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In this issue Departments 3 REPORTER AT LARGE • Clean energy projects to replace Indian Point • NAACP Candidates’ Forum • NAACP meeting • <strong>Nyack</strong> resident gets Genius Grant • <strong>The</strong> Comet ISON • <strong>Nyack</strong> Farmers’ Market comes in from the cold • <strong>The</strong> Great American Smoke Out 5 NOVEMBER ENJOYMENTS Art & entertainment this month 11 COMMUNITY NOTES What else is happening in November 20 CALENDAR Highlights in November 21 OP-CALENDAR PAGE useful local phone numbers Columns 8 REMEMBER THE DAYS? Jim Leiner on <strong>Nyack</strong>’s Angel of the Battlefield 9 PLUMBING & HEATING TIPS OF THE MONTH by Ralph Spano 10 THE APP OF THE MONTH Vicky Schwaid on her new iPhone camera 11 FROM ORANGETOWN TOWN HALL Supervisor Stewart on the budget 12 FROM VALLEY COTTAGE ANIMAL HOSPITAL by Patricia Collins, DVM 13 THE MISSING INGREDIENT Cindy Coligan’s Homemade Cranberry Sauce 14 UNDER EXPOSED Shel Haber on a remarkable cheesecake 22 THEY GOT WHAT?! Donna Cox on current trends in real estate Features 18 ABOUT CANDY 16 BRIDGES OVER THE HUDSON Shel Haber on crossing the Hudson 19 FOOD SUPERSTITIONS 23 NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK by Joyce Bressler On our November cover Graphic by Jan Haber, © 2012 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Nyack</strong> <strong>Villager</strong>, <strong>Nyack</strong>, NY May you share a Thanksgiving filled with peace and contentment. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Nyack</strong> <strong>Villager</strong> November, 2012 Vol. 19 No. 3 Comet ISON set to put on a show at Christmas, 2013 see page 4 Annual Messiah Sing Grace Church see page 5 Holiday Boutique a la Russe see page 5 First-ever Craft Fair at <strong>Nyack</strong> Center see page 5 Line Dancing classes forming see page 5 Cheesecake comes to <strong>Nyack</strong> see page 14 Mailed on or near the first of each month to every residential address in eight river villages—Upper <strong>Nyack</strong>, <strong>Nyack</strong>, Central <strong>Nyack</strong>, South <strong>Nyack</strong>, Grand View, Upper Grandview, Piermont and Palisades NY. On the Internet at www.nyackvillager.com E-mail news releases to us at info@nyackvillager.com Deadline for our December issue is November 15. Please include a contact name and telephone number REPORTER at large Clean energy projects to replace Indian Point Last year, New York State began developing 25 percent of the alternative electricity sources necessary to replace the Indian Point nuclear power plant, according to a new report released by the Natural Resources Defense Council and Riverkeeper. <strong>The</strong> report provides a detailed roadmap for fully and cost-effectively replacing the aging nuclear facility’s power with equal investments in energy efficiency and renewable power sources alone, with no impact to the reliability of the region’s energy supply. <strong>The</strong> findings come just days before Nuclear Regulatory Commission relicensing hearings for Indian Point began. <strong>The</strong> analysis concludes that: New York will maintain a surplus of energy capacity through 2020, even if Indian Point is retired. A new transmission line under construction now, scheduled to come online next year, will soon replace more than 25 percent of Indian Point’s 2,060 MW. With the right policies in place, New York could rely on energy efficiency, wind and solar power resources alone to replace Indian Point’s power. <strong>The</strong> clean energy outlined in this report is expected to have a very small impact on consumer costs. A related NRDC analysis, issued last fall, underscored the need to replace the aging nuclear plant in New York City’s backyard by outlining the costs and consequences of an accident there: It revealed an accident of a similar scale to the Fukushima disaster in just one of Indian Point’s reactors could cause a catastrophe of far greater scale and cost— and it wouldn’t take a tsunami to trigger it. More common occurrences like thunderstorms, flooding or tornados could cause big trouble. <strong>The</strong> result could be a fallout plume reaching south to the New York City metropolitan area, require the sheltering or evacuation of millions of people, and cost ten to one hundred times greater than the Fukushima disaster. Nuclear Regulatory Commission relicensing hearings for Indian Point are underway now. We will report what happened at the hearing next month. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Nyack</strong> <strong>Villager</strong> November, 2012 3