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

May 17, 2023


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A science teacher at Rombout Middle School in Beacon has been reassigned following complaints about comments she made in the classroom. Photo by Valerie Shivel

Confusion in the Classroom

By Jeff Simms, Beacon Editor | May 12, 2023

What can a district do when a teacher spreads misinformation?

15 Questions

Linda Cooper, the Taconic Region director for state parks; Matthew Davidson, the state parks deputy commissioner; and Richard Shea, the former Philipstown supervisor who is on the board at Fjord Trail Inc., responded to questions. Photo by Ross Corsair

Full house at Haldane for Fjord Trail meeting

Unified on the Court

Members of the Beacon Unified Sports basketball team are shown at the New Paltz gym with Patrick Schetter (left), the Beacon boys' varsity basketball coach, and Michael Mullins (right), head coach for Unified Sports. Photo by J. Asher

‘Athletes’ and ‘partners’ join forces for Beacon High

Latest Coronavirus Update

Four vax

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The Fjord Trail: A Primer

Beacon News

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    Beacon School Budget Passes
    By Staff

    Three transportation propositions also approved by voters

  • jeanette briscoe
    5 Questions: Jeanette Briscoe
    By Leonard Sparks, Senior Editor

    Retired Beacon teacher pens memoir

  • Beacon candidates
    Questions for Candidates: Beacon School Board
    By Staff

    Four hopefuls for four seats discuss spending, priorities

  • Mailbox
    Orange County Man Sues Over Beacon Mailbox
    By Staff

    Says installation created conditions for fall

  • dutchess county government building
    Dutchess Expands Tax Break for Seniors, Disabled
    By Staff

    Legislature passes laws expanding income limits

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Philipstown News

  • blackboard-vote-results
    Philipstown School Budgets Pass
    By Staff

    Haldane and Garrison spending plans approved by wide margins

  • Haldane High School
    Haldane Locked Down
    By Staff

    Startling sounds near campus turned out to be fireworks

  • Putnam Sheriff badge
    Bronx Man Charged with Catalytic Converter Theft
    By Staff

    Police allege he stole part from car in Putnam Valley

  • healy
    Looking Back in Philipstown
    By Chip Rowe, Editor

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

  • Three alternatives (shown with broken blue lines) for a southern section of the proposed path in Garrison: None would be easy.
    Price of Cold Spring-Garrison Path: $8.1 Million
    By Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong, Reporter/Contributing Editor

    Committee gives feasibility study to Town Board

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Around Town

  • Linda Cooper, the Taconic Region director for state parks; Matthew Davidson, the state parks deputy commissioner; and Richard Shea, the former Philipstown supervisor who is on the board at Fjord Trail Inc., responded to questions. Photo by Ross Corsair
    15 Questions
    By Michael Turton, Reporter

    Full house at Haldane for Fjord Trail meeting

  • Charles Coe, May 21
    The Week Ahead
    By Pamela Doan, Columnist

    Calendar highlights from May 13 to 21

  • The route of the proposed tranmission line cuts through the Highlands. Transmission Developers
    Builder Says Power Line Safe for River
    By Leonard Sparks, Senior Editor

    Hudson Valley municipalities fear contamination 

  • Vote results
    Election Guide: Schools
    By Staff

    District budget and trustee votes on Tuesday (May 16)

  • Congress
    How They Voted (Congress)
    By Richard G. Thomas, VoteFacts.com

    Select votes by local members of Congress through May 12

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Arts & Leisure

  • Tempestries on display at the Putnam History Museum
    Weaving Climate Data
    By Michael Turton, Reporter

    Tapestry project chronicles temperature change 

  • "Madison Avenue and 57th Street"
    Street Rules
    By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor

    Photographer captures subjects unaware

  • Bryce Edwards and Reilly Wilmit sing a duet at the club Don’t Tell Mama.
    A Singer in His 20s Who Loves Music from the ’20s
    By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor

    Bryce Edwards will perform cabaret show at Chapel

  • Spring Showcase
    By Ross Corsair, Photographer

    Compass Arts holds annual community festival

  • Hard Knock Life
    By Ross Corsair, Photographer

    Beacon students perform Annie Kids

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Columnists

  • Shelley and Juan
    Reporter’s Notebook: 20 Years of Fresh Food
    By Michael Turton, Reporter

    Cold Spring Farmers’ Market celebrates 20 years

  • Penny Adler-Colvin of the Mohonk Preserve trains volunteers to observe peregrine falcons nesting on the ridgeline in the distance. Photo by B. Cronin
    Out There: Take to the Sky
    By Brian PJ Cronin, Reporter

    Keeping an eye on peregrine falcons

  • Earth crystal glass globe ball with windmills, Saving environment ecology, save clean planet
    Living Green: What’s Your Future?
    By Krystal Ford, Columnist

    Envisioning a better tomorrow, with your help

  • fine 3d image of grunge jail background
    Wide Angle: Prison Blues
    By Stowe Boyd, Columnist

    What should we do with shuttered prisons?

  • Jim Knox's 1956 Studebaker Golden Hawk CharvetClassicCars.com
    Classic Wheels: 1956 Studebaker Golden Hawk
    By Michael Turton, Reporter

    “It’s maybe the ugliest beautiful car I’ve ever seen.” 

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Sports

  • Members of the Beacon Unified Sports basketball team are shown at the New Paltz gym with Patrick Schetter (left), the Beacon boys' varsity basketball coach, and Michael Mullins (right), head coach for Unified Sports. Photo by J. Asher
    Unified on the Court
    By Joey Asher, Reporter

    ‘Athletes’ and ‘partners’ join forces for Beacon High

  • The Beacon softball team honored its seniors before a game on Monday (May 8). From left are Mikayla Sheehan, Juliana Sulsona, Kaila Ramdeen, Ivianna Dickens, Demi Sela and Hope Cleveringa. Photos provided
    Varsity Roundup
    By Skip Pearlman, Sports Reporter

    Haldane and Beacon tennis, softball, baseball, golf and lacrosse results

  • Baseball rainbow
    Philipstown Little League, Week 4
    By Contributor

    Baseball and softball results from May 5-6

  • Evan Giachinta
    Varsity Roundup
    By Skip Pearlman, Sports Reporter

    Haldane and Beacon lacrosse, golf, baseball and track results

  • Mairead O’Hara
    Varsity Roundup
    By Skip Pearlman, Sports Reporter

    Lacrosse, baseball, tennis, track & field and golf results

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Food

  • Crab Salad with Asparagus 
Ribbons on Toast
    Mouths to Feed: Mama May I
    By Celia Barbour, Food Columnist

    On avocados and unconditional love

  • Crab & Artichoke Frittata
    Small, Good Things: A 100-Year Feast
    By Joe Dizney, Food Columnist

    Celebrating a centenarian with a memorable meal

  • Lemon-Lime Curd
    Mouths to Feed: Lemonhead-Over-Heels
    By Celia Barbour, Food Columnist

    A springtime lemon crush

  • Spanish Shrimp & Bean Stew with Capers and Olives
    Small, Good Things: Smoke and Spice
    By Joe Dizney, Food Columnist

    The globetrotting versatility of paprika

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Gardening

  • Joe pye weed is a perennial that doesn't need your approval.
    Roots and Shoots: Grieving with Plants
    By Pamela Doan, Columnist

    Creating a memorial garden

  • Hydrangea print
    Roots and Shoots: Mixing Art and Horticulture
    By Pamela Doan, Columnist

    Surprises everywhere at Stonecrop Garden

  • My two American chestnuts enjoying the view while they wait for their turn. Photo by P. Doan
    Roots and Shoots: Restoring the King of the Forest
    By Pamela Doan, Columnist

    How you can help American chestnut trees return to the Highlands.

  • 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

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Special Reports

  • A science teacher at Rombout Middle School in Beacon has been reassigned following complaints about comments she made in the classroom. Photo by Valerie Shivel
    Confusion in the Classroom
    By Jeff Simms, Beacon Editor

    What can a district do when a teacher spreads misinformation?

  • John Stowell gathers maple sap near Hubbard Lodge in Philipstown.
    Dire Warmings
    By Brian PJ Cronin, Reporter

    Mild winter was a sign of trouble for Hudson Valley agriculture 

  • 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?

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High Schools

  • breaking-beacon-thumb
    BHS Paper: Breaking Beacon
    By Contributor

    Highlights from recent issues of the Beacon High School student newspaper

  • 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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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

  • Margaret Sullivan
    Podcast: The Future Of Local Journalism
    By Chip Rowe, Editor

    A media columnist discusses the challenges facing community news

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Obituaries

  • Bill Sadler
    William Sadler (1940-2023)
    By Paid Notice

    Former Garrison resident was Army vet, investment manager

  • candles
    Beacon Obituaries
    By Staff

    Teddy Coughlin, Kathy Deutermann, Patrick Prosser

  • candles
    Philipstown Obituaries
    By Staff

    Josephine Doherty, Debbie Flaherty

  • John Jesek
    John Jesek (1940-2023)
    By Paid Notice

    Lifelong Cold Spring resident was carpenter, car enthusiast

  • candles
    Beacon Obituaries
    By Staff

    Lara Acampora, Robert Adams, Izedin Capollari, Robert Chambers, Anthony Perpetua

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