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

May 29, 2020

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50 Years of Constitution Marsh

By Brian PJ Cronin, Reporter | May 22, 2020

A wildlife refuge in the heart of Philipstown

Latest Coronavirus Updates

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State begins reopening, including Mid-Hudson this week

Odell Seeks to Fill Deputy Role

Position has been vacant since 2017

Counties Expecting Huge Losses

Dutchess could cut up to 200 positions

More Headlines

Carbon-Neutral Philipstown?
25 Percent of State COVID-19 Deaths at Nursing Homes
Revolutionary War Battle Rages in Fishkill

Beacon News

  • Beacon High School Honor Roll

    Students recognized for third-quarter achievement

  • Schoonmaker Building
    Looking Back in Beacon

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

  • In Memoriam: Beacon

    Service members lost in modern wars

  • Beacon School Board Adopts $76 Million Budget

    Voters will have final say, by mail, on June 9

  • Beacon Farmers’ Market Set — For One Year

    Also: Planners begin review of four-story project

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Philipstown News

  • Putnam Still Needs Contact Tracers

    Volunteers required to meet ongoing reopening

  • In Memoriam: Philipstown

    Service members lost in modern wars

  • Coping with COVID

    Putnam mental-health providers brace for effects of isolation

  • Garrison Middle School Honor Roll

    Students recognized for third-quarter grades

  • Putnam: Demand Falling for Tests, Gear

    But legislator says employees asking for tests before return

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Coronavirus Updates

  • face with mask Beacon
    Latest Coronavirus Updates

    State begins reopening, including Mid-Hudson this week

  • Putnam Still Needs Contact Tracers

    Volunteers required to meet ongoing reopening

  • map
    Mid-Hudson Could Begin Phase 1 on Tuesday

    Governor allows construction, manufacturing to restart

  • Coping with COVID

    Putnam mental-health providers brace for effects of isolation

  • Putnam: Demand Falling for Tests, Gear

    But legislator says employees asking for tests before return

  • Counties Expecting Huge Losses

    Dutchess could cut up to 200 positions

  • Judge Rejects Release of Inmates

    Says Putnam doing enough to keep them safe

  • map
    Putnam Still Wants Out

    Legislators urge state to redraw boundaries

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Arts & Leisure

  • amy murray at sturbridge
    Something You Don’t Know About Me: Amy Murray

    Specialist in crops from an earlier time

  • The Cartoon

    Worth one laugh ...

  • Annalyse and Ryan
    Can’t Stop the Music

    SongSmith, which celebrates local performers, continues online

  • Entwine
    The Artist Next Door: Kristen Clancy

    Young Beacon artist has first "window" show

  • Something You Don’t Know About Me: Megan Shea

    A feminist scholar at a conservative law firm

  • Shakespeare Fest Announces ‘Bake-off’

    Playwriting event returns, but online

  • Then & Now: Pear Tree Hill School

    The latest in our series of historic photos …

  • Beth Weintraub
    The Artist Next Door: Beth Weintraub

    Known for etched metal plates, but color work also treasured

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Around Town

  • Police Write 723 Tickets Over Holiday

    Troopers make 34 arrests in Lower Hudson Valley for DWI

  • Caryn Cannova
    5 Questions: Caryn Cannova

    Cold Spring retailer celebrates 20 years

  • Around Town (Photos)

    Ready to remember; Clearwater returns; hop, skip and spring; happy birthday

  • On the Spot

    What will you do to relax on Memorial Day?

  • census computer
    Counting the Highlands

    How we're doing with census response rates

  • The Week Ahead

    Calendar highlights from May 23 to 31

  • Counties Plan Memorial Day ‘Convoys’

    Residents invited to stand along route

  • Real Estate Market Report

    The latest data on home listings, sales, prices in Highlands

  • On the Spot

    When’s the last time you were in a treehouse?

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Columnists

  • Strawberry Shortcake
    Mouths to Feed: The Short of It
    By Celia Barbour

    Get ready for strawberry season.

  • 2013 garden
    Roots and Shoots: You Planted a Victory Garden. Now What?
    By Pamela Doan

    What to do while you wait for the tomatoes to ripen

  • bird guide
    Out There: Backyard Birding
    By Brian PJ Cronin, Reporter

    The advantages to watching close to home

  • woman in mask holding head
    Reporter’s Notebook: COVID Got You Down?
    By Michael Turton

    A few pandemic-coping strategies

  • compost
    Roots and Shoots: Compost for All
    By Pamela Doan

    Create an organic amendment for your plants

  • Reporter’s Notebook: Coverage of a Locked-Down World
    By Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong

    What's changed putting together a newspaper

  • Photo by Henry Weed
    Mouths to Feed: A Spring Canvas
    By Celia Barbour

    Turn your sourdough into focaccia

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Obituaries

  • Memorial Day Obituaries

    Remembering a few of the local men who died at war

  • Beacon Obituaries

    Ron Edwards, Fanny Fredericks, James Hayes, Michelle Herring

  • Beacon Obituaries

    George Hallock, John Joy, Reza Nejad

  • Lynne Padilla
    Lynne Padilla (1943-2020)

    Former marketing manager, loved travel

  • Geo Astudillo
    Geo Astudillo (1994-2020)

    Former Beacon soccer player was 25

  • John Levine
    John Levine (1938-2020)

    Haldane grad was well-known bartender, salesman, booster

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Sports

  • all state players
    Four Blue Devils Named All-State

    Scholar-athletes from Haldane and Beacon also recognized

  • Renegades Prepare for Uncertain Summer

    First pitch for Dutchess team scheduled for June 18

  • Mia Ricottilli
    The Seniors: Beacon Softball

    'I feel like my season is lost'

  • tennis racket and ball
    The Seniors: Beacon Tennis

    'The hardest part is knowing the potential we had'

  • Shianne Twoguns
    The Seniors: Haldane Softball

    'I miss being out on the field every day'

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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.

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