SPEAKING OUT — Radcliffe Dunne, 5, marches with his mother, Eileen Sheppard, near Memorial Park in Beacon on April 20 as part of a national protest of gun violence in schools. (Photo by Roya Darling)

CLEANING UP — Cub Scouts from Cold Spring Pack 137 descended on Little Stony Point on Earth Day (April 22) with gloves and buckets to pick up cans, plastic bags, bottles, diapers and countless chunks of Styrofoam.  (Photo by Brian Tormey)

THE BEST MEDICINE — During a delay at the regional Pinewood Derby, John Griffiths, who is also the principal at the Garrison School, contemplates a joke being told by a Cub Scout. (Photo by Sheila Williams)

BEE HAPPY — Two teams from the Putnam County Health Department — The Queen Bees and The Bees Knees — tied for the Most Enthusiastic Team award on April 19 at the annual Adult Spelling Bee, which benefited the CoveCare Center. (Photo provided)

A Main Street cat in Cold Spring on April 19 (Photo by Michael Turton)

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