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2024

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Current Wins State Awards

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Honored twice for Beacon series

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My View: Letter from Lviv

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Cold Spring resident returns to Ukraine

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Roots and Shoots: Getting the Edge

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How to create boundaries

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The Musician Next Door: Cem Manisali

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Beacon musician cranks up the “immigrant funk”

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The Week Ahead

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Calendar highlights from June 1 to 9

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On The Spot

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Beacon Certified as ‘Pro-Housing’ City

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Designation opens door to state grants

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Tibetan singer to perform in Cold Spring

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Community Nursery Names Director

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Haldane grad will oversee program

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Matt Moves On

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‘I’ll miss how tight this community is’

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BHS Paper: Breaking Beacon

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Highlights from recent issues of the Beacon High School student newspaper

Memorial Day
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Around Town (Photos)

Avatar photo by Ross Corsair May 31, 2024May 31, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Memorial Day ceremonies in Philipstown and Beacon

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Letter: Appreciation

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Praise for retired Current reporter

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Week of May 31

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Our weekly collection of word and numbers games

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The Cartoon

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Worth one laugh…

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Climate Grants for Young People

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Groups will provide up to $5,000

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Start Reading Now

by Staff May 31, 2024June 4, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

June book club selections

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Ed Engelbride (1934-2024)

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Founding member of North Highlands Fire Co.

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Central Hudson Outlines Bill Impacts

Leonard Sparks by Leonard Sparks May 29, 2024June 7, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Higher rates proposed for electricity, gas

HHFT says the riverside trail north of Little Stony Point, shown here in an architect’s rendering, would include a boulder edge and planted buffer. (SCAPE)
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Beacon Mayor Appoints Two to Fjord Trail Committee

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Panel will also have two new members from Fishkill

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‘Dear Mom and Dad’

Avatar photo by Michael Turton May 27, 2024June 7, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Beacon resident transcribes soldier’s wartime letters

Small American flags and headstones at National cemetary- Memorial Day display
Posted inAround Town

In Memoriam

by Staff May 27, 2024May 24, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Remembering those who sacrificed their lives

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Select incidents from April

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