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

September 17, 2021


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Ida damage

‘We Only Had 10 Minutes’

By Leonard Sparks, Senior Editor | September 10, 2021

Highlands recovers from Ida’s punch

Zoning Change Could Shape Marathon Site’s Future

Marathon Battery

Would allow homes, offices, retail, parking on empty Kemble lot

Latest Coronavirus Update

Covid Update

State issues mask mandate for daycare centers and other programs

Opt Out on Pot? Philipstown Moves Closer to a Ban

Town Board approves electric-car charger, discusses federal aid 

More Headlines

In Memoriam
Road Woes
Hudson Highlands Reserve Revived

Beacon News

  • Beacon School District Sets Referendum on Capital Project
    By Jeff Simms, Beacon Editor

    Plans address maintenance and educational needs at all six schools

  • leilani alarcon
    5 Questions: Leilani Alarcon
    By Leonard Sparks, Senior Editor

    Pastor for the Salvation Army in Beacon

  • Dutchess map
    Ex-Commissioners Sue Dutchess
    By Leonard Sparks, Senior Editor

    Legislature had disbanded redistricting panel

  • Beacon Schools to Propose $26 Million Plan
    By Jeff Simms, Beacon Editor

    Also, board names two principals

  • Beacon proposal
    Beacon Shares Details of Downtown Plan
    By Jeff Simms, Beacon Editor

    City will apply for $10 million in funding

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Philipstown News

  • Marathon Battery
    Zoning Change Could Shape Marathon Site’s Future
    By Michael Turton, Reporter

    Would allow homes, offices, retail, parking on empty Kemble lot

  • Fatal Crash on Bear Mountain Bridge
    By Staff

    Motorcyclist dies after collision

  • Mary Armor
    Looking Back in Philipstown
    By Chip Rowe, Editor

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

  • Main Street
    Notes from the Cold Spring Village Board
    By Michael Turton, Reporter

    Public hearing suggests need to rethink zoning laws

  • Opt Out on Pot? Philipstown Moves Closer to a Ban
    By Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong, Reporter

    Town Board approves electric-car charger, discusses federal aid 

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Around Town

  • Kemble Home
    The Week Ahead
    By Pamela Doan, Columnist

    Calendar highlights from Sept. 18 to 26

  • Sam Merrett
    Shipping for a Small Planet
    By Brian PJ Cronin, Reporter

    Schooner brings carbon-free transport to the Hudson

  • onthespot 9.14.21
    On The Spot
    By Michael Turton, Reporter

    What was something kind of crazy you believed as a kid?

  • Driver Dies in Taconic Crash
    By Staff

    New York City man killed in Putnam Valley

  • Bear Mountain Bridge
    Bear Mountain to Go Cashless
    By Staff

    Tolls collected with sensors and cameras

  • davids garden
    In Memoriam
    By Staff

    Remembering those lost on 9/11

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Arts & Leisure

  • New librarians
    It’s Not Every Day You Have … Three New Librarians!
    By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor

    Desmond-Fish, Butterfield and Howland make hires

  • Daniel Loxton in his Cold Spring studio
    Old World Meets the New
    By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor

    Cold Spring artist has solo show opening in U.K.

  • Cartoon
    The Cartoon
    By Dave Coverly, Contributor

    Worth one laugh ...

  • Second Saturday
    Second Saturday
    By Staff

    Exhibit openings in Beacon on Sept. 11

  • "Friendship"
    The Artist Next Door: Dana Bol
    By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor

    Film editor is ready to tell her own stories

  • Melissa Schlobohm
    Sculpting With Marble(s)
    By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor

    Artist experiments with light and resin

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Columnists

  • The Beacon Fire Tower, illuminated
    Out There: The Glow Up
    By Brian PJ Cronin, Reporter

    Honoring the legacy of New York’s fire towers

  • A spotted lanternfly
    Roots and Shoots: Back to Garden School
    By Pamela Doan, Columnist

    Learning to keep an eye out for colorful pests

  • Salty Peanut Butter with Coconut and Lime Ice Cream Sandwich
    Mouths to Feed: A Cool Welcome
    By Celia Barbour, Food Columnist

    And a sweet goodbye to summer

  • The 11-year-old, committed at the moment to going to cosmetology school, colors her hair using tin foil and Manic Panic.
    Kid Friendly: College Expectations
    By Katie Hellmuth Martin, Columnist

    What it really means to go - or not go - to college

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Special Reports

  • Tiny house
    Future Homes
    By Staff

    Tiny houses, 3D printers and passive design

  • Indian Point
    Sundown at Indian Point
    By Brian PJ Cronin, Reporter

    On April 30, at 11 p.m., the nuclear plant goes dark

  • The Pines
    The Fading Forest
    By Brian PJ Cronin, Reporter

    Ash, beech and hemlock trees are being threatened by causes known and unknown, changing the forests of the Highlands in drastic, and dangerous, ways

  • syringe-puzzle
    Placed in Harm’s Way
    By Leonard Sparks, Senior Editor

    Disproved suspicions land Philipstown girl in troubled facility

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Obituaries

  • candles
    Joanne Schenck (1942-2021)
    By Staff

    Former executive assistant retired to Garrison 35 years ago

  • candles
    Virginia Dubatowka (1920-2021)
    By Staff

    Mother of six was longtime parishioner at Loretto

  • candles
    Beacon Obituaries
    By Staff

    Steve Bell, David Noack, Brenda Oswald, Shannon Papula, Anthony Stropoli

  • Larry Downey
    Larry Downey
    By Staff

    Third-generation owner of Downey Energy

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Sports

  • Ryan Van Tassel
    Haldane Dominates in Opener, 38-0
    By Skip Pearlman, Sports Reporter

    Beacon also posts win over Kingston in first game

  • Chase Green
    Varsity Roundup
    By Skip Pearlman, Sports Reporter

    Soccer, volleyball, tennis, cross-country

  • Beacon boys soccer
    Beacon Boys’ Soccer Splits First Two Games
    By Skip Pearlman, Sports Reporter

    Fall to John Jay East Fishkill before blanking Kingston

  • sports balls
    How to Watch Local Teams Online
    By Staff

    Many Haldane and Beacon games will be streamed

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Coronavirus Updates

  • Covid Update
    Latest Coronavirus Update
    By Staff

    State issues mask mandate for daycare centers and other programs

  • COVID shot
    The Vaccine, Reconsidered
    By Leonard Sparks, Senior Editor

    In face of delta, pace picks up

  • covid-child-vaccine
    COVID-19 Vaccine Updates (June)
    By Staff

    Vaccinated Ulster County resident tests positive for the Delta variant

  • covid-mask
    Coronavirus Updates (June)
    By Staff

    State lifts pandemic restrictions

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Videos

  • Park cleanup
    Reviving Tot Park (Video)
    By Ross Corsair, Photographer

    Volunteers clean up after months of pandemic shutdown

  • Pride march
    Faces in the Crowd
    By Contributor

    Natasha Scully captures participants at Pride march

  • migration pattern
    Spring on the Way
    By Ross Corsair, Photographer

    Grateful to be here for another migration

  • A Fun Afternoon at Winter Hill
    By Ross Corsair, Photographer

    Sights and sounds from a day of sledding

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High Schools

  • Haldane at 10 Bard debate
    Haldane Clubs Adjust To Pandemic
    By Ezra Beato, Correspondent/Student Journalists Program

    Virtual meetings present obstacles, opportunities

  • Howland Hosts Remote Programs for Teens
    By Rachel Thorne, Correspondent/Student Journalists Program

    Book clubs and podcast production on library schedule

  • QAnon believer
    QAnon at Home
    By Ezra Beato, Correspondent/Student Journalists Program

    Conspiracy theory can take toll on family members

  • The Return to a Normal Schedule
    By Rachel Thorne, Correspondent/Student Journalists Program

    Beacon High School returns to full day

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Current Conversations

  • David Poses
    Current Conversation: David Poses
    By Leonard Sparks, Senior Editor

    Cold Spring author of The Weight of Air, a memoir of addiction

  • summer camp
    Current Conversation: Summer Camps
    By Michael Turton, Reporter

    What will camp be like this summer?

  • Current Conversation: Millie Solomon
    By Chip Rowe, Editor

    What will it take to reach herd immunity?

  • Carl Albano
    Current Conversation: Carl Albano
    By Chip Rowe, Editor

    Garrison superintendent provides update on COVID at school

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Letters to Editor

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