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White ceramic stars in honor of the victims of 9/11 adorn a rock wall surrounding a cross made of World Trade Center steel atop the hill at Graymoor, the home of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement. On Friday, Sept. 11, there will be Memorial Masses at 8:46am (the time of the first terrorist attack) and at 11:30am in St. Pius X Chapel (6th floor) at Graymoor.That evening, at 8 o’clock, there will be a candlelight Service of Remembrance in the Memorial Garden. See page two for a story about Putnam County’s annual memorial service, including a list of those Putnam residents who died in the attacks.

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by Michael Turton McGuire’s on Main in Cold Spring has just become the world’s most recent addition to a global fraternity of pubsthat serve up one of Ireland’s most beloved exports – Guin- ness stout.“With a last name like Mc-Guire you have to serve Guin- ness” said Shaun McGuire, who along with his sistersTanna and Mandy, own and operate the Main Street pub.Last Saturday, McGuire’s was packed as Guinness lov-ers gathered for a special party to celebrate the draft brew’s arrival.The Beer Lover’s Guidedescribes Guinness Stout as “”Mushy, mellow, soft, mildly bitter with an almost roasted chocolate elegance…classy and very satisfying.”That “mushy, mellow” stout generates an intensely loyalfollowing and McGuire feelsthat is about more than just the beer itself. “I think it’s reallyabout tradition. Guinness issomething that has remained consistent in a world wherelittle else has. And you can get it almost anywhere in the world. It’s like coming home.”Cold Spring resident Brian McElroy attended Saturday’sfestivities and his love of Guinness supports McGuire’sview. “My dad was one of eleven kids. My grandfather,Francis Xavier McElroy, al- ways had a keg of Guinnesson ice.” McElroy has fond memories of sharing a pint with his grandfather and, not surprisingly, as he recalled those times he added, “Guin- ness is my favorite drink.”John Maasik of Cold Springsays that he and his friendstake some of the credit for Guinness coming to Mc-Guire’s. “Every time wecame in here we’d tell Shaun,‘You should have Guinness.’Someone jokingly suggested that everyone should throwtwenty bucks in the pot…”Maasik said.The “pot” Maasik referred to was the money needed toinstall separate lines and tapsto serve the popular Irish beer,a requirement that Guinessdoes not budge on.McGuire picked up on theidea, and it proved to be a true win-win outcome. It would

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Pouring what the Irish refer to as a ‘proper pint’ of Guinnessis a time-honored process that requires skill, patience, and care. McGuire’s on Main is now equipped to do just that for its thirsty customers.

by Michael MellThe September 2, 2009, board meeting of the Garrison Union Free School District began with an announcement that the board has reached agreement on a new contract with the Garrison TeachersAssociation and would vote toapprove it immediately. Thefive-year contract includessalary increases, increases in teacher contributions to healthcare insurance, and profes-sional development programs.“Garrison’s board of educa-tion, administration, teach-ers, and staff can now moveforward,” said board presi-dent Anita Prentiss, “work-ing together on what matters most: student achievement and high-quality education.”The announcement earned an ovation from those in atten-dance and the board voted unanimously to approve thecontract.The agreement covers 2007through 2012, providing sal-ary increases of 3 percent and 2.75 percent for the first two years; corresponding toamounts already budgeted.Annual percentage increasesfor the balance of the contract term are 2 percent, 2 percent by Michael Turton The Haldane Central SchoolDistrict has reached a new,two-year agreement with theHaldane Faculty Association (HFA) which represents Hal-dane’s teachers and teachers’assistants for grades K-12.Like most labor agreements,the new contract is multi-lay-ered, complex, and not likely toappear on any best seller lists.The bottom line is that the newcontract will cost taxpayers an average of 3 percent more in each of the two years.“One of the signs of a fair agreement is that both sidesfeel they wanted more. There were concessions on bothsides,” commented Superin-tendent Mark Villanti at thestart of the September 1, 2009, meeting of the Haldane SchoolBoard. by Eric GrossCounty Executive Robert Bondi has proposed closing theSenior Center on Cedar Street in Cold Spring and cutting other “quality of life discretionary programs.”In a Tuesday evening ad-dress to the legislature, Bondialso announced a proposal toeliminate Friday trolley servicein Philipstown.Bondi said Philipstown se- niors will be able to “receiveservices at the Putnam ValleySenior Center,” more than 11 miles away from the one in Cold Spring.The county executive alsoannounced a plan to cut 49full-time positions in his 2009-2010 budget.Bondi said the cuts were part of a 15 percent reduction in “contributions to outside agen-cies that do much to improvethe quality of life in Putnam County. We would like to con-tinue with these programs as well as funding organizationslike libraries, Cooperative Ex-tension, and museums, but thecounty cannot spend money it does not have.”Members of the Putnam Legislature will now begin reviewing the executive budget line-by-line in the next two weeks in committee beforeformulating its budget duringthe Budget and Finance meet-ing on Sept. 23 and Sept.24.A public hearing on the revised budget is scheduled for Sept. 29. The budget willthen be forwarded to Bondifor his perusal. by Eric GrossThe Putnam County Legisla-ture plans to fight the Metro- politan Transportation Author-ity’s recently enacted mobilitytax through the courts.In July, County Execu -tive Robert Bondi vetoed a resolution approved by the nine-member governing bodycalling for the county to re-frain from paying the MTAa “single penny” for the taxthat will cost businesses in the commuter region millionsof dollars.Bondi agreed with the leg-islature that the mobility tax was an “onerous tax, adverselyaffecting the businesses and residents of our county,” but said he vetoed the resolution based on one specific clausethat could not be enforced:“Putnam County government has no right to say ‘Putnam will not authorize any pay- ment of the unfair and unjust mobility tax.’” Bondi called it his “fiduciary duty as CountyExecutive to uphold the lawsof New York State, whether Iagree with them or not. Thelegislature also shares in this responsibility.”Bondi urged Putnam to “paythis bill as required by lawin a timely fashion to avoid interest and penalties and latefiling fees that will adverselyaffect our taxpayers.”At last week’s regular monthly meeting of the leg-islature there was no votetaken to override the execu-tive’s veto. Instead, Legisla-tor Vincent Tamagna of Cold Spring called for the countyto initiate an Article 78 pro-ceeding against the state and the MTA relating to the tax.“A court of law must make a decision on whether Putnam County has an issue of taxa-tion without representation,”Tamagna said. “I want a judgeto decide.”Tamagna charged the state’sactions were “totally unac-ceptable because the MTAcontinues to loot the peopleof Putnam County, since thetax is retroactive to March 1, which will result in a $127,500expenditure for county gov- by Eric GrossCold Spring will get thefinancial help needed to pick up its trash. The Putnam Leg-islature voted 6-3 last week to expend $7,500 that willassist the village government with its increasing costs for garbage pick-up.Legislator Vincent Tamag- na called it “terribly unfair”for the village’s 2,000 resi-dents to “pick up the entiretab for the removal of tonsof trash, rubbish, and garbage generated by weekend visitors and tourists who fre-quent local merchants and generate substantial salestax revenue.”Tamagna described Cold Spring as the “gateway totourism. This is strictly a mat-ter of fairness. Cash registers ring up sales and sales tax revenue for the entire countyevery Saturday and Sunday, while the residents are left with the mess on Monday morning.”Last month Mayor SethGallagher reported that hisvillage was “seeing more weekend visitors than in re-cent years.” He cited the June7 visit of the Tall Ships, when “3,000 visitors packed the waterfront park to view theflotilla sailing and motoring up the Hudson.”Mayor Gallagher also re-called the Independence Day weekend when, “Cold Spring welcomed 8,000 guests for a full day of entertainment throughout the commercial by Michael Brendan DoughertyAs the Sheriff’s race hasintensified in the weeks lead-ing up to the primary, thefour candidates have madecrime statistics one of thetop issues of the campaign.Former NYPD Captain An-drew DeStefano asks in hisads, “How Safe Are You?”and lists a series of unnerv-ing statics about an increasein crime in Putnam Countyin 2008: Burglaries up 43.3 percent, aggravated assaults up 54.5 percent, 17 percent increase in violent crime,and a 34 percent increase in DWIs. 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, Kevin McConville,the Democratic candidate for Sheriff and former chief of the MTA Police, said, “If you look at Putnam County in thelast three years, crime is up34 percent.”Sheriff Smith says his op- ponents are trying to scarethe public. “In 2006 we had 25 robberies. In 2007 there were 10 robberies in Putnam County. That means robberies went down 60 percent. The next year, 2008, we went from 10 to 13 robberies. Then they say it is an increase of 40 percent. There has to be‘truth in lending’ here.”The candidates have alsodebated how safe Putnam County is relative to thearea. In nearby Rockland County, crime in the past year has jumped 11 percent, making Putnam’s increase in crime look modest. Dutchesscounty’s overall crime index has seen a modest uptick in crime overall since a 2006low. Meanwhile, Westches-ter County has seen steady,though modest, decreases in crime over each of the past four years. The contrast Smith’scritics draw between Putnam and surrounding counties ison the rate of violent crime.Westchester and Dutchess have seen a modest decreasein the rate of violent crime;Putnam stands out in the past year for a modest increase.“We are the safest countyin the Hudson Valley by far,”Sheriff Smith said, “and thesecond safest in New York, behind Hamilton County, which has more deer than people.” To prove the case,Smith points out that over the past 18 years, the past three years are still among the saf-est, even with an economicdownturn. According to theIndex Crimes statistics reported by the New York StateJustice Services, the lowest absolute crime rate was in 2007, a rating of 952.8. The next safest year was 2006954.6. And the third best year was 2008. “People are tryingto make the public feel likethere is a huge crime wave in Putnam County,” Smith said.Smith attributes the recent increases in crime rate in part due to the economic downturn that leaves people out of work,along with other factors in surrounding counties.

Putnam Remembers September 11

Senior Center Could Close

Putnam Sheriff’s Race

Analyzing the Crime Stats

After years of dispute, Garrisonteachers, district sign contract

County Will Help Pay forCold Spring Trash Removal

Fate Still Unknown inCounty’s Battle with MTA

(See Crime on Page 13)(See Trash on Page 13) Karen Shea of Philipstown spotted this bear in her backyard on Tuesday. Shewrites that she was able to snap this picture from the safety of her home:“This bear has been to visit us twice this summer and has been seen in manyof our neighbor’s yards as well ... He was determined to get to our bees and unfortunately they did not survive the assault.”

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(See Haldane on Page 8)(See GUFS on Page 8)(See MTA on Page 8)

Re-Zoning Packs the House

by Joe Lindsley Jr.On September 3, 2009, there was quite a crowd at the Philip-stown Town Hall for the town board meeting. A good portion of the audience consisted of members of a group of businessand property owners callingthemselves Concerned Citi-zens of Philipstown. They werethere to express their concern about the town’s proposed zon-ing changes as detailed in theComprehensive Plan.To prevent the meeting from running far into the night,Supervisor Bill Mazzuca announced that a special work-shop would be held to discusszoning changes. During the past years, Philipstown has hosted a number of meetingsabout the re-drafting of theComprehensive Plan, but in recent weeks a growing number of residents have begun toexpress their concerns about the proposals to make muchof Philipstown into a “ruralconservation zone.” Mazzuca reassured the audience that the plan was not carved in stone,and that he had “some crazysense that there might be somechanges” coming to the zoning proposals. Near the end of the meeting,in consultation with members of the audience, it was determined that there will be a zoning work-shop at 7:30pm on Tuesday,September 15, the same dayas the primary elections. Asthe North Highlands Fire Hall will not be a polling place thisfall, it was selected as the siteof the meeting. Mazzuca said the board would like to haveJoel Russell, the land use at-torney and planning consultant who helped draft the proposed zoning changes, in attendance.An audience member requested that the workshop be video-taped, and the board agreed.The business owners “havevalid concerns, there’s nodoubt” said Richard Shea, town board member and town super-visor candidate, in an interviewTuesday. “I guarantee you that there will be changes to thisdocument.”

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Wednesday, September 9, 2009CXLIII No. 36Philipstown & Putnam Valley

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- PV Zoning Bd of Appeals-Workshop

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PVCSD Board of Ed Wk Sess.

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PV Town Board Regular Mtg

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GUFS Board Special Mtg

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Philipstown Board WeeklyWkshop - Presentation from the headof the NY State agency that overseesproperty tax administration.PATRIOT DAYNo Meetings

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office on Labor Day gave us a delightful—and heartwarming—view of the Main Street sidewalks chock full of shoppers and sightseers. The photo to the right shows some of the waves of customersthat inundated Cup-O-Ccino all day long.There was some excitement under the tent Saturday night at Boscobel: If you were there, you would have seen Hillary and Bill Clinton second row center enjoying theShakespearean play

Pericles

(see the photo on page 12).Afterwards they talked with the cast in the actors’ tent and complimented Cold Spring’s Charlotte Palmer-Laneon the costumes. They had seen a review in the

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and decided to call for tickets. And yes, Hillary was wearing a pantsuit!There is lots going on this coming weekend, from Take-a-Hike, to the Summer Sunset Cruise to benefit PARC, a Pop Warner fund raiser, to a Black Tie Barn Dance at The Barn at Glynwood. Check the ComingEvents on page 4.Remember to drive carefully now that school is open.Happy Birthday greetings to; Penny Craig, Doreen Derry, Joann Reinhardt, JoDana, Stephen Smith, Rina Desai, Michael Bade, Sudha Patel, Trixie McCarthy,Bruce Campbell, Tina Barile, Roger Blanchard, Pari- mal Mehta, Sangita Modi, Kasey Battaglia, Patricia Keegan, K.J.Conley, Diana Swinburne, Kathy Hamel,Patrick Lilburne, Deb Moritz, and Margaret Moritz.Best wishes to all.

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by Eric GrossEight Putnam residents whodied on September 11, 2001, will be remembered Fridayevening at the 9-11 memorialservice at Carmel’s Corner-stone Park.Putnam’s eight heroes are:Christopher Blackwell of Putnam Lake, Daniel Harlin of Kent, Robert Minera of Carmel, Thomas Kuveikisof Kent and George Cain of Patterson, all FDNY members;Steven Driscoll of Lake Car- mel, a member of the NYPDEmergency Services Unit;David Fodor of Garrison, a tax accountant, and GeorgeParis of Carmel, an employeeof Cantor Fitzgerald.Members of the Stephen Driscoll Chapter of the Fra-ternal Order of Police will participate in the program.The names of each hero will be recited with tolling bellsto follow. The ceremony gets underway at 8pm and will be preceded by an ecumenicalservice of remembrance at St. James Church in Carmel. by Eric GrossPutnam County ElectionsCommissioners Robert Ben- nett and Anthony Scannapiecoand their staffs didn’t have much of a vacation this summer now that 69 candidates havefiled petitions to run for 34 positions in town and countygovernment this fall.The large number of candi-dates seeking office will result in a number of primaries next Tuesday.“In some towns like Carmel,Kent, and Putnam Valley, vot-ers will need a scorecard dueto the great interest in seeking public office,” said ElectionsCommissioner Robert Bennett.His counterpart, Commis-sioner Anthony Scannapieco,added, “This is part of the process. Residents have the right to seek election as longas they receive the necessarysignatures on petitions.”Putnam’s top race this year pits Sheriff Donald Smithagainst three challengers.Former Southeast Town JudgeJames Borkowski and retired NYPD Captain Andrew DeSte-fano are challenging the sheriff in a GOP Primary while Kevin McConville of Cold Spring,the retired head of the MTAPolice, is the Democratic chal-lenger.Running unopposed is Dr.Michael Nesheiwat for Put- nam Coroner, as is Putnam Legislator Vincent Tamagna of Cold Spring.In Philipstown, two candi-dates are running for super-visor—Republican MatthewMastrantone and Democrat Richard Shea.Four candidates are seekingtwo town board seats—Demo-crats Betty Budney and John VanTassel, and RepublicansJoselle Cunane and Theresa Polhemus.Philipstown Assessor Brian Kenney is running unopposed.Putnam Valley Supervisor Robert Tendy is facing opposition from Democrat Dawn Powell. The two will be bat-tling for the IndependenceParty line in a primary next week as well.Six candidates are vyingfor two seats on the Putnam Valley Town Board—Republi-cans Jacqueline Annabi, Esther McHenry, and Patty Villanova,along with Democrats SamuelDavis, Christopher Lieber- man, and Wendy Whetsel. An Independence Party Primaryis also scheduled.Putnam Valley Justice Gina Capone is seeking reelection without opposition, whileHighway Superintendent EarlSmith is facing an Indepen-dence Party line challengefrom Mark Pawera. Next Tuesday’s primarycontests will be a warm-upfor Commissioners Bennett and Scannapieco and their dozens of election workers who prepare for November’sgeneral election. This week the

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is providing the public with snapshots of thecandidates running in primary races. Check out our PrimaryDay special on pages 10-11.

Putnam to Remember 9-11 Friday Evening

Crowds at Cup-O-Ccino on Labor Day.

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On September 11th, 2001, while we were being attacked by hijackers using commer-cial airliners as weapons,the passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93from Newark, NJ, to San Francisco, CA, took their plane back from the terror-ists, but lost their lives when the plane crashed into theground near Shanksville PA.Their courage as impromptu ‘citizen-soldiers’ is said to have been the first victoryin the ‘War on Terror.’This sad moment in our nation’s history will be com- memorated with a program entitled “Going to Shanks-ville,” which includes pho-tographs, videos, and a talk by Jim Cypher, Jr., at theHowland Center in Beacon on Friday, September 11,at 7pm.A year afterwards Jim Cypher Jr. drove out to thetemporary memorial at thecrash site and documented the experiences he witnessed there. In a twist of fate he met with the relatives of a passenger after an odd coincidence, and also met with Val McClatchey, whotook the famous photographof the smoke cloud from the crash titled,

The End of Serenity

. He then returned for the five-year memorialservice and again met withthe victim’s family. His reverent appreciation for what the heroes of Flight 93 did, and how their braveexample resonates with eachof us has compelled him toshare this remarkable pieceof recent history in words, photographs, and movingimages.There is no admission fee, but donations to theFlight 93 Memorial Fund are encouraged.

www.hon-orflight93.org

The Heroes of Flight 93Honored in Words, Images

On Sunday, September 27,immediately following the11am Mass outside Pilgrim Hall, Graymoor, the Francis-can Friars of the Atonement are welcoming Franciscan friar and popular writer Fr.Jack Wintz, OFM, who willsign copies of his new book,

Will I See My Dog in Heaven?

Will we see our dogs and cats in the hereafter? DoesGod’s plan for eternity in-clude the created nonhuman world? Fr. Jack, brings a lovefor all creation and infec-tious enthusiasm to the seri-ous task of exploring theselong-asked questions. In

Will I See My Dog in Heaven?

he admits that no one really knows what God has in mind for us in the next life. But in ten thoughtful chapters, he lines up evidence from the Scriptures, Christian tradition, and liturgy, and the life and teachings of St.Francis of Assisi, that God desires all creatures (yes,including our beloved pets!)in the afterlifeFor those unable to attend,individually inscribed and personally signed copies of the book will be availablethrough September 26 from the Graymoor Book & Gift Center by calling 424-2100or by visiting

www.Atone-mentFriars.org/my_dog_in_ heaven.htm

Pilgrim Hall is located at Graymoor on Route 9. For information, call 424-2111.

Will I See My Dog in Heaven?

Signing at Graymoor

On Saturday, September 19,from 10am to 3pm, the York-town Family History Library,at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will host a Family History Fair, which will feature a lecture by Cold Spring resident Luisa Perkins.There will be free classes, presentations, and informa-tion booths to help you get started building your familytree or to help you add to what you already have. Information will be provided on Internet resources, recording oral his-tories, and much more. For complete schedule of eventsand details go to

www.family-history.dreamhosters.com

or phone 914-941-9150.The Church is located at 801Kitchawan Road, in Ossining,¼ mile east of the Taconic.

Cold Spring’s Luisa PerkinsSpeaks at Geneology Fair

ST. MARY’SEPISCOPAL CHURCHIN THE HIGHLANDS1 Chestnut Street,Cold SpringFr. Shane Scott-Hamblen, Rector, 265-2539Mr. Ron Greene, SeniorWarden, 265-3624www.stmaryscoldspring.dioceseny.orgSun. Masses:

8am (spoken);10:30am (sung); Sundayschool in Parish Hall dur-ing 10:30 mass

Thurs. Fri. & Sun.:

AA in parish hall, 8pm

FRANCISCAN FRIARSOF THE ATONEMENTRoute 9, Garrison424-3671graymoorcenter@atonementfriars.orgSunday Eucharist

- 11am,Pilgrim Hall.

Daily Mass

- Mon. - Sat.11:30am.

Mondays

- Holy Hour, 8pm.

Centering Prayer

- 8pm.Monthly Prayer Meeting 2nd Sunday of every month at 2pm. Recovery Inc. everyWednesday, 7:30pm.

Renewal Farmers’ Market:

Every Friday, 10-3, duringgrowing season.

Fri. Sept. 11

- Memorial masses at 8:46am (the timeof the first terrorist attack)and at 11:30am, at St. PiusX Chapel (6th floor).

Fri. Sept. 11

- 9/11 Can-dlelight Service of Remem- brance, at Memorial Garden,8pm

Sun. Sept. 27

- Book sign-ing of

Will I See My Dog in Heaven?

following 11am Mass

ST. JOSEPH’S CHAPELA mission Chapel of OurLady of Loretto ChurchUpper Station Rd.,Garrison, 265-3718

Sunday Mass: 10:15am

OUR LADY OFLORETTO CATHOLICCHURCHFair Street, Cold Spring845-265-3718www.ourladyoflorettocs.comFr. Brian McSweeney,Pastor

Masses: Sat. 5:30pm, Sun.7:30am, 9, & 11:45am.,Weekdays: 8:15am, St. Jo-seph’s - Garrison, Sun.,10:15am. Holy Days: 8:15am & 7:30pm Mass, Holy DayVigil: 530pm Confessions: Sat., 4:30-5pm

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“AParish Mission” w/ Fr. An-gelus Shaughnesy, 7pm, dif-ferent topics each night

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- Oktober-fest, in celebration of theFeast of the Holy Angel.5-10pm. German food, beer,Italian ices, more. Children’sgames, dunk tank, live enter-tainment and gaming wheels.265-3718Bingo - Thursdays, doorsopen 6pm, first game begins

ST. PHILIP’S CHURCHIN THE HIGHLANDSEpiscopal1101 Route 9D, GarrisonAcross from schoolRev. Francis H. Geer, Rec.424-3571 - e-mail:stphilips@highlands.com

8am - Holy Communion 10:30am - Main ServiceChoir–Thu, 7:30pm Junior Choir–Sun at 9:15am Sunday School–Sun 10:30am Acolytes – Sunday 9am Adult Class – Sunday at noon Life Support Group – Wednes-days at 7:30 PMSt. Philip’s Nursery SchoolM-F–9am to Noon

GRACE UNITEDMETHODIST CHURCH37 Peekskill HollowRoad, Putnam ValleyPastor Tony Mecca845-526-3788Sunday Service & SundaySchool

: 10 am.

Prayer Service w/ Com-munion

: Tues 7 pm. “Tues-days w/ Tony” - Discussion group, 9am.

Tue. Sept. 22

- Fall luncheon & auction, 11:30-1:30pm.

ST. LUKE’S LUTHERANCHURCH65 Oscawana Lake Rd.,Putnam Valleywww.stlukesputnamvalley.org845-528-8858

mail@stlukesputnamvalley.org

Sunday Worship

- Service:9am, Coffee hour: 10:15am,

FIRST PRESBYTERIANCHURCH OFPHILIPSTOWNAcademy & CherryStreetsCold Spring - 265-3220Rev. Leslie Mott, Pastor

www.presbychurchcoldspring.org

email: FPCP@verizon.net

Worship Service: 10am Chancel Choir Rehearsal:Wednesdays 7pm Office Hours: Tue, Wed &Thu, 8-12Food Pantry: Saturdays9-10am

UNITED METHODISTCHURCHES OF COLDSPRING & SOUTHHIGHLAND (Garrison)845-265-3365South Highland UMC,19 Snake Hill Rd.GarrisonCold Spring UMC,216 Main StreetPastor Margaret (Peggy)Laemmel

South Highland in Garrison worship service at 9:30am.Cold Spring worship serviceat 11am.South Highland Sundayschool will begin on Sun-day, Sept. 13th during the9:30 worship service.

Sat. Sept. 12

- Bake Sale,Foodtown, 9:30am-noon

Sat. Oct. 10

- Bake Sale,Foodtown, 9:30am-noon

COLD SPRINGBAPTIST CHURCH(American BaptistChurches, USA)Jay Camp(Interim Pastor)245 Main St., ColdSpring265-2022

Sunday Services, 10:30am

Wednesdays

: Prayer- Fel-lowship time, 7pm

BEACON HEBREWALLIANCEConservative Synagogue331 Verplanck Ave.,BeaconRabbi Josh WohlCantor Ellen Gersh845-831-2012

www.beaconhebrewalliance.org

Fri. night Shabbat services7:30pm Sat. morning Shabbat ser-vices, 9:30am Check website for religiousschool, services, events info.

TEMPLE ISRAEL140 Lake DriveLake PeekskillRabbi Jeff Cymet845-528-2305Shabbat Services

: Fridays8pm; Saturdays 9:15am.

PHILIPSTOWNREFORM SYNAGOGUEP.O. Box 94Cold Spring, NY 10516

THE HIGH HOLY DAYSServices led by Can-torShoshana Lash, Or-ganist Douglas KeilitzAll Services at St.Mary’s Parish House

Sat. Sept. 12

: Shabbat/ S’lichot Services, 9:30am,Discussion, 10:30am

Fri. Sept. 18

: Rosh HashanahEvening Services, 8pm

Sat. Sept. 19

: Rosh HashanahMorning Services, 10am

Sun. Sept. 27

: Kol NidreEvening Services, 8pm

Mon. Sept. 28

: Yom Kippur, morning services, 10am, dis-cussion, 1:30pm, afternoon services, 3:30pm, community break fast immediately fol-lowing Afternoon ServicesSat. Oct. 3: Shabbat/Sukkot services at Surprise LakeCamp,9:30am, Sukkah Build-ing by the Lake, 10:30am,servicesFor more information call265-8011 and leave a mes-sage or e-mail philipstownre-formsynagogue @gmail.com

PHILIPSTOWNWORSHIP GROUPQuaker Meeting(845) 424-3525

Meeting for Worship – 2nd &4th Sundays of each month,10am, at 848 Old AlbanyPost Road (Whyatt StoneCottage), Garrison. Call for directions. Children of allages welcome.

REFORM TEMPLE OFPUTNAM VALLEY362 Church RoadPutnam ValleyRabbi Allen Darnov845-528-4774www.rtpv.orgShabbat Services:

Fridays,8pm; Young people’s ser-vice- third Friday of the month, 7pm. Hebrew School,ages 3+

HISTORIC TOMPKINSCORNERS UNITEDMETHODIST CHURCH729 Peekskill HollowRoad, Putnam Valley845-528-5076www.tompkinschurchny.org

1st Sunday of the month worship: 2pm

FIRST HEBREWCONGREGATION OFPEEKSKILL1821 Main Street,Peekskill914-739-0500www.firsthebrew.orgsfma@optonline.netRabbi Lee Paskind

Services: Sat. 9:30am; Fri.8pm; Monthly Fri. familyservice, 6:30pm Sat. Sept 13 -Sukkot FamilyWorkshop, free, 12:30 p.m Daily minyan at downtown synagogue (call for info)

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