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Paula Louise Pelosi
Millerton News
May 06, 2026
AMENIA — Paula Louise Pelosi, of Amenia and Brooklyn, New York, died on Sunday, April 19, 2026, at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center, after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer.
Paula was born on Aug. 6, 1949, in Steubenville, Ohio, to Rose and Louis Pelosi. She graduated from the [Mount de Chantal Visitation Academy in Wheeling, West Virginia, and Fordham University in the Bronx, New York, and received her financial planning certification from New York University.
After graduating from college, Paula found herself working in a not particularly engaging job doing copyright title searches in the days when you had to go through endless card catalog drawers to research each application.
One night, while out drinking, Paula and a stranger decided to swap jobs and see if anyone would notice.The next day, Paula showed up at the Knoedler gallery on East 70 Street in Manhattan, New York. This happened to be the day Armand Hammer acquired the gallery, and amid the disruption and transition that followed, no one noticed that Paula did not really work there until after she had become indispensable.
From that serendipitous beginning, she went on to be indispensable to some of the most extraordinary figures in the contemporary art world, including Gala and Salvador Dali, Sally Ganz, Agnes Gund, Phyllis Hattis, Annalee Newman, and Louise Reinhardt Smith.
Paula’s longest and most significant professional relationship was working with the artist Frank Stella, both in his studio work and at his horse farm. Paula also became beautifully entwined with four generations of Frank’s family.
In addition to art, travel was another through line of Paula’s life: from adventures with her parents and an early job with Amtrak, to treasured trips with close friends, and even solo expeditions. Antarctica and Sri Lanka were favorite destinations in recent years.
More than anything, Paula made deep and lasting friendships everywhere she went and in everything she did, across generations and geographies. In addition to the multitudes of friends, godchildren, and honorary nieces and nephews she leaves behind, Paula was also the human companion of Angus, Dizzy (who predeceased her), and Nemo.
A memorial will be planned for this summer in Amenia, New York.
Donations in Paula’s memory may be made to the Animal Farm Foundation in Bangall, NY.
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Celebration of life: Irving Robbins
Millerton News
May 06, 2026
Please join us to celebrate the life of Irving Robbins on Saturday, May 30, from 11 AM to 2 PM at the Sharon Center School (80 Hilltop Road, Sharon CT 06069). Refreshments will be served. For easier accessibility and a stair-free walk, please use the lower road to the school where limited parking is available.
Memorial service: Clayton Squire Smith
Millerton News
May 06, 2026
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Numbers you ought to know about
Peter Riva
May 06, 2026
This White House has committed to a sustained trillion dollar defense budget for at least the next 5 years.That’s a million million, or a thousand billion, or $1,000,000,000,000 per year or$2,900 for every man, woman, retiree, and baby in America per year, every year.
And that’s not all that has been announced… the long term procurement of missiles is going to go from $9,000,000,000 for the Navy, $6,000,000,000 each for the Army and Air Force to $31 billion for the Navy, 24,500 for the Army and $21,000,000,000 for the Air Force within 4 years. Aircraft is following an even steeper increase especially for the Navy and Air Force. For the Navy they will go from $18,000,000,000 to $32,000,000,000 and for the Air Force from $30,000,000,000 to $54,000,000,000. And what you have to remember is that for every $1 spend on a missile or an airplane, the estimates previously given before Congress shows that another $10 is spent on supplies, training, and infrastructure.
Oh, and remember the fledgling Space Force, that new wing at the Pentagon? They are increasing spending too. From $4,500,000,000 in 2025 to $18,500,000,000 within three years. And that does not include Golden Dome, now budgeted at $17,500,000,000 for next year — yes, next year — and then levelling off for the next 10 years at $16,000,000,000 per year. And if you think that budgeting encompasses all the relevant costs for Golden Dome, you have not been paying attention to governmental accounting procedures where a hammer costs $2,500 to fudge expenses spent elsewhere.
There are two ways to justify renaming the Department of Defense to the Department of War. One is to commit us to existing war follies and misjudgments like Iran and the other way is to so increase weapon spending that the use of those new military tools becomes inevitable. The White House increases in military spending is out of all proportion to peaceful containment of so-called enemy regimes and is more in line with an expansionist and more dangerous future for all humanity.
Peter Riva, a former resident of Amenia Union, New York, now lives in Gila, New Mexico.
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Proud American
Larry Conklin
May 06, 2026
I was raised in a patriotic household in this patriotic town of Millerton. At a very young age I was given responsibility for many daily chores one of whichinvolved raising and retiring our red, white and blue flag pre-dawn and at dusk. Another was my feeble attempt at gardening. I proved a much better harvester of veggies, fruits, game and fish. This was a time of self-sustenance, meaning you produced your own food or you went hungry. Raising chickens, cold storage, canning, salting and drying was the norm.
WW2 was upon us — meager rationing of fuel, food and everyday necessities were scarce so we embraced our faith in God, ourselves and Mother Nature’s bounty. Most local town young men were in military service. Some never came back. Women produced war machinery, food, clothing and items essential to our troops — remember Rosie the Riveter? Young boys became crack shots and respectable fishermen which provided home table fare. These skills served them well when they later joined the military to protect our freedoms from those wishing us evil.
Our young men and women continue to protect us, foreign and domestically, from these evils giving us freedom and relief of anxiety, uncertainty and subjucation. A strong commander-in-chief and a strong military devoid of political prejudice will protect our country for all the right and reasonable reasons thereby keeping us safe. Vote wisely.
From the American Revolution til present far too many have fallen or passed. Memorial Day — a day to respectfully remember and honor those who have given up their homes, loved ones, futures and dreams to protect you, the American public.
Drive through a local cemetary and see patriotism on full display. Take a moment to offer a prayer for their souls. A solemn day for me which will start on a high mountainside listening for the various gun volleys announcing their salutes of honor paying respects to our nation’s fallen.
God bless you, patriotic readers and your families Have a terrific Memorial Day weekend with favorable weather, family and friends and yummy BBQs.
God is good and will look over you. Til next time.
Town of North East resident Larry Conklin is a Vietnam veteran and a member of both the Millerton American Legion Post 178 and the VFW Post 6851. in North Canaan, Connecticut.
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Letter to the Editor — Thursday, May 7
Millerton News
May 06, 2026
Enjoyed profile of Amenia’s Edgewood
I thoroughly enjoyed your article on Amenia’s late Edgewood Restaurant; especially since it brought back memories of another long-gone venue on the road to Sharon.
It was the Brookside and during the Sharon Playhouse’s annual season it served as sort of a green room for the actors, apprentices and audience members after the Playhouse’ curtain fell.
During those years of the nineteen fifties the Playhouse was staffed by actors who were in repertory. Every week in July and August they appeared all sorts of comedies showing great versatility in the roles they portrayed.
In addition, they gladly interacted with the rest of the Company, including the nightly fun at the Brookside with some getting up on the small Brookside to do a song or two.
In 1960 I worked full-time in the Playhouse’s box office and was warmly welcomed as a member of the “Family.”
Oh, and I often dined at the Edgewood!
Bill Knowlton
Liverpool, NY
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