized as radiating
healing or as conferring a
blessing on those who make a
pilgrimage around it, as in the
case of Mt. Kailas. From the
days of the Plymouth plantation,
land on this continent has been
viewed as mundane: an area to
be measured, fenced, exploited,
with ownership officially certi-
fied in the form of a deed. In the
United States, the only ground
that is considered hallowed is
as significant to the spiritual life
of several Southwestern tribes.
The words “one nation under
God,” solemnly uttered with
hand over heart while reciting
the Pledge of Allegiance, ring
as hollow as the Liberty Bell
when that nation’s leader shows
no mercy to the Lord’s creation,
but instead pursues a course of
pillaging, plundering and poi-
soning both the land and the
water from sea to shining sea.
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CRICKET VALLEY Continued from Page A1
the plant’s 275 foot smokestacks
in the early hours of the morning,
remaining there until sunset.
Those four protesters were
later arrested and charged with
criminal trespassing in the third
degree while the other 25 pro-
testers were charged with tres-
passing as a violation. All of those
arrested on Nov. 16, 2019, were
released later that evening.
The 29 people who were ar-
rested for attempting to shut
down the power plant had their
day in court when they faced
the Honorable R. Wren Abrams
at the Town of Dover Court on
Monday, Jan. 13. They were rep-
resented by attorney David Dorf-
man.
District Attorney (DA) Erin
McGinty offered a sentence of 30
GIDDY UP Continued from Page A1
Fair in Rhinebeck and again
at the New York State Fair in
Syracuse before winning in her
class at the World Dairy Expo
in Madison, Wisc., in October,
2019, which Whalen described
as the “Super Bowl” of competi-
tions.
Some 90,000 visitors from
around the world attended the
expo. There Whalen, who has
been showing his animals for 65
consecutive years, “never miss-
ing one,” since he first began at
the age of 12, was the oldest com-
petitor in any of the groups.
Born in July 2018, Giddy Up,
who is a heifer because she has
yet to bear a calf, was lovingly
raised by Whalen, his wife, Judy,
and daughter, Donna. The fam-
ily farmed Holsteins until 1997
when they changed from milk
cows to raising heifers.
Not exactly retired, Whalen
said, “We show our heifers. I
don’t know — it’s a hobby-busi-
ness I guess you’d call it. We’ve
done it for so long we can’t get
away from it. It’s like putting the
Christmas tree up every year.”
On that theme, Whalen spoke
SOLAR MORATORIUM Continued from Page A1
the community’s values are pro-
tected… I don’t think it’s con-
troversial at all. I haven’t heard
of any. It’s just something that
wasn’t in our code that we felt we
needed to deal with.”
“I don’t think there are stick-
ing points,” added Jones. “We
want to accommodate solar be-
cause we think it’s a really good
technology, but we want to be
sure we have the wherewithal to
protect our scenic landscapes.”
Jones explained that the mora-
torium “that’s almost ready to be
adopted,” and probably will be
at the board’s February meeting,
will protect the town until the fi-
nal solar law is set.
Town Supervisor Darrah
Cloud, who sits on the Solar
Committee, told The Millerton
News why she thinks the mora-
torium is so important.
“It’s because what we’re ex-
amining is our exposure to large
solar farms, which frankly, be-
cause we are a rural, agricultural
community, are not ideal for pre-
serving the land,” said Cloud. “So
that’s the real issue. Farmers can
put solar up for their own per-
sonal use, but the idea of some
corporation coming in and put-
ting huge solar farms that every-
body has to look at for the rest
days in jail to the four individu-
als who climbed the smokestack.
McGinty offered the remaining
25 protesters the option to accept
an adjournment in contempla-
tion of dismissal (ACD), provided
that they complete 16 hours of
community service.
In representing the individu-
als opposing Cricket Valley En-
ergy, Dorfman said he’s hoping
to get the charges reduced.
“Things are already moving in
the right direction,” the attorney
said. “The fact that she moved off
the violations to an ACD is al-
ready a positive move.”
With Dorfman and McGinty
working together to find a reso-
lution to the charges, court was
postponed until Monday, Feb.
10, and Monday, March 9, dur-
of this year’s Christmas tree.
“This year, instead of the little
balls and ornaments, we covered
it with all the rosettes all over the
tree. It’s just gorgeous.”
The tree, which is still stand-
ing, boasts many of the farm’s
hundreds of ribbons including
more than 50 championship ro-
settes adorning the boughs.
That may have brought them
luck as the expert panel of judg-
es from the American Guernsey
Association recently met and
vetted entries from all over the
country before voting to name
Giddy Up the best.
Like so many true champions,
Giddy Up has a number of quali-
ties that allowed her to rise like
cream to the top of the milk pail.
“Guernseys are very docile,
loving animals,” Whalen said.
“They are very friendly. In my
opinion, you have a relationship
with a Guernsey like you do a
dog. The dog looks at you right
in the eyes.
“They are just lovable nice,
pretty animals, and she’s all of
the above,” he added. “You want
to go in and put your arm around
were “nothing serious.” But, the
supervisor said, it’s important to
be prepared — and protected.
The moratorium states that
the “Town Code needs to be
amended to provide for detailed
standards for the siting and ap-
proval of solar farms and other
commercial solar facilities.”
It applies to “the processing
and/or approval of all applica-
tions for the erection, construc-
tion, reconstruction, expansion,
changing, repairing or structur-
ally altering of any solar farm or
other commercial solar facilities
with the town.”
Under the moratorium, nei-
ther the town’s code enforce-
ment officer nor the Planning
Board will consider “any appli-
cations for site plan review or
special permit approval for solar
facilities within the scope of this
moratorium” and “no building
permit shall be issued pursuant to
the… zoning code for construc-
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“It would be good if the district
attorney was able to steer their
way clear to offering a reason-
able plea for the four people that
climbed the smokestack,” said
North East resident Bill Kish, a
spokesperson for the opposition
to Cricket Valley Energy. “Un-
til something happens between
the DA and our attorney, there’s
nothing to talk about.”
Speaking as the director of
Sane Energy Project and as an
organizer with Resist Cricket
Valley, Kim Fraczek said, “We
are committed to make sure we
see justice and we are working
to make sure we get the DEC
[Department of Environmental
Giddy Up is Friendship Farm’s latest champion.
it — that kind of thing. You’ll see
it in her eyes.”
Giddy Up is not the first
Guernsey to bring honor to the
Whalen family, with two others
being named All American in
1999 and 2000.
Much as Giddy Up is loved
at Friendship Farm and contin-
ues to be a member of the fam-
ily, now that she matured, she is
residing at a farm in Minnesota.
tion of any new solar farm facility
or for any other commercial solar
facilities within the scope of this
moratorium.”
The town does have a uni-
fied solar permit in its zoning
for residential solar, mounted
only on rooftops. Outside of the
hamlet, the town’s zoning further
restricts how residents can install
solar energy systems.
“There have to be setbacks,
you have to screen it and there are
other things,” explained Cloud. “If
it’s [mounted] off the house, you
have to really pay attention to the
zoning in order to build it.”
Cloud added that because
“technology moves so fast in
these sectors,” she’s OK waiting to
see “what’s out there and what’s
possible,” and doesn’t mind the
six-month delay.
“I have the feeling we’re go-
ing to be seeing no need for huge
solar farm facilities in the not so
distant future,” she said.
Conservation] to pay attention to
the horrible health hazards.
“I hope that the DA and the
judge both see that as residents of
the community, what we did was
a tremendous public service to
bring attention to this incredible
safety and health hazard that is
being constructed for none other
than to make a bunch of foreign
corporations very wealthy,” Frac-
zek continued, “and locking us
into future fossil fuels when we
should be moving ourselves to
renewable energy. Also, when
we start moving ourselves to ef-
ficient, renewable energy, this
gas plant will be a stranded as-
set. That means we’ll just be pay-
ing debt to foreign corporations,
even when the plant isn’t operat-
ing.”
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Despite her relocation, how-
ever, the Whalens are far from
alone as they now have four oth-
er heifers in the family barn — a
“relic from the 1700s.”
Hoping at least two will fol-
low in Giddy Up’s hoof prints,
Whalen looked to the future as
he said, “We’ll get them ready to
go to the shows — the first one
in April in Syracuse — that kind
of starts off the year.”
Additionally, Scenic Hudson
approached the town to see if it
would like to be a part of a beta
test in its new tool kit. Though
Cloud said she doesn’t know the
details, working with an envi-
ronmental group as powerful as
Scenic Hudson about how to de-
sign a law that provides for solar
energy while protecting the land
seems like it would be a good idea.
The town told Scenic Hudson it
would like to work together, and
is waiting to hear back if it’s been
selected to do so.
“I’m pretty confident in the law
we came up with, but it’s always
interesting to come up with and
be a part of something bigger,”
said Cloud.
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Your Guide to Tri-State Events Jan. 23-29, 2020
MOVIES: PATRICK L. SULLIVAN

‘1917’ One of
The Best Films
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of actors (never mind
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and Bess” ranks
among the most
melodious and poignant
ever created by George and
Ira Gershwin. Several tunes
from it, notably “Summer-
time,” have become staples
of the Great American
Songbook, beloved by
millions and interpreted by
artists as varied as Ella Fitz-
gerald, Miles Davis, Willie
Nelson and Janis Joplin.
This masterwork will be
performed sumptuously by
New York’s Metropolitan
Opera in a special event at
the Moviehouse in Millerton Eric Owens and Angel Blue perform the roles of Porgy
and the Mahaiwe in Great
Barrington on Feb. 1, at
12:55 p.m.
This production of “Porgy
and Bess,” directed by James
Robinson and conducted by
David Robertson, features
soprano Angel Blue as Bess
and bass-baritone Eric Ow-
ens as Porgy.
To talk about the histo-
ry of this groundbreaking
opera, the use of contem-
porary American music
and the depiction of blacks
in America, we had a
wide-ranging conversation
with Peter McEachern,
a Lakeville resident, jazz
musician, recording artist
and instructor of music
blackface often reinforced
degrading stereotypes, the
opera took seriously the
plight of America’s black
underclass.
Intended from the outset
as a serious all-black oper-
atic tragedy performed by
professionally trained sing-
ers for integrated audiences,
“Porgy and Bess” put skin
color at center stage.
CASTING WITH
SENSITIVITY
The Gershwin opera is all
about black lives, albeit as
imagined by white people
PHOTO BY PAOLA KUDACKI / MET OPERA (the Gershwin brothers and
their creative collaborators):
and Bess in a new production of the opera by New black folklore, dialects,
York’s Metropolitan Opera, which airs at area theaters dances and dilemmas.
on Feb. 1. Blackness is central to
this story; however univer-
and chairman of the music issues as relevant today as
sal may be the emotions
department at the Salisbury when the opera opened in
“Porgy and Bess” evokes,
School. Along with teach- 1935 — all fight to keep the
as well as the conflicts it
ing music, McEachern has lovers apart as storms crash
describes, the opera de-
also worked with Salisbury around them.
liberately wants us to link
School students on creating Race, however, is the
these to the American Black
a history of Salisbury’s Afri- unavoidable subject that
Experience of the early 20th
can American community. still looms over any discus-
century.
OPERATIC STRUGGLES sion of “Porgy and Bess,” 80
The Gershwins made
As grand opera often years and many waves of
musical choices intended to
does, “Porgy and Bess” pits civil rights struggles after its
evoke blues and jazz idioms
heroes and heroines against debut.
to achieve this linkage;
powerful enemies and over- RESPECT FOR
period sets and costumes
whelming challenges. THE CULTURE
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ty, opioid addiction, super- Lives Matter, and in an era
than anything else. As long
stition and sexual abuse — when white performers in
as the Gershwin estate
controls the copyright, only
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ready to attack what and generally horrible.
they believe to be a re- A standard approach
treating German force. using the context-es-
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reveals, however, that then medium shot,
the retreat is actually and close up — the
an ambush, and some usual grammar of
1,600 soldiers will be commercial film
slaughtered if the at- — would not have
tack goes as planned. captured this as thor-
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cations lines are down. It’s not just trench-
The only way to get the es, though; it’s the
orders to stand down wasteland of No Man’s
from the general to the Land, the thickets of
commanding officer of barbed wire, an aban-
the two battalions is for doned farm, the ghost-
somebody to travel, on ly ruins of a French
foot, through No Man’s town lit by flares and
Land and deliver the explosions. All these
orders by hand. locations get the same
That suicidal task treatment.
falls to two lance cor- The other thing
porals, Blake (Dean- that’s noteworthy
Charles Chapman) about “1917” is a com-
and Schofield (George plete lack of a political
McKay). theme, other than the
Only one of them idea that war is bad. In
makes it, and that’s it 2020, politics pervades
for spoilers. everything in the
The film is a tech- U.S., especially pop-
nical marvel. It is shot ular entertainment.
and edited to appear (Witness the constant
to be one continuous battles about whether
take, and to take place or not films include
in real time. (Real time the correct blend of
more or less — there is ethnicities, sexual ori-
some compression of entations and so on.)
the time frame; other- For a major player
wise the film would be like Mendes to make

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At The
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theless almost universally NOT UNIVERSALLY those grounds, calling it Yet in spite of these con-
honored. (The Gershwins, ACCEPTED “demeaning.” troversies, “Porgy and Bess”
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staunch admirers of black
music and musicians, were
appalled at the possibili-
ty that their opera might
someday be performed by
actors in blackface.)
Metropolitan Opera even
For all that it opened
doors to black performers
and led to the multiracial
diversity of opera companies
today, “Porgy and Bess” has
been criticized on several
fronts.
And so-called cultural
appropriation of black music
by white composers is a del-
icate subject, although less
of an issue for the jazz that
inspired the Gershwins than
what is seen as the exploita-
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sidelined its usual chorus
for the current run, replac-
ing it with a chorus of black
singers. That’s controver-
sial. Racially based casting
decisions have been a hot
McEachern said that jazz
great Duke Ellington felt the
opera “wasn’t true to the
idiom.” The melodies and
rhythms would have sound-
ed foreign to Catfish Row
tion by rock superstars of
long-neglected blues artists.
Using ethnic themes
as source material is as
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as McEachern explained.
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MOTORCYCLES The Lakeville

2013 HARLEY-DAVIDSON
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Sunglo, this bike has over $6,000
in custom parts including Dual
Rinehart pipes, mini ape bars,
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16,000 miles, Ipod hook-up,
CD player, and cruise control.
$13,650. Serious inquiries only.
Call or text 860-318-1889.
AUCTIONS,
HELP WANTEDJournal • ESTATE
REAL The Millerton News
REAL
CONSTRUCTION HELP NEED-
ED: responsible Laborer/Car-
penter to assist job-site Super-
visor. Quality person for quality
Building Company. Contact
prutting@prutting.com.
EXTRAS CHILDCARE PRO-
GRAM: is looking for two
regular staff and an Assistant
Director to work Monday-Friday
during our after school pro-
gram including half/no school
days. Background in childcare
preferred. Please call 860-435-
9926 or email extrasprogram@
gmail.com if you love working
with kids and are interested in
joining our team!
ISABELLA FREEDMAN JEWISH
RETREAT CENTER: is a year-
round retreat facility located
• Compass
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APARTMENTS HOUSES
PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: Equal
Housing Opportunity. All real
estate advertised in this news-
paper is subject to the Federal
Fair Housing Act of 1966 re-
vised March 12, 1989 which
makes it illegal to advertise
any preference, limitation, or
discrimination based on race,
color religion, sex, handicap
or familial status or national
origin or intention to make any
such preference, limitation or
discrimination. All residential
property advertised in the State
of Connecticut General Statutes
46a-64c which prohibit the
making, printing or publishing
or causing to be made, printed
or published any notice, state-
ment or advertisement with
respect to the sale or rental
of a dwelling that indicates
: ancestry, sex, marital status, age,
lawful source of income, familial
status, physical or mental dis-
ability or an intention to make
any such preference, limitation
or discrimination.
APARTMENTS
FOR RENT
SHARON VILLAGE APART-
MENT: 2 bedroom, 1-1/2 baths,
$1,200 a month + utilities. No
smokers or animals. 860-364-
5814.
SHARON: 1BR, 2nd floor apt in
private home. Ideal for single
person. Wood floors, skylights,
bright and fresh. $1250/mo.
Laundry, utilities and wifi incl.
Close to town. Non-smokers,
FOR RENT
THREE-BEDROOM APART-
MENT IN LAKEVILLE: Close to
Main Street. $1,220 per month,
includes heat and hot water.
Coin-op laundry on site. Large
patio overlooking beautiful
lake. Available now. NO PETS.
Must be income qualified.
For more information or to
obtain an application, please
call 860-435-0049 or send
email to: tbroderick@ctreales-
tatemanagement.com. EQUAL
HOUSING OPPORTUNITY.
HOUSES
FOR RENT
3 BEDROOM HOME FOR RENT:
in Ancram, NY. Taconic Hills
FOR RENT
HOME FOR RENT: Sheffield, MA.
Conveniently located minutes
to CT and Great Barrington,
MA. Newly renovated 3 bed-
room one bath home. All new
bathroom, new floors, granite
kitchen countertop, large deck,
large partially finished base-
ment, new washer dryer. Electric
heat. Utilities not included.
First, last and security required.
$1800/mo includes lawn care,
plowing and garbage removal.
Call 860-671-1888.
Deeply Rooted in the Community for over 30 Years
HOUSES
FOR RENT
SHARON HOUSE FOR RENT:
Small, charming, 3 bedrooms,
2 baths, 2 fireplaces. No dog.
No smokers. $1,500/mo plus
utilities. 860-364-5814.
Email your classified
ad to Lyndee Stalter
at classified@
lakevillejournal.com
today!

ESTATE SALES in Falls Village, CT. We serve

6,000 guests per year. We are
any preference, limitation or
discrimination based on race,
no pets. Avail. Feb 1st. Call 860-
921-1094.
School District, 2 story old
Colonial farmhouse in private
setting, secluded, 2 car garage.
Elyse Harney Real Estate
THE ESTATE OF ANNETTE currently seeking: Cook (Full creed, color, national origin, 518-929-3480 or 518-329-1321.
HUNT: 57C Sharon Road Lakev- time), Dishwashers/Porters
ille, CT.Saturday and Sunday (Full time and Part time). For
January 25-26, 9am-4pm. Park- more details please visit our
website at https://hazon.org/
Robinson Leech Real Estate
ing will be a challenge, so we
have made it worth your while about/jobs-internships/. Email
a copy of your resume to jobs@
to attend this sale! Unbelievable
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TABLEHUNT handmade table
SITE MANAGER: Silver Lake TWO SALISBURY RANCHES: DIFFERENT FEATURES AND PRICES.
linens and chair covers/pro-
Conference Center is a year- PRIVATELY LOCATED: LAKEVILLE RANCH:
tectors, 2 full size beautiful oak
round faith-based outdoor
bed frames, antique bureaus,
ministry site in Sharon. Site Man-
2 dining room/ kitchen tables
ager’s responsibilities include
with chairs, a pine farm table,
maintenance of all buildings
antique chaise lounge, leather
and grounds: five winterized
couch, nearly new linen sleeper
retreat buildings, two villages
sofa, cedar chests, unusual oc-
of summer cabins, 65 wooded
casional tables, antique sheet
acres, several vehicles and PRIVATE SALISBURY RETREAT
music cabinet and a small oak 1,748 sq.ft. • 3.89 acres • 3 BR • 2 BA • 1 Half BA
outbuildings. The ability to
curio cabinet, wrought iron SALISBURY, CT. Renovated home featuring a 1st Floor MBR Suite &
work independently with little beautiful indoor/outdoor spaces. Wood-burning FP in LR, DR opens to
glass top table and chairs, silver
supervision is a must. Excellent 3 or 4 bedrooms, 2 fireplaces, 4+ acres with stream and small pond: 2.5 acres, 1100 SFT, plus fully, usable, walkout basement, 3
Patio, and Kitchen with Breakfast Area. LL offers great Bonus Space with
plate flatware and pieces, desks, A split level design, 3 full baths, two balcony decks, eat-in kitchen, bedrooms, living room, eat-in kitchen, Summer season dining
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skills are necessary. Must have $350,000 OFFERED AT $295,000 the new England lifestyle.
baskets, canning jars, micro-
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REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT #1
REGIONAL SCHOOL Village/
Sharon/Salisbury/Falls

The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT

DISTRICT#1
Cornwall/Kent/North Canaan

Instructor in English Sharon/Salisbury/

Apply at 40 Farnum Street in Lakeville
(sabbatical replacement) Falls Village/
860-435-0352
Full-time or part-time, one academic year
The English Department has an opening for a highly-
Cornwall/Kent/
20 TO 30 HOURS/WEEK
qualified, dynamic, and innovative teacher who
combines significant knowledge in English Language
North PAID
CanaanTRAINING
and Literature, and pedagogy. The Hotchkiss School is
eager to consider applications from groups traditionally
Apply at 40 Farnum
DENTAL CARE
underrepresented in independent school communities.
Street inLIFE INSURANCE
Lakeville
A bachelor’s degree in English Literature or a related
401K
field required; master’s degree in a relevant field is
preferred. Several years of teaching experience, ideally
860-435-0352
ATTENDANCE BONUS
at the secondary level, is preferred.
For details regarding qualifications, duties and
responsibilities, compensation, and how to apply,
WINCHESTER
Please apply in person or online at:
all-startransportation.com for more
visit Hotchkiss.org/careers
and select Apply for Faculty Positions! 177 Rowley Street
information on part-time positions available
The Hotchkiss School is an equal opportunity employer and encourages Norfolk/Colebrook
and our professional driver training classes.
applications from qualified individuals of diverse backgrounds.
860-379-0020
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