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July 16, 2020

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Alison Rooney

Alison Rooney

Arts Editor

Rooney has been writing for The Current since its founding in 2010. An accomplished playwright, she has lived in Cold Spring since 1999. She is a graduate of Binghamton University, where she majored in history. Location: Cold Spring. Languages: English. Area of Expertise: Arts

Arts & Leisure
Melissa Robin and Rob Penner

The Artist Next Door: Rob Penner

By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor | July 14, 2020

Photographer creates his own business helping artists

Around Town
Sara Dulaney

Something You Don’t Know About Me: Sara Dulaney

By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor | July 13, 2020

The long and winding road to becoming an addiction recovery coach

Arts & Leisure
pamela zaremba

The Artist Next Door: Pamela Zaremba

By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor | July 11, 2020

Photographer has a “different lens” on beauty

Arts & Leisure

Magazzino Reopens — With Restrictions

By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor | July 11, 2020

Visitors welcome but must keep distance

Arts & Leisure
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‘The American Dream Has Always Been Rigged’

By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor | July 6, 2020

New novel examines the downwardly mobile

Beacon News
Solstad House

Beacon to the Rescue

By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor | July 6, 2020

New shop survives because of early sales

Columnists

Reporter’s Notebook: The Art of Arts

By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor | July 3, 2020

Highlights from 10 years of coverage

Arts & Leisure
"Beacon Theater (with self-portrait)"

The Artist Next Door: Sam DiTullo

By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor | June 29, 2020

Paintings of the Beacon of yesteryear

Arts & Leisure
John Lane in 1989

Something You Don’t Know About Me: John Lane

By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor | June 29, 2020

Cold Spring lawyer recalls his time as a barrister

Lisa Rasic and Gayle Slonim

Pandemic Pivot

By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor | June 29, 2020

Entrepreneur pushes ahead with beauty line, despite uncertainty

Parcel Flower Company

Flower Power

By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor | June 29, 2020

Garrison florist grows stock all over town

Beacon News
Echo Storefront

Take a Number

By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor | June 20, 2020

Beacon store invites window shopping

Arts & Leisure

Something You Don’t Know About Me: Steve Schweikhart

By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor | June 19, 2020

Haldane soccer coach takes stock

Arts & Leisure
Church

The Artist Next Door: Michael Bogdanffy-Kriegh

By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor | June 15, 2020

An architect turned photographer with a solid foundation in composition

Exit Interview
Eric Richter

Exit Interview: Eric Richter

By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor | June 15, 2020

English teacher retires after 36 years at Haldane High School

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We are a member-supported, nonprofit media organization founded in 2010 that serves the communities of Philipstown (Cold Spring, Nelsonville and Garrison) and Beacon, New York, in the Hudson Highlands.

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