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

August 18, 2022


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Monthly Archives: August 2022

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Philipstown News
Jim Mechalakos

Mechalakos Named Fellow

By Staff | August 16, 2022

Honored by physicists in medicine

Obituaries
candles

Beacon Obituaries

By Staff | August 14, 2022

Dottie Foy, Maxine Moody, Darren Villani

Obituaries
candles

Philipstown Obituaries

By Staff | August 14, 2022

David Dickinson, Mitzy LaFever, Alice Otruba

Philipstown News
water

Cold Spring Declares Water Emergency

By Staff | August 14, 2022

Village orders restrictions on use

Around Town
A brush fire damaged 5 acres at Bear Mountain, where a lack of rainfall has left dry conditions. Fort Montgomery Fire District

Hot, Dry Summer

By Leonard Sparks, Senior Editor | August 12, 2022

‘Severe’ drought hits Highlands

Democrats 17
Philipstown News

Maloney Faces Primary Challenge

By Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong, Reporter/Contributing Editor | August 12, 2022

State senator takes on House incumbent

Republican candidates
Philipstown News

Five Republicans Vie for District 17

By Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong, Reporter/Contributing Editor | August 12, 2022

Aug. 23 primary will decide November ballot

Metro North train
Around Town

MTA Finances Worsen

By Leonard Sparks, Senior Editor | August 12, 2022

Ridership projections revised downward

Columnists
A tree-lined street in Newburgh

Out There: Seeing the City for the Trees

By Brian PJ Cronin, Reporter | August 12, 2022

New map shows the value of Newburgh’s greenery

Around Town
Sisters of Slide, Aug. 20

The Week Ahead

By Pamela Doan, Columnist | August 12, 2022

Calendar highlights from August 13 to August 21

Philipstown News
Cold Spring Village Hall

Policy Limits Official Flag Displays

By Michael Turton, Reporter | August 12, 2022

Also: Cold Spring board rejects earlier cruises by Seastreak boats

Arts & Leisure
A still from a documentary by Ophir Ariel, now in production, about a conceptual artist known as Capitalistman

What’s Funny About Parenting?

By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor | August 12, 2022

Filmmaker, new to Beacon, plans ‘mockumentary’

Arts & Leisure
Emily Ota, Luis Quintero and Lauren Karaman

‘Pushing a Sitcom Past the Apocalypse’

By Joe Dizney, Food Columnist | August 12, 2022

Finding meaning in a post-Simpsons universe 

Philipstown News
Thompson with bearded dragon

Librarian Departs After 25 Years

By Staff | August 12, 2022

Relocates to Minnesota from Garrison

Arts & Leisure
Glassworks by Pierre Bowring Photos by Autumn Jordan

Beacon Glassblower Finds Work “Magical”

By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor | August 12, 2022

Will be among artists at annual Garrison craft fair

Philipstown News
Waste bin full of electronics, e-waste and recycling concept computers keyboards phones

Philipstown Begins E-Waste Trial

By Staff | August 12, 2022

Recycling Center open on Saturdays

Around Town

Update: Route 9 Bridge

By Staff | August 12, 2022

Two lanes expected to return by Aug. 26

Around Town
onthespot 8.12.22

On The Spot

By Michael Turton, Reporter | August 12, 2022

Have you ever gone to a psychic?

Philipstown News
Monkeypox viruses, pathogen closeup, infectious zoonotic disease, background banner format

Putnam Reports First Case of Monkeypox

By Staff | August 12, 2022

County: Risk to general public low

Letters to Editor
cold spring boat club

Letter: Boat Club

By Contributor | August 12, 2022

Writer: Village Board needs to enforce terms of lease

5 Questions
Kim Russell

5 Questions: Kim Russell

By Michael Turton, Reporter | August 12, 2022

Oncology nurse at Vassar Brothers for 20 years

Philipstown News
sells and gray circus

Looking Back in Philipstown

By Chip Rowe, Editor | August 12, 2022

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

Beacon News
Musical Stew

Musical Stew

By Ross Corsair, Photographer | August 12, 2022

Songs and rhymes at the Howland Library

Arts & Leisure
pow wow

Gathering of Nations

By Ross Corsair, Photographer | August 12, 2022

Tribes gather for 20th annual Bear Mountain Pow Wow

Triple vax

Latest Coronavirus Update

By Staff | August 12, 2022

CDC relaxes guidelines for quarantining, social distancing

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