The Carmel Spring Fair 06.02.2022

The Greater Mahopac-Carmel Chamber of Commerce presents

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Special Supplement to Saturday, June 4
June 2, 2022 from noon to 4 p.m

Along Gleneida Avenue from Fair Street to Vink Drive

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A special thank you from The 2022
Mahopac News Carmel Spring Fair

Dear Readers, paper can sign up at halston- who are the backbone of not Dear Readers, ships; increasing and developing
Many people don’t know media.com/subscribe.html. only our newspaper, but our The Greater Mahopac-Carmel client/customer base; giving back to
We would love to add you to community. We wouldn’t be our community by helping keep it
that despite this newspaper’s our list of requesters. able to invest our resources Chamber of Commerce is excited to a great place to live, work and play;
name, Mahopac News is — reporting, photography, present the annual Carmel Spring and activities such as the Carmel
actually delivered to about Additionally, we would design, printing and postage Fair along Gleneida Avenue from Spring Fair.
1,000 mailboxes in the like to thank the Greater — without our advertisers Fair Street to Vink Drive this Sat-
hamlet of Carmel each week Mahopac-Carmel Cham- investing their marketing urday, June 4, from noon to 4 p.m. It Your local Chamber keeps mov-
in addition to the 5,000 ber of Commerce Board of budgets in us. So, we thank will be a fun-filled day with rides for ing forward to support businesses
papers delivered to Mahopac Directors for organizing the them for allowing us to serve the children and offering local busi- and our great community.
residents. Carmel Spring Fair. We at the community. nesses the opportunity to showcase
this newspaper thank the their business to the great commu- If there is anything that we can
While our school dis- Chamber for once again For every volunteer who is nity in which we live, work and play. do to help your business, feel free to
trict coverage is exclusively asking us to publish a special highlighted in our newspaper I encourage everyone to bring your contact the Chamber office at 845-
Mahopac (in part because section for the community. and for all the important families and friends to the festivities. 628-5553.
many of the Carmel homes stories covering the local
receiving this newspaper are As always, this sec- government, it is the local The Greater Mahopac-Carmel Kelly Puccio
actually located within the tion would not be possible businesses who give this Chamber of Commerce is one of Chairwoman Board of Directors
Mahopac Central School without our loyal advertisers newspaper the resources to the largest and most active chambers
District), we still publish provide that coverage. In of commerce in the Hudson Val- The Greater Mahopac-Carmel
plenty of relevant content turn, we ask our readers to ley region. It has grown to over 400 Chamber of Commerce
for people living outside the support our advertisers. members who include professionals,
school district. business owners, key employees, entre-
And let us all celebrate this preneurs, not-for-profit organizations,
In fact, when the Carmel community at the annual government employees and more.
Town Board first listed us as Carmel Spring Fair, which
one of the official town pa- is set for noon to 4 p.m. this Even though every business is
pers, we pledged to the town Saturday, June 4, on Gleneida different, our members all have
that anyone living in the Avenue between Fair Street joined for similar reasons, such as
town of Carmel is entitled and Vink Drive. seeking to get more exposure and
to receive our paper – free name recognition for their business;
of charge – by mail. Anyone -Brett Freeman building and maintaining relation-
interested in receiving this Publisher

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Carmel Spring Fair to showcase community ties

Celebrate the return of warmer spring fair that the Mahopac- community in the planning and tions. Take the time to taste the Carmel police will close Route
weather this Saturday,June 4,at the Carmel Chamber of Commerce execution of this event. goodies from local eateries, and an 52 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the
Carmel Spring Fair. e fair,which has held after a two-year hiatus be- array of food trucks. designated space to ensure the at-
will run from noon to 4 p.m., will cause of the pandemic. It is one of ere will be attractions for ev- tendees’ safety. Tra c will be in-
turn Gleneida Avenue between the Chamber’s major events within eryone. FunTime Amusements As you walk around, you can structed to use Vink Drive, Fair
Fair Street and Vink Drive in Car- the commerce district of the ham- will be operating rides for young- learn about some of the great ser- Street, Fowler Avenue and Route
mel into a giant block party. It will let of Carmel. e Carmel Spring sters as well as teens; a DJ from vices local businesses o er, check 301 as alternative routes.
feature rides, entertainment, food Fair committee is working hard Pozzitiv Productions will be on out the artisans with hand-crafted
and a variety of vendors to shop. along with all its sponsors to help hand to spin tunes throughout the works and take advantage of the For more information, visit
support businesses and the overall day. merchandise dealers o ering lots www.mahopaccarmelchamber.
is will be the fourth annual of great bargains and unique items. com or call 845-628-5553.
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Resu rec rni re
Breathing new life into old pieces

BY VIM WILKINSON tom work. are noted. We then look through try a project on their own as well.
CONTRIBUTING EDITOR At Resurrection Furniture, you paint color samples or show ex- Once a cost is worked out, the
amples of pieces. We are a retailer
Denise Bucello and her hus- will also nd our parent company, for the Dixie Belle Paint Com- client will typically have the piece
band, Paul Bucello, started Res- Mattress Brokers of the Hudson pany. We carry a full line of chalk brought in and we will discuss a
urrection Furniture to feed their Valley.We have a full line of brand mineral paint for those wanting to
passion for vintage and antique new hotel quality mattresses that SEE FURNITURE PAGE 11
furniture. Located at 64 Gleneida are sold at 50 to 80 percent o
Ave. in Carmel, the store is all FILE PHOTOS of retail in any size and comfort
about preserving beauty and giv- level available. Because we are
ing new life to old pieces. Hud- Paul and Denise Bucello, owners family owned and operated, we
son Valley Living got a chance to of Resurrection Furniture are able to o er these savings to
interview owner, Denise Bucello our customers.
about the business and here’s what clients looking for odd pieces,
she said. lamps, wall art work or uphol- If someone has an old piece
stered chairs; we bring these items to refurbish, how can you help
Tell us about Resurrection in new. We also consult between them?
Furniture. our upholsterer, contractors, local
glass companies and more for cus- First, we consult with clients
We bring new life to old furni- and look through pictures of
ture. We believe that a once-loved their piece of furniture that they
treasure does not have to be com- are looking to have redone. We
pletely replaced.We also o er new discuss their likes, taste, and feel
furniture pieces by order. We have of the home. Any repairs needed

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Booths and tents lined A
Gleneida Aveue for the

Spring Fair.

PHOTOS: DEENA BELL

MENT TO MAHOPAC NEWS – JUNE 2, 2022 PAGE 9

look at Sprin ir as

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Breaking bread with B ke ’ D ugh e

BY BOB DUMAS a baker in Lisbon, so that’s where I The Baker’s Daughter
EDITOR got the name [of the business] from,”
Morgado said. “When he came to this 14 Fair St.
Stefanie Morgado has baking in her country, he worked at a bakery in Os-
blood. sining. Later, he had to get another Carmel
career, but would still go in there and
She has known it was what she help. He would help make bread for 914-473-2473
wanted to do for a living since she was Portuguese cultural festivals for the
a kid, helping her father bake bread for region that he is from. I would go to STORE HOURS
the Portuguese Cultural Festival in her the bakery and make the bread with
hometown of Ossining. him and that is really where the love Monday-Friday 7 a.m.-6 p.m.
of baking and getting my hands dirty
In high school, Morgado attended came from.” Saturday 7 a.m.-1 p.m.
Putnam-Northern Westchester BO-
CES’ culinary arts program, where she After graduating from college, Mor- Closed on Sunday PHOTO: CORINNE STANTON
studied baking and pastry arts. She gado began working in Manhattan and
then went to Johnson & Wales Uni- became executive pastry chef for the Stefanie Morgado waits on a customer at The Baker’s Daughter.
versity in Providence, R.I., home of Patina Restaurant Group. But when the
one of the most prestigious culinary pandemic hit, she was laid o along with
schools in the country, and received the other executive chefs at the company.
a bachelor’s degree in the baking and Morgado and her husband, Luis, who is
pastry arts. a real estate broker,decided to embark on
a new chapter and pulled up stakes and
On May 1, she cut the ribbon for
the grand opening of her new business, SEE BAKER PAGE 11

e Baker’s Daughter, in the hamlet of
Carmel.

“My father (Manuel Martins) was

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BAKER baked goods found in American bakeries, such as FURNITURE I really enjoy working with cus-
croissants, mu ns, scones, large cookies, cupcakes, tomers who are buying supplies.
FROM PAGE 10 FROM PAGE 7
ey know they can always call me
cake pops and dessert bu et items. time period.I stay in touch through- for questions and problem-solving
out the entire process,showing how advice. ey will text me pictures
moved from Ossining to Carmel hamlet. ey dis- “We also do custom cakes for special occasions,” the work is transforming. and show me what they’ve trans-
formed. at kind of happiness and
covered the building at 14 Fair Street and thought Morgado said. “With custom orders we will come Tell us about the collections pride in their work is absolutely
in the store for walk-in custom- priceless to me!
it would be perfect for a bakery, so they bought it. in during o hours to meet with the customer.” ers looking for interesting pieces. Denise Bucello can be reached at 914-
Where are they sourced from? 584-3839. For more samples of their
It took a while to wind through the town’s plan- And though the store has only been open for a work and products visit Resurrection
We source from the entire tri- Furniture on Facebook.
ning and permitting process, but by May the store month, Morgado says the community has wel- state area attending estate sales and
online sales. We look for quality FILE
was ready to open. comed her with open arms. furniture with good bones that will PHOTO
be around for another 50 years. We
“We have been working on this for a year and a “It has been really great,” she said, “ e commu- are particular to what we bring in
and do not take just any piece. But
half,” Morgado said. “It took us longer than we an- nity has been very welcoming and supportive.I can’t sometimes there is a perfect some-
thing at the end of the driveway.
ticipated.” say enough good things.”
Share some success stories.
Her dad now comes in in the morning to help It is touching to hear how cli-
ents feel once a re nished piece is
with the baking. brought back into their space. It’s
the same feeling from long ago
“It was always a dream of his to own his own bak- when you originally purchased the
item. We hear this over and over
ery,”Morgado said.“And it has always been my end again. “Grandma’s piece nally ts
in with my style!”
goal—to own my own business,”she said.

e theme of Morgado’s Portuguese heritage can

be found throughout the bakery’s décor.

“Our décor is Portuguese in uenced; my logo is a

heart—the [shape of the] region of Portugal my dad

is from,”she said.

And of course, many of the baked goods are Por-

tuguese in uenced.

“We have Portuguese custard tarts, the national

dessert of Portugal,”Morgado said.“We have sweet

bread with coconut,brioche with turkey and cheese.” PHOTO COURTESY OF STEFANIE MORGADO

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Rememberin L i Ga ris
Sandlot slugger was a hometown hero

In 1905, Louis Blaine Garrison, Oftentimes, according to e Put- were out on Reservoir D playing Garrison took odd jobs in the

or “Garry” as he was known, was nam County Courier archives, “an ice hockey when two children, Carmel area and continued play-

one of the most revered baseball occasional heavy hitter would send Marion Cornish and Earl Ry- ing baseball with local teams. His

players to ever hit the sandlots of the ball over the fence into the der, skated out on to thin ice and talent wasn’t limited to hurling

Carmel and beyond. His pitching railroad cut,” referring to the “Old plunged into frigid waters. Garri- and slugging—in 1914 he used

style was legendary; one newspaper Put” railroad line (what residents son took the lead and helped form his interests to help establish a new

reporting that his “curves moved know today as the Putnam Trail- a human chain along the ice, skill- baseball team which resulted in the

in such mysterious ways and per- way or bike path). fully and carefully using his hockey formation of the rst Carmel Ath-

formed such wonders that the visi- Recently, Janet Goins, a resident stick to push his younger friend, letic Association.

tors never had a chance.” of Florida and Louis Garrison’s Ralph Twiname, out over the thin Prior to his glory days, gen-

Garrison stood out for many great granddaughter, connected ice to allow the two to grab hold of erations of the Garrison family

reasons as a great player, friend, with the Putnam County Histo- his skates.Once they latched on,all lived on a large parcel of land that

community member—all of which rian’s O ce to help augment Black three were pulled back onto thick would eventually become a ected

trumped the one small detail that history les in the Historian’s Col- ice and saved from certain doom. by New York City’s acquisitions

made him di erent… he was a lection. As February temperatures Says Goins of her great grand- for the construction of the West

Black man in a very white com- dropped to freezing levels, the father’s heroics, “I am so thankful PHOTO COURTESY OF JANET GOINS and Middle Branch Reservoirs.

munity. Historian’s O ce was warmed by my great grandfather was dazzling Louis Blaine Garrison At that time, Black families in the

During his local career as a fast a heroic story Goins told of Gar- with a ball and a brilliant thinker.” town of Carmel were few, but the

and feared pitcher,Garrsion’s home rison’s past. Aside from being a star Garrison was born on Oct. 19, later attended Carmel High. He Garrisons had working ties with

turf was known as Seminary Field, athlete, he was a humble hero. 1884, in the Drewville section of was an o cer of his class and one the prominent Drew, Crosby, and

located on the lands of Morgan During the winter of 1905, Carmel. He was a student at the of only ve students who gradu- SEE SLUGGER PAGE 15
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The story of the iconic County Courthouse

e Putnam County Courthouse over- growing Hudson River community. But ow- PHOTO COURTESY OF ANTHONY22/WIKIMEDIA e project, however, was plagued with many
looks Lake Gleneida and is a ne example of ing to a clause in the deed prohibiting con- problems and it was not until June 10, 1994,
the Greek Revival style of architecture. It was struction of the courthouse on another site, The historic Putnam County Courthouse on that the historic courthouse reopened.
placed on the National Register of Historic the new building was erected on the same site Route 52 in Carmel
Places in 1976. incorporating parts of the earlier structure, Funds were not available to restore the jail.
especially the old jail. Repeated renovations the prisoners. e cells still remain and are used primarily
Up until December 1988, when it was inside the building have all but destroyed its e top oor of the courthouse was par- as storage space. Currently the courthouse is
closed for repairs, it had been the oldest history but the exterior has remained largely home to Surrogate’s Court o ces. e county
courthouse in continuous service in New unchanged for its circa 1847 expansion and tially destroyed by re in 1924, but it was re- o ce building, located next door to the his-
York State. After Putnam County was sepa- updating when the stylish temple form with paired and rebuilt exactly as before. However, toric courthouse, was rst built in 1822. Since
rated from Dutchess County by the state a giant portico, Corinthian columns, and bel- in the early 1980s, county o cials became that time, it has undergone many re-creations
legislature in September 1812, half an acre of fry were added. e four columns and their concerned about the growing disintegration and revisions. e 1936 expansion created
land was designated for the construction of a capitals are of particular merit, architecturally, of the courthouse. Deliberations on how to a suite for the county judge and surrogate,
courthouse. In 1814, the original courthouse having been constructed from designs meant renovate and rehabilitate the historic struc- a children’s court room and the county li-
was completed. to copy those found on the Monument of ture went on for several years. Actual work on brary. e county library became the Put-
Lysicrates in Athens. the courthouse began in 1989. e architect’s nam County Supreme Court Law Library.
e builder, James Townsend, was also goal was to maintain the exterior style and to In December 2007, the Supreme, County,
the owner of a nearby forge and was the rst Another renovation in 1855 saw the con- return the interior to its original oor plan. and Family courts relocated to the new facil-
man to attempt to get iron from what became struction of a jail to replace the jail that stood ity located directly next door to the Putnam
known as the “Tilly Foster Mine.”Townsend at the northeast corner of the courthouse and County o ce building, its former location.
incorporated locally forged ironwork in his yet another jail was constructed in the struc- is new location is four stories and includes
construction of the courthouse. e rst court ture in 1907. at jail nally closed in 1977. additional courtrooms, waiting areas, a spa-
session was held on Feb. 15, 1815. From the mid-1800s through 1966, the Put- cious library, holding area for inmates and the
nam County Courthouse not only housed O ce of the Commissioner of Jurors.
By the 1840s, the rst courthouse was the jail,but the county sheri and the sheri ’s
too small for the growing population of the wife,who,as the jail matron,cooked meals for Article courtesy of NYCourts.gov
county and a new building was proposed in
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SLUGGER “Janet’s connections and correspon- rian’s O ce, “She has continued her 2022 Carmel
dence has inspired us to reexamine family’s proud, neighborly traditions.” Spring Fair
FROM PAGE 12
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the collection and make room for the In adulthood, Louis Garrison relo-

Everett families, and were popular Black experience in our records,” said cated to Brooklyn, prompted by the

throughout the community. Garrison Sallie Sypher, deputy historian. appeal of playing for a “colored” base-

’s grandfather, James Garrison, worked Goins’ family collection on le now ball team.While living there,he passed

many years for Judge William Watts, at the county archives includes exten- Civil Service exams and worked with

a successful merchant and town elder. sive genealogy, memoirs, and pho- the U.S. Postal Service at Grand Cen-

When Watts died in 1869, James and tographs. Recently, Bob Mayer, local tral Station well into the mid-20th

his wife, Mary, were bequeathed an baseball historian,was able to bring the century. He married Mary Randolph All County Pest Control Mizzentop Day School
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in Putnam County and lifelong resi- family were often busy helping their in New York,” Goins said, “I am over-

dents of Carmel. Many of her ances- neighbors and being their best,”Goins whelmed with delight, just knowing

tors are buried in the large family plot said, in hopes she has inherited some the heroic act and accomplishments

within the historic Gilead Cemetery. of the family traits. of my ancestors are still being remem-

Making connections, such as “Based on Janet Goins’s incredible bered in Putnam County.”

Goins’, from near and far is impor- contributions to Putnam County’s his-

tant to the work performed by the tory and connections with our o ce,” Article courtesy of Putnam County

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