Through boom and bust, Beacon has maintained its identity
May 2013
Posted inGardening
Roots and Shoots: Toe-MAY-Toe, Toe-MAH-Toe
No matter how you say it, homegrown are best
Posted inAround Town
School’s Out(side) at Garrison School Forest Day
Once-a-year event brings entire school to the woods for variety of nature learning activities
Posted inBeacon News
Centennial Year Shows How Far Beacon Has Come
2003 opening of Dia:Beacon credited by many as shaping city’s cultural persona
Posted inPhilipstown News
Garrison School Third Quarter Honor Roll
Sixth, seventh and eighth graders earn top grades
Posted inPhilipstown News
Cold Spring Takes Formal Steps on Butterfield
Village Board sets flooding workshop June 4, parking session to come
Posted inPhilipstown News
PLAY Haldane Surpasses Fundraising Goal
Meet the school board candidates on May 13
Posted inPhilipstown News
Wind Turbine in Philipstown?
Individual’s right questioned by some, applauded by others
Posted inFood
Mouths to Feed: Spring Mix
My father cut some deal with the gods of body fat and arteriosclerosis
Posted inAround Town
Art Along the Hudson Kickoff Event May 15
Rhinebeck juried exhibit includes art from along the Hudson
Posted inAround Town
Riverside Art Auction Boasts French Picnic and Live Music May 11
Silent auction opens 3:30 p.m. and runs through May 19
Posted inPhilipstown News
Mazzuca Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud, Gets Conditional Discharge
Community service required
Posted inAround Town
Stephen Jablonsky Photo Exhibit Opens at Short Walls Gallery May 11
TLC Skate Shop co-hosts Secrets photo series
Posted inArts & Leisure
First Presbyterian Church Puts Belief Into Action
Church tucked away, but presence felt around town
Posted inAround Town
RiverWinds Celebrates Beacon’s 100 Years in Blending Old and New
Art of past and present featured in exhibit opening Second Saturday, May 11
Posted inAround Town
Rabbi Holds Blood Drive to Get 100 Units of Love May 13
Wife’s leukemia battle inspires event to create lifelong donors When Alison Spodek, Vassar professor and wife of Beacon’s Rabbi Brent Spodek, was hospitalized for shortness of breath this March, one of the first things her doctors did was give her a blood transfusion. As Alison’s well-being almost instantly improved, she looked up at the pint […]
Posted inAround Town
Health Department Offers Vaccination Clinics for Children and Adults
Several potentially fatal diseases still widespread
Posted inAround Town
Sun Shines on Pedal Into Spring and Bicycle Race
Putnam Cycling Classic draws hundreds of riders
Posted inPhilipstown News
Water Main Relining Work Moves Down Main Street Past 9D
Discoloration may occur Wednesday as bypass piping hooked up
Posted inAround Town
Screen-Free Week at Haldane
About 125 students took the pledge to avoid television and computer screens
Posted inAround Town
International Arts Prize Artes Mundi Opens for Nominations May 7
Due by Friday, June 28
Posted inAround Town
bau Gallery Celebrates 100 Monthly Exhibitions
Gala opening during Beacon Centennial celebration May 18
Posted inPhilipstown News
Philipstown Could Get Mass Transit – of a Sort, County Transport Head Says
Tamagna briefs Town Board
Posted inAround Town
Saint Basil Academy and Haldane Show Girl Rising May 10
Portion of proceeds support girls’ programs around the world
