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The Highlands Current - News for Philipstown (Cold Spring, Nelsonville, Garrison) and Beacon, New York

March 31, 2023


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John Stowell gathers maple sap near Hubbard Lodge in Philipstown.

Special Report: Dire Warmings

By Brian PJ Cronin, Reporter | 5 hours ago

Mild winter was a sign of trouble for Hudson Valley agriculture 

Court OKs Hudson Valley Pot Shops

Man smokes a joint. Medical marijuana use and legalization of the cannabis, light drugs concept

Reverses ban triggered by lawsuit over rules

Is Lawsuit Next Stop for Rail Trail?

A portion of the abandoned Beacon line snakes through the city. (File photo by J. Simms)

Landowners on former Beacon line seek payment

Garrison Parents Lobby for Tax Increase

Garrison School Budget

Express concern about school’s long-term finances

More Headlines

A New Home for Veterinarian — His Garage
What to Do With Hamilton Fish?
Latest Coronavirus Update

Beacon News

  • A portion of the abandoned Beacon line snakes through the city. (File photo by J. Simms)
    Is Lawsuit Next Stop for Rail Trail?
    By Jeff Simms, Beacon Editor

    Landowners on former Beacon line seek payment

  • Beacon Rental Project 
Gets $1.6M Grant
    By Jeff Simms, Beacon Editor

    Among projects funded by Dutchess Housing Trust

  • Tompkins Terrace
    Beacon PILOT Updates
    By Jeff Simms, Beacon Editor

    City approves Tompkins Terrace; Mirbeau hearing set

  • (Photo by Ross Corsair)
    5 Questions: Carmine Giordano
    By Marc Ferris, Contributor

    The last surviving World War II veteran in Beacon

  • Members of Beacon Climate Action Now and Food & Water Watch rallied at Polhill Park on Monday (March 20) before the City Council vote. Photo by Valerie Shively.
    Beacon Makes Electric History
    By Jeff Simms, Beacon Editor

    Council passes fossil-fuel ban on new construction 

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Philipstown News

  • Garrison School Budget
    Garrison Parents Lobby for Tax Increase
    By Joey Asher, Reporter

    Express concern about school’s long-term finances

  • Putnam County Courthouse
    Catching Up with the Putnam Legislature
    By Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong, Reporter/Contributing Editor

    Indian Point, taxes, and body cameras

  • Dr. Peter Bach stands in what he hopes will be his new office space. Photo by M. Turton
    A New Home for Veterinarian — His Garage
    By Michael Turton, Reporter

    Seeks permit to operate in North Highlands

  • Rep. Hamilton Fish III being interviewed in a barbershop in 1939, soon after he returned from a visit to Nazi Germany Acme Photo, via MSNBC
    What to Do With Hamilton Fish?
    By Leonard Sparks, Senior Editor

    Garrison library reviewing founder’s Nazi sympathies

  • Housing
    Philipstown Asks State to Assist With Housing, Not Impose Rules
    By Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong, Reporter/Contributing Editor

    Nelsonville mayor also expresses misgivings

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Around Town

  • Sugar maple buckets near Hubbard Lodge in Philipstown
    Maple Syrup: A Sweet or Sour Future?
    By Michael Turton, Reporter

    Part 2 of "Dire Warmings"

  • Peach trees at Fishkill Farms transitioning for spring Photos by B. Cronin
    Fruit Trees: Waking Too Soon
    By Brian PJ Cronin, Reporter

    Part 1 of "Dire Warmings"

  • UndergroundtubeshelpregulatetemperatureinthisgreenhouseatGlynwood. Photoprovided
    Glynwood Tests Climate ‘Battery’
    By Leonard Sparks, Senior Editor

    New growing tech responds to changing weather 

  • Teresa Dorado conducting sweet corn pest monitoring in 2022 for the Hudson Valley Farm Hub near Kingston Photo provided
    Corn: Pests that Persist
    By Brian PJ Cronin, Reporter

    Part 4 of "Dire Warmings)

  • Man smokes a joint. Medical marijuana use and legalization of the cannabis, light drugs concept
    Court OKs Hudson Valley Pot Shops
    By Leonard Sparks, Senior Editor

    Reverses ban triggered by lawsuit over rules

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Arts & Leisure

  • Tony Moore, with "In Memory Of"
    Fired Up
    By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor

    Philipstown artist will share ceramics from his own kiln

  • Beth Cody Kimmel
    A Requiem for the Dead 
— and the Living
    By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor

    Choral society to perform Mozart classic

  • cartoon
    The Cartoon
    By Dave Coverly, Contributor

    Worth one laugh...

  • “Darkness/Light,” by Jennifer Blakeslee
    Women Finding Balance
    By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor

    CoMFY art exhibit returns to Beacon library

  • Pandemic Stories
    By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor

    Beacon author compiles recollections of 2020

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Columnists

  • Kirk MacKenzie, the intellectual father of the Constitutional County
    Editor’s Notebook: The Tricky Origins of the Constitutional County
    By Chip Rowe, Editor

    The Putnam executive wants a declaration. Where did the idea come from?

  • Wildflower: Snowball Sand-Verbena Photo by Amy Washut
    Out There: Guidebooks for a Warming Planet
    By Brian PJ Cronin, Reporter

    The next generation of Audubon guides forge a new path

  • Activists from the Rainforest Action Network protested against Chase in Manhattan in December 2018. Photo by Michael Nigro/RFN
    Living Green: Follow the Money
    By Krystal Ford, Columnist

    Who's funding the climate crisis?

  • Expensive housing market vector concept. Unaffordable, out of reach price, market crisis, recession. Minimal design. Eps10 vector illustration.
    Wide Angle: Priced Out, Part III
    By Stowe Boyd, Columnist

    Possible solutions to the housing crisis

  • Youth hand holding electric plug on sky with sun flare
    Living Green: Big Savings Ahead
    By Krystal Ford, Columnist

    What the Inflation Reduction Act means for you

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Sports

  • Cameron Young drives from the 18th tee earlier this month during the third round of a tournament in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Photo by David Yeazell/USA Today
    Links to Garrison
    By Joey Asher, Reporter

    Hamlet was home to two top golfers

  • Haldane title game
    Haldane Falls Short in Title Game
    By Skip Pearlman, Sports Reporter

    Despite late comeback, Blue Devils lose by three

  • Blue Devils in Title Game
    By Skip Pearlman, Sports Reporter

    Erase 10-point deficit to win in OT

  • Reinke Sets Record, DeLoatch Wins Medal
    By Skip Pearlman, Sports Reporter

    Beacon track athletes excel at nationals

  • Haldane Headed to Final Four
    By Skip Pearlman, Sports Reporter

    Boys’ basketball team defeats Long Island champ

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Food

  • Simple Chicken Broth Flavored with Ramps and Ginger
    Mouths to Feed: My Broth’s Keeper
    By Celia Barbour, Food Columnist

    How to elongate a day with a pot of broth

  • Confits of Chicken and Leeks, with Artichokes & Lentils
    Small, Good Things: A Tale of Two Confits
    By Joe Dizney, Food Columnist

    Spring, sunshine and a lot of olive oil

  • Barbecued Tempeh
    Mouths to Feed: Tempeh Rising
    By Celia Barbour, Food Columnist

    What to do when classic comfort food is off the table

  • Chocolate-Pecan Granola Bars
    Mouths to Feed: My Chocolate Heart
    By Celia Barbour, Food Columnist

    The food of love

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Gardening

  • The writer's first native- plant garden included bee balm, echinacea, phlox, black- eye Susan and cup plant. (The latter has since been removed for its invasive tendencies.) Photo by P. Doan
    Roots and Shoots: 10 Years Green
    By Pamela Doan, Columnist

    Looking back on a decade of gardening advice

  • Our columnist had to dig deep to uncover these sprouting daffodils under this week's snow. (Photo by P. Doan(
    Roots and Shoots: Time to Plant the Peas?
    By Pamela Doan, Columnist

    Well... it's complicated

  • Preparing a yard with cardboard and wood chips for planting meadow-style Photo by P. Doan
    Roots and Shoots: How to Kill a Lawn
    By Pamela Doan, Columnist

    Drastic times call for drastic measures

  • Even though there are signs of spring, like these snowdrop and crocus blooms, don't start planting yet. (Photos by P. Doan)
    Roots and Shoots: Sowing Seeds of Resilience
    By Pamela Doan, Columnist

    Planning a garden to withstand climate change

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Special Reports

  • beacon high school
    Are the Kids Alright?
    By Jeff Simms, Beacon Editor

    School is back to normal, but students may not be

  • blue hole 2018
    Trails (Too) Well Traveled
    By Brian PJ Cronin, Reporter

    The outdoors is getting crowded. Do we need to ration recreation?

  • ahistorical
    Always Present, Never Seen
    By Chip Rowe, Editor

    A Black history of the Highlands

  • Challenge for Churches Part 1
    The Challenge for Churches
    By Brian PJ Cronin, Reporter

    Is a church a building or the people inside?

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High Schools

  • Quin Carmicino's sculpture (photos provided)
    Guided by Experience
    By Clara Tripp, Correspondent/Student Journalists Program

    Garrison Art Center hosts annual mentor show

  • Scholarship guide
    2023 College Scholarship Guide
    By Chip Rowe, Editor

    Awards available to Highlands residents

  • The End of Snow Days?
    By Lily Zuckerman, Correspondent/Student Journalists Program

    Climate change, remote learning threaten tradition

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Coronavirus Updates

  • Four vax
    Latest Coronavirus Update
    By Staff

    Nursing homes can drop testing requirement for visitors

  • JC Prinzo of Philipstown battled fatique for five months after COVID. Photo by L. Sparks
    Few Answers for Long COVID
    By Leonard Sparks, Senior Editor

    Some Highlands residents still recovering

  • Triple vax
    Coronavirus Update (February to May 2022)
    By Staff

    FDA authorizes booster for children ages 5 to 11

  • Two students walk home from Beacon High School
    Schools Unmask
    By Jeff Simms, Beacon Editor

    State says face coverings now optional

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Current Conversations

  • Breakfast Clown (Toast), 2017
    Podcast: Bring on the Clown
    By Chip Rowe, Editor

    Beacon resident performs as clown in Macy's Thanksgiving parade

  • Dinky Romilly with her parents
    Podcast: Civil Rights | The Mitford Sisters
    By Peter Stevenson, Contributor

    Philipstown resident on civil rights movement, famous mother

  • Guy Felixbrodt competing barefoot in the bike portion of the Ironman (Photo provided)
    Podcast: The Barefoot Ironman
    By Brian PJ Cronin, Reporter

    Beacon resident explains how he stays grounded

Click here for more ...

Obituaries

  • Mary Wood
    Mary Wood (1935-2023)
    By Staff

    Garrison resident had long career at BOCES

  • candles
    Beacon Obituaries
    By Staff

    The Rev. Thomas Fenlon Jr., Kimberly Panzarino, Toni Roccio

  • John F. Gilsenan
    John F. Gilsenan (1934-2023)
    By Paid Notice

    Retired corrections officer, Garrison School bus driver

  • candles
    Beacon Obituaries
    By Staff

    Elinor Coleman, John DeSouter, Sarah Ghent, Elida “Kathy” Pena

  • John Lovell
    John Lovell (1951-2023)
    By Staff

    Garrison native lived in California, Oregon

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Videos

  • Philipstown holiday
    A Philipstown Holiday (Video)
    By Ross Corsair, Photographer

    Photographer Ross Corsair made the rounds in late December

  • Chakra
    Chakra’s Garden (Video)
    By Ross Corsair, Photographer

    Planting seeds on Route 9

  • Main Street Cold Spring
    A Visitor to Main Street
    By Staff

    Cafe owner gets early morning wakeup call

  • Joe Lindsley
    Report from Ukraine
    By Contributor

    Former Philipstown resident provides update from Lviv

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