Oct 19, 2010
08:23 AM
I’ve seen what look like Hudson Milk delivery trucks. Is this service back?
Got Milk?
I’ve seen what look like Hudson Milk delivery trucks. Is this service back?
It’s certainly a sign that times have changed when a milk delivery truck—once a regular sight in American towns—takes some by surprise. Nevertheless, the Hudson Milk Company, located in Shrub Oak, seeks to reestablish this tradition of a bygone era by transporting produce from local farms to front doors.
Established 17 years ago, the Hudson Milk Company currently serves over 700 customers in Westchester, Putnam, and Fairfield counties. Hudson gets products from local farms, such as milk from the Battenkill Valley Creamery and cheese from the Finger Lakes Farmstead Cheese Co. The products are then delivered to homes, with the milk in nostalgic, reusable glass bottles. In addition to its dairy selection, Hudson Milk Company offers a variety of other foods such as free-range eggs, breads, bacon, beef, juices, and honey.
—Stephen Saxton
Doing Time
What is the Taconic Correctional Facility on Harris Road?
The Taconic Correctional Facility has been ladies only since 1973. It is a New York State medium-security facility. Bedford Correctional, located across the street, by contrast, is a maximum-security prison, and the inmates there, too, are all women.
Taconic’s roots date back to 1901 when it was opened as a reformatory for females between the ages of 15 and 30. In 1913, the Bureau of Social Hygiene, funded by the Rockefellers, established a laboratory next door to evaluate and treat the residents for what was then called “feeblemindedness.” The Department of Corrections took over the joint in 1926, merging it a few years later with the newly opened Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, New York State’s only maximum-security facility for women. For one year, 1971 to 72, Bedford Hills was a single correctional facility with separate male and female units. Taconic sits on approximately 71 acres of land in what is often described as one of Bedford’s prime estate areas. Seventy-one percent of the inmates have been diagnosed with alcohol- and substance-abuse problems, which have resulted in their incarceration.
The goals of Taconic are not merely punitive; the prison has received national acclaim for its Comprehensive Alcohol and Substance Abuse Treatment (CASAT) program. Of the 464 beds at the facility, 215 are dedicated for CASAT and relapse recovery. Many of these programs are run by a cadre of 275 registered and dedicated volunteers from the local community.
Taconic also offers inmates a selection of courses: Adult Basic Education, Pre-GED, and English as a Second Language. A small but select number of inmates are pursuing their college degrees through programs offered by Vassar and Mercy colleges, earning their accreditation with college level courses in mathematics, psychology, and English.
—Eve Marx
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