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

August 13, 2020

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Beacon 4 Black Lives Calls Out Council, Mayor

By Jeff Simms, Beacon Editor | August 7, 2020

Members demand change, policing alternatives

Latest Coronavirus Updates

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Infection rate in Mid-Hudson Region below 1 percent

After Storm, Governor Declares State of Emergency (Updated)

Sends 50 National Guard soldiers to Putnam

Cuomo Gives Green Light for Schools

Sargent School

Districts to get reaction to individual plans on Monday

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Saving the Village
Q&A: Mike Confield
Q&A: Justice McCray

Beacon News

  • 170+ Dutchess Employees Want Buyouts

    Offered in attempt to make-up for COVID shutdown losses

  • Beacon 4 Black Lives Calls Out Council, Mayor

    Members demand change, policing alternatives

  • Mike Confield
    Q&A: Mike Confield

    Vice president of the Beacon Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association

  • Justice McCray
    Q&A: Justice McCray

    An organizer of Beacon 4 Black Lives

  • Main Street rendering
    Hearing Set on Four-Story Proposal

    Project would merge two Main Street lots

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Philipstown News

  • Garrison Middle School Honor Roll

    Students recognized for fourth-quarter grades

  • Main Street in Cold Spring around 1915
    Saving the Village

    "We have to look to the future"

  • body camera
    Putnam Sheriff Says He Wants Body Cams

    Planned to ask Legislature to budget funds

  • Wanted: Artist with a Thing for Trees

    Also, Village Board appoints code enforcer

  • Notes from the Cold Spring Village Board

    Mayor: Village will likely do independent police review

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Coronavirus Updates

  • Why the Jump in Dutchess Cases?

    County executive cites testing of inmates

  • coronavirus
    State Sends Dutchess, Putnam Funds for COVID Tracers

    Also distributes money to expand flu vaccinations

  • Town Board-22 July 2020
    Coronavirus Update (July)

    The latest developments from Beacon and Philipstown

  • masks
    Stop That Maskless Man!

    Highlands shop owners say nearly everyone complies

  • Hospital sign
    Local Hospitals in Recovery Mode

    COVID recedes, but shutdown leaves deficits

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Around Town

  • on the spot 8.11.20
    On The Spot

    Do you love or hate amusement park rides?

  • After Storm, Governor Declares State of Emergency (Updated)

    Sends 50 National Guard soldiers to Putnam

  • Sargent School
    Cuomo Gives Green Light for Schools

    Districts to get reaction to individual plans on Monday

  • Gremlins
    The Week Ahead

    Calendar highlights from Aug. 8 to 15

  • Newburgh-Beacon_Bridge_2
    Bridge Authority Head Left with $92K

    State investigator criticizes former board

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Arts & Leisure

  • Sarah Gurland
    The Artist Next Door: Sarah Gurland

    Graphic designer by day, painter by night

  • Jacqueline Azria
    ‘The Joy of Yes’

    Amid pandemic, a new clothing store and cafe

  • Miz Hattie’s Southern-Style Character

    The big personality behind that Beacon barbecue

  • The Cartoon

    Worth one laugh ...

  • Alex Finkelstein
    5 Questions: Alex Finkelstein

    Owner of Big Mouth Coffee Roasters

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Columnists

  • rocky stream bed
    Roots and Shoots: Planting for 
the Frogs
    By Pamela Doan, Columnist

    Native plants that love stream banks and rain gardens

  • Breakneck trailhead
    Out There: Maps as Preventive Medicine
    By Brian PJ Cronin, Environmental Reporter

    Trail stewards wrangle crowds and COVID 

  • beet soup
    Mouths to Feed: Feeling Up-Beet
    By Celia Barbour, Food Columnist

    Cold soup with a touch of summertime heat

  • Scott Silver water chestnut
    Out There: A Prickly Problem
    By Brian PJ Cronin, Environmental Reporter

    Water chestnuts, an invasive species, clog local waterways

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Special Reports

  • Revolutionary War Battle Rages in Fishkill

    Critics oppose themed tourist complex on historic site

  • Small Pieces, Big Problems

    The Hudson River is filling with microplastics. What is the effect? Scientists aren’t sure yet, but no one thinks it’s good.

  • Living on the Edge

    You need $400. Do you have it? In Beacon and Cold Spring, 2 of every 5 people don’t.

  • The Extremist Next Door

    First Pittsburgh, then Christchurch and Poway — where does the hate come from?

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Current Conversations

  • Current Conversation: Matt Landahl

    Superintendent, Beacon City School District

  • Current Conversation: Philip Benante

    Superintendent, Haldane Central School District

  • Current Conversation: Vittorio Calabrese

    Director of Magazzino Italian Art

  • Current Conversation: Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong and Michael Turton

    Founding reporters

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Obituaries

  • Beacon Obituaries

    George Bradley Jr., Gary Medley Sr., Richard Williams

  • Paul Kennedy Jr. (1972-2020)

    Continental Village native was NYC Police Academy grad

  • Ron DeSilva (1937-2020)

    Garrison resident was art historian, authority on American furniture

  • Beacon Obituaries

    Adela Dubiel, Rafaela Ducasse, Reinaldo Martinez, Joseph Powell

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Sports

  • Bulldogs Outlast Fishkill

    Big fourth inning for Beacon 11U travel team

  • Haldane Football Plans Golf Outing

    Fifth annual fundraiser for team

  • Haldane Names Interim Athletic Director

    District says he will serve for about three months

  • Haldane Athletic Director Will Leave for Carmel

    Chris Salumn with district for five years

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  • Reporter's Notebook: The Art of Arts

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