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

June 27, 2022


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Dutchess officers

Always Present, Never Seen

By Leonard Sparks, Senior Editor | June 24, 2022

The fifth part of our Black history of the Highlands

Planning Board Wants Deeper Look from HVSF

HVSF

Makes ‘positive declaration’ on environmental impacts

Latest Coronavirus Update

Triple vax

FDA greenlights vaccines for children under 5 years old

Garrison School Budget Passes on Second Try

Garrison School Budget

69 percent of voters approve tax-cap override

More Headlines

New Life for Dutchess Mall?
Current Named Newspaper of Year
Keep on Pickin’

Beacon News

  • Etha Grogan
    5 Questions: Etha Grogan
    By Jeff Simms, Beacon Editor

    Retires after 30 years working for City of Beacon

  • Disadvantaged tracts
    State Schedules Environmental Hearing
    By Staff

    Seeks comments on criteria for ‘disadvantaged’ communities

  • Dutchess Awards Grants
    By Staff

    Three area nonprofits each receive $20,000

  • The Catherine statue
    Looking Back in Beacon
    By Chip Rowe, Editor

    What happened this month 25, 50, 75, 100, 125 and 150 years ago

  • Police siren
    No Arrests in Beacon Killings
    By Staff

    Police continue to investigate deaths

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Philipstown News

  • Putnam County courthouse
    Trickle-Down Funding
    By Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong, Reporter/Contributing Editor

    Who gets what in Putnam from pandemic relief, sales tax

  • Election Commissioners Catherine Croft and Anthony Scannapieco Jr. are shown at a 2014 Cold Spring Village Board meeting.
    Election Commissioner Discusses Departure
    By Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong, Reporter/Contributing Editor

    Says leaving early an effort to install deputy

  • Charles Day checks on a graft.
    Cold Spring’s Novel Tree Experiment
    By Michael Turton, Reporter

    Grafting may help eliminate a problematic tree  

  • HVSF
    Planning Board Wants Deeper Look from HVSF
    By Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong, Reporter/Contributing Editor

    Makes ‘positive declaration’ on environmental impacts

  • Police siren
    Cold Spring Woman Injured in Crash
    By Staff

    Collision occurred at Route 9 and Fishkill Road

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Coronavirus Updates

  • Triple vax
    Latest Coronavirus Update
    By Staff

    FDA greenlights vaccines for children under 5 years old

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

    State says face coverings now optional

  • james petty
    Pandemic Pivot
    By Leonard Sparks, Senior Editor

    Highlands residents forge new careers

  • coronavirus
    What’s Next With COVID?
    By Leonard Sparks, Senior Editor

    More variants and a lot of uncertainty

  • Mask sign
    Coronavirus Update (November 2021 to January 2022)
    By Staff

    Dutchess County will distribute free at-home test kits

  • children masked at school
    Masks Stay On in School — For Now
    By Jeff Simms, Beacon Editor

    Educators say it’s time for ‘off-ramp’ plan

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Around Town

  • A League of Their Own, June 25
    The Week Ahead
    By Pamela Doan, Columnist

    Calendar highlights from June 25 to July 2

  • onthespot 6.24.22
    On The Spot
    By Michael Turton, Reporter

    How do you feel about flying?

  • mural
    Around Town (Photos)
    By Staff

    New mural, history award, first gala, historic yacht, free to fly

  • Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
    Maloney Appointed Subcommittee Chair
    By Staff

    Will lead panel on commodity exchanges, energy and credit

  • Autumn Lennon
    College Graduates 2022
    By Staff

    Congratulations to new Highlands degree holders

  • A developer plans to transform the abandoned southern end of the Dutchess Mall in Fishkill into a warehouse facility.
    New Life for Dutchess Mall?
    By Jeff Simms, Beacon Editor

    Developer proposes warehouse at Route 9 property

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Arts & Leisure

  • Jodianne Lindh at her bulk retail shop, REfill REstore, in Beacon
    BYOC (Bring Your Own Containers)
    By Marc Ferris, Contributor

    No single-use at this Beacon store; it sells in bulk 

  • Alyssa Follansbee with her son, Jude, and an art baby
    Caught Sleeping
    By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor

    Beacon show will focus on napping children

  • Emily Quant en route to setting her second record.
    Garrison Woman Sets Two World Records
    By Michael Turton, Reporter

    Guinness approves sword-balancing marks

  • Two student cellists play with a resident counselor (center).
    Classical Camp Comes to Beacon
    By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor

    Summer program relocates from Massachusetts

  • cartoon
    The Cartoon
    By Dave Coverly, Contributor

    Worth one laugh...

  • “Fish on a Plate” Grace Kennedy
    The Art of Conversation
    By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor

    Show includes paintings created among friends

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Columnists

  • Pete Seeger had hoped that Little Stony Point would someday be an official swimming spot on the river.
    Out There: Swimming in the Hudson
    By Brian PJ Cronin, Reporter

    Where you can -- and can't

  • Back pain
    Reporter’s Notebook: Back in the Saddle
    By Jeff Simms, Beacon Editor

    Our Beacon Editor checks back in

  • Students at the Garrison School participated in a Youth Climate Summit on May 20.
    Living Green: Youth in Action
    By Krystal Ford, Columnist

    Preparing kids to tackle the climate crisis

  • Don’t blame me — I’m a pollinator.
    Out There: Bugging Out
    By Brian PJ Cronin, Reporter

    Reconsidering the humble mosquito

  • COVID shrug
    Reporter’s Notebook: The COVID Shrug
    By Leonard Sparks, Senior Editor

    "I am built for sprints, not marathons, which is what the pandemic has become."

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Special Reports

  • 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?

  • hunger in highlands
    Hunger in the Highlands
    By Brian PJ Cronin, Reporter

    A four-part series on local 'food insecurity'

  • Perkins Memorial Tower
    The Return of the Tree Army
    By Brian PJ Cronin, Reporter

    The Civilian Conservation Corps transformed the Hudson Valley. Would a new CCC have the same impact?

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Sports

  • Coach Tom Virgadamo (right) and the 9U Bulldogs are off to a 3-2 this summer.
    Baseball Roundup
    By Skip Pearlman, Sports Reporter

    Beacon summer travel teams hit the road

  • Jake Hotaling
    Varsity Roundup
    By Skip Pearlman, Sports Reporter

    Wrapping up the season, and a visit from Elijah Hughes

  • Beacon catcher Liam Murphy
    Varsity Roundup
    By Skip Pearlman, Sports Reporter

    Baseball, lacrosse, track and field, golf

  • Sophomore face-off man Frankie DiGiglio heads for a ground ball in the first round of the playoffs. Photos by S. Pearlman
    Varsity Roundup
    By Skip Pearlman, Sports Reporter

    Lacrosse, softball, baseball, track & field

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Current Conversations

  • Carl Bon Tempo
    Podcast: The History of Immigration
    By Leonard Sparks, Senior Editor

    Cold Spring resident discusses new book

  • Myra Young Armstead
    Podcast: The Fugitive Slave Who Became a Beacon Homeowner
    By Chip Rowe, Editor

    A conversation with the author of Freedom's Gardener

  • Michael Groth
    Podcast: Early Black History in the Highlands
    By Staff

    Author of Slavery and Freedom in the Mid-Hudson Valley

  • Evan Pritchard
    Podcast: Tracing Indigenous History
    By Michael Turton, Reporter

    Anthropologist details the history of Native American people in Hudson Valley

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High Schools

  • Haldane High School
    Haldane High School Class of 2022
    By Staff

    Graduation scheduled for Saturday (June 18) at the school

  • O'Neill Grads 2022
    O’Neill High School Class of 2022
    By Staff

    Graduation scheduled for Wednesday (June 22)

  • Beacon grads
    Beacon High School Class of 2022
    By Staff

    Graduation scheduled for Friday (June 17)

  • Blue Print logo
    Haldane’s Paper: The Blue Print
    By Contributor

    Excerpts from the 2021-22 high school newspaper

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Food

  • Summer Un-rolls
    Mouths to Feed: Summer, Unrolling
    By Celia Barbour, Food Columnist

    Summer Rolls without the hassle

  • Ferocious Peach Salad
    Mouths to Feed: Daring Peaches
    By Celia Barbour, Food Columnist

    There are worse things than waiting for a bowl of peaches to ripen

  • Herb-Marinated Tofu and Bean Salad
    Small, Good Things: Tofu Twofer
    By Joe Dizney, Food Columnist

    A recipe for tofu skeptics

  • Just So Spring Salad
    Mouths to Feed: Sprigs of Joy
    By Celia Barbour, Food Columnist

    Ode to (the herb of) joy

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Gardening

  • Gardening success as defined by losing your parsley to hungry swallowtail caterpillars
    Roots and Shoots: Praise the Pollinators
    By Pamela Doan, Columnist

    Much of our food system relies on them

  • seedling winterberry bush
    Roots and Shoots: Season of Despair
    By Pamela Doan, Columnist

    The never-ending battle against invasive species

  • Treat your yard to a nicely behaved and lovely vine this season with native honeysuckle.
    Roots and Shoots: Dual Nature
    By Pamela Doan, Columnist

    Don't let vines get out of control

  • current office tree pit
    Roots and Shoots: Planting in Public
    By Pamela Doan, Columnist

    Planting on Main Street is different from your yard

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Obituaries

  • candles
    Beacon Obituaries
    By Staff

    Elizabeth Bernabo, Franklin Herber, Felice Nicoletti, Theresa Horn, Michael Marshall, Lorraine Turner

  • candles
    Beacon Obituaries
    By Staff

    Ruben Arroyo, John Constantino Sr., Lisa Harmon, Thor Johnson, Millie Lunsford, Gabriel Soto Jr.

  • Barbara Scarola
    Barbara Scarola (1966-2022)
    By Staff

    Taught history and coached volleyball for 20+ years

  • Connie Kelley
    Connie Kelley (1952-2022)
    By Staff

    Owned The Country Touch in Cold Spring for 26 years

  • Les Shapiro
    Les Shapiro (1945-2022)
    By Staff

    Beacon resident was club and restaurant manager

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Videos

  • 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

  • A Child Is Born
    By Ross Corsair, Photographer

    St. Philip's in Garrison stages its annual Christmas pageant

  • Philipstown video
    Holiday Cheer over a Philipstown Weekend
    By Ross Corsair, Photographer

    Ross Corsair captures some warm moments

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