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Joey Asher is a freelance reporter who formerly worked at The Gainesville Times in Georgia and The Journal News in White Plains. The Philipstown resident covers education and other topics.

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Matches state tax cap for 2023-24

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Garrison School Expects to Avoid Override

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Board anticipates 3.3 percent tax increase

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Officials Bristle at Plan to Boost Housing

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Concerns that state would bypass local control

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Local Teachers See Opportunity in Artificial Intelligence

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Not overly concerned about ChatGPT and cheating

Assembly member Dana Levenberg held her first town hall in Philipstown on Feb. 11. Photo by J. Asher
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Assembly Member Holds First Local Town Hall

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Levenberg discusses issues at forum in Garrison

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From Broadway to Middle School

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Pandemic redirects jazz guitarist to Garrison

usti Callo sits at a table she made for the faculty lounge from boards reclaimed during a recent renovation at the school. Photo by J. Asher
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Something You Don’t Know About Me: Dusti Callo

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This ain’t the district clerk’s first rodeo.

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Lessons in Civil Discourse

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At Haldane, it starts with a fist bump

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Acting sheriff and retired deputy face off

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Garrison Adds Putnam Valley as Option

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Graduates in 2023 will have three choices

Garrison School Board
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Garrison, Haldane Reach Interim Agreement

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Will extend current tuition rate for 2023-24

Garrison School Board
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Garrison Discusses Dropping Haldane

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Board considers Putnam Valley as alternative

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5 Questions: Rachel Arbor

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Environmental education coordinator at the Garrison School

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The Future of Football

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With participation dropping, can Haldane and Beacon programs survive?

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5 Questions: Cheryl Rogowski

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The Cold Spring Farmers’ Market “scone lady”

The Haldane campus, seen from space: The high school is at top center, and the elementary and middle schools at bottom center. Google Earth
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Haldane Ponders Next Big Project

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Board hears ideas for campus master plan

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Catching Up with Philipstown School Boards

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The latest from Haldane and Garrison

In this photo from 2004, Joe Rist (left) and John Bocchino fish in the West Branch of the Delaware River in the Catskills. Photo provided
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Fly-fishing unites former Haldane classmates

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Garrison School Budget Passes on Second Try

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69 percent of voters approve tax-cap override

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Garrison School Will Try Again

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6.6% tax increase on ballot for second budget vote

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Garrison One of 15 Districts Seeking Override

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Driving costs: Inflation and high-school tuition

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Catching up with the Haldane School Board

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