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News for Philipstown (Cold Spring, Nelsonville, Garrison) and Beacon, New York

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Brian PJ Cronin

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Brian PJ Cronin has reported for The Current since 2014, primarily on environmental issues. The Beacon resident, who is a graduate of Skidmore College, teaches journalism at Marist University and was formerly director of alumni relations at The Storm King School. In addition to The Current, he has written for Hudson Valley Parent, Organic Hudson Valley, The Times Herald-Record and Chronogram.

A photo of the 2024 eclipse, taken at the Adirondack Sky Center in Tupper Lake by Cold Spring resident Aaron Freimark
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Out There: Cloudy, With a Chance of Awe

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin April 12, 2024May 24, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

We traveled 300 miles for the totality, but the weather had other ideas

Long Dock
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Extreme Future

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin March 29, 2024May 24, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Report details local impact of climate change

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A New Route for Fjord Trail?

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin March 19, 2024December 29, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Alternate path out of Cold Spring to be considered

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Fewer Ticks = Less Lyme? Maybe Not.

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin March 15, 2024May 24, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Tick Project releases results of five-year study

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5 Questions: Steven Higashide

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin March 15, 2024March 15, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Beacon resident is expert in public transit

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Out There: Strange Light

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin February 23, 2024February 23, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

The season in-between winter and spring

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Talking Trash, Part 3

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin February 16, 2024September 11, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Plastics and the limits of recycling

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Talking Trash, Part 2

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin February 9, 2024February 16, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Can composting save us?

Philip Weiss
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5 Questions: Philip Weiss

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin February 9, 2024February 9, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Philipstown resident founded news site about Palestine

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Talking Trash

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin February 2, 2024February 16, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

What are we going to do with all our garbage?

David Rothenberg
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Out There: Pond Rock

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin January 26, 2024January 26, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Discovering secret symphonies below the surface

Posted inBeacon News

Beacon’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Drop 10%

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin January 12, 2024January 12, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

City releases updated greenhouse gas inventory report

Sept. 30: The underappreciated Ithaca Falls
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Out There: My Top 5 Days of 2023

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin December 29, 2023February 16, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

A new year-end tradition

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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Fjord Trail Unveils Preliminary Hudson Shoreline Design

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin December 22, 2023April 28, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Section will connect Dockside Park and Breakneck

Kate Orff
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Q&A: Kate Orff

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin December 22, 2023April 28, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Founder of landscape architecture firm involved in the design of Fjord Trail

Holtec wants to discharge water from the Indian Point plant into the Hudson. (File photo by B. Cronin)
Posted inAround Town

Still No Plan for Indian Point Wastewater

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin December 15, 2023February 16, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Holtec says it didn’t think legislative ban would pass

“How long has that been there?” dennings point
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Out There: Vanishing Point

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin December 1, 2023December 1, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

The disorientation of late autumn

The Beacon Terminal was originally built in 1879 and has been vacant for 28 years.
Posted inBeacon News

Environmental Cleanup Set for Site

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin November 24, 2023November 27, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Developer plans townhouses, apartments along creek in Beacon

Posted inAround Town

Report: Cleanup Falling Short

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin November 17, 2023March 19, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

In PCB mess, Hudson recovering too slowly or getting worse

Two barges anchored near Hyde Park. (Riverkeeper)
Posted inAround Town

New Barge Anchorages Banned (Again)

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin November 13, 2023November 17, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Coast Guard backtracks on recent directive

breakneck view
Posted inAround Town

Breakneck Trailhead to Close

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin November 10, 2023April 28, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Fjord Trail says new bridge requires shutdown

Holtec plans to decommission Indian Point over the next 18 years.
Posted inAround Town

Indian Point Schedule Pushed Back Eight Years

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin November 10, 2023November 11, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Decommissioning firm blames law for delay

Two barges anchored near Hyde Park. (Riverkeeper)
Posted inAround Town

Barge Parking is Back

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin November 3, 2023November 13, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Despite earlier ban, Coast Guard issues directive

A map from the 2022 Indian Point emergency plan shows "protective action areas." The population within the 10-mile radius is about 324,000 people.
Posted inPhilipstown News

No More Pills, Test Sirens or Escape Routes

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin November 3, 2023November 11, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Regulator: Indian Point can drop emergency plans

The Soon is Now festival at Long Dock Park was flooded on Oct. 1. Photo by Flynn Larsen
Posted inColumnists

Out There: The Rainy Season

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin November 3, 2023November 3, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Planning events in a climate crisis

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