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

May 20, 2022


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Deb Lucke

Deb Lucke

Investigative Cartoonist

Lucke's graphic novel series, The Lunch Witch, has been optioned for a feature film starring Kate McKinnon. See more of her work at deblucke.com. Location: Cold Spring. Languages: English. Areas of Expertise: General

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Keep on Pickin’

By Deb Lucke, Investigative Cartoonist | April 15, 2022

A prop house owner spills his secrets

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Mrs Merry

Beloved Librarian Retires II: Mrs. Merry

By Deb Lucke, Investigative Cartoonist | September 27, 2021

Leaves Desmond-Fish Library in Garrison after 25 years

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Ms Ginny

Beloved Librarian Retires I: Ms. Ginny

By Deb Lucke, Investigative Cartoonist | September 27, 2021

Leaves Howland Library in Beacon after 31 years

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Eri’s Ecosystem

By Deb Lucke, Investigative Cartoonist | July 25, 2021

Talking, breathing, laughing at Cold Spring’s Wyld

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Childhood Real Estate

By Deb Lucke, Investigative Cartoonist | March 28, 2021

Tree houses, tree forts, clubhouses and a cave

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Paris in Cold Spring

By Deb Lucke, Investigative Cartoonist | February 14, 2021

Our investigative cartoonist hangs out at Paulette’s

Philipstown News

The Cold Spring Farmers’ Market

By Deb Lucke, Investigative Cartoonist | October 18, 2020

Farm fresh, locally sourced, packed with personality

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You Know Leman

By Deb Lucke, Investigative Cartoonist | September 20, 2020

Everybody knows Leman

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Miz Hattie’s Southern-Style Character

By Deb Lucke, Investigative Cartoonist | August 8, 2020

The big personality behind that Beacon barbecue

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The Pioneer Spirit

By Deb Lucke, Investigative Cartoonist | June 13, 2020

During a pandemic, alive and well in the Highlands

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Living Inside Jonathan Kruk’s Brain

By Deb Lucke, Investigative Cartoonist | April 5, 2020

The characters inside a storyteller’s head

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The Compulsively Sociable Uke

By Deb Lucke, Investigative Cartoonist | December 21, 2019

What I learned at the third annual Hudson Valley Ukulele Invitational

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Clara Lou Gould: Doula of Beacon’s Rebirth

By Deb Lucke, Investigative Cartoonist | November 30, 2019

The five-term mayor looks back

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Press-ganged at Boscobel

By Deb Lucke, Investigative Cartoonist | September 8, 2019

Our investigative cartoonist goes into battle

Arts & Leisure

Humans Flock to Birds of Prey Day

By Deb Lucke, Investigative Cartoonist | July 20, 2019

Our investigative cartoonist finds her wings …

Arts & Leisure

The 13th Annual Beacon Police Golf Tournament

By Deb Lucke, Investigative Cartoonist | June 21, 2019

Behind the scenes with our resident cartoonist

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Gags! Grimaces! Guffaws!

By Deb Lucke, Investigative Cartoonist | May 31, 2019

Silent movie night at the Butterfield Library

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Artburgh

By Deb Lucke, Investigative Cartoonist | April 1, 2019

The artists are moving to Newburgh and nothing is the same

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An Interview on Wheels!

By Deb Lucke, Investigative Cartoonist | February 3, 2019

Lou Ferreira, Ferreira’s Auto Repair, Beacon

Arts & Leisure

The Volunteers

By Deb Lucke, Investigative Cartoonist | December 28, 2018

A cartoon to reaffirm your faith in humanity

A Growing Challenge

Reports from the Field

By Deb Lucke, Investigative Cartoonist | November 30, 2018

The wheat field, the rye field, the barley field, and the oat field

A Growing Challenge

Up-and-Coming Crops: Hops

By Deb Lucke, Investigative Cartoonist | November 16, 2018

A symbiotic relationship between brewer, farmer and legislator

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Briton to Beaconite: Gwen Nerrie

By Deb Lucke, Investigative Cartoonist | October 7, 2018

Interview with a pillar of the community …

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Pack-N-Fold Colonialism

By Deb Lucke, Investigative Cartoonist | September 23, 2018

Campaign furniture at Boscobel

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Disability Dream & Do

By Deb Lucke, Investigative Cartoonist | September 3, 2018

With the Hudson Valley Renegades

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