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

August 03, 2021


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Monthly Archives: January 2021

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Coronavirus Updates
COVID update

Coronavirus Updates (January)

By Staff | January 31, 2021

Decline in new cases and hospitalizations

Around Town

Bird Country

By Ross Corsair, Photographer | January 31, 2021

A visit to the Shawangunk Grasslands

Obituaries
John Easton

Jack Eaton (1926-2021)

By Staff | January 30, 2021

Cold Spring resident was Titanic historian

Around Town
thermometer cold

Highlands May Get a Foot of Snow (Updated)

By Staff | January 30, 2021

Storm expected to arrive late Sunday

Obituaries

Beacon Obituaries

By Staff | January 30, 2021

Claudette Black, Eugene Feldman, Ann Marie Garrison

Obituaries

Beacon Obituaries

By Staff | January 30, 2021

Mike Kelliher, Ginny Moseman, Caroline Papula

Philipstown News
chalmers

Looking Back in Philipstown

By Chip Rowe, Editor | January 30, 2021

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

Arts & Leisure

The Cartoon

By Dave Coverly, Contributor | January 30, 2021

Worth one laugh …

Obituaries
Brian McNeary

Brian McNeary (1942-2021)

By Staff | January 30, 2021

Garrison resident worked on Wall Street

Sports
Haldane Basketball

‘High-risk’ Sports Get OK to Proceed

By Skip Pearlman, Sports Reporter | January 30, 2021

Basketball, wrestling to begin Feb. 1

Beacon News
churchill and Main

Main Street Beacon: Add Parking, Not Asphalt

By Jeff Simms, Beacon Editor | January 30, 2021

Committee suggests creative fixes to ongoing problems

Around Town
Hannah Holdsworth

5 Questions: Hannah Holdsworth

By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor | January 30, 2021

Beacon resident founded local small business directory

Philipstown News

Despite COVID-19, Putnam Doesn’t Lose Sales Tax

By Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong, Reporter | January 30, 2021

Collects about 1 percent more than in 2019

Philipstown News

Galef Forum Touches on Tourism, Taxes

By Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong, Reporter | January 30, 2021

Assemblywoman also suggests school district merger

Coronavirus Updates
Prison graves

Should Prisoners Get Early Vaccines?

By Leonard Sparks, Senior Editor | January 30, 2021

Advocates ask state to develop plan

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  • Calls Grow for Governor to Resign

    In Highlands, elected officials months ago said he should leaveCalls Grow for Governor to Resign was first posted on August 3, 2021 at 6:47 pm.

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  • Looking Back in Beacon

    What happened this month 25, 50, 75, 100, 125, and 150 years agoLooking Back in Beacon was first posted on July 31, 2021 at 1:34 pm.

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  • Playoffs: 14U Beacon Baseball Advances, 11U Falls

    Bulldogs bite Mount Pleasant 13-3Playoffs: 14U Beacon Baseball Advances, 11U Falls was first posted on July 30, 2021 at 11:55 am.

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