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Michael Turton has been a reporter with The Current since its founding, after working in the same capacity at the Putnam County News & Recorder. Turton spent 20 years as community relations supervisor for the Essex Region Conservation Authority in Ontario before his move in 1998 to Philipstown, where he handled similar duties at Glynwood Farm and The Hastings Center. The Cold Spring resident holds degrees in environmental studies from the University of Waterloo, in education from the University of Windsor and in communication arts from St. Clair College.

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Host of Hudson Valley Sports-Talk

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On the Spot

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What will you look forward to most when things get back to normal?

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On the Spot

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What’s your favorite spring flower?

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Cold Spring Wants Short-Term Rentals Shut Down

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Concerned about visitors amid pandemic

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On the Spot

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What are you doing to combat the stress of the coronavirus?

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A Village Adjusts

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Cold Spring businesses cope with coronavirus

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On the Spot

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Will we have more snow before the official start of spring?

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Talking About Tourists

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Concerns in Cold Spring over trolley, congestion

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Reporter’s Notebook: The Current Goes Outlaw

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A winning race formula to benefit Cub Scouts

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Cold Spring’s Sustainability Warrior

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Catherine Leist brings nature to the classroom

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Mini-Libraries Coming to Cold Spring

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Also: Board approves Pride Parade for June

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On the Spot

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If you won $50 million, what causes would you support?

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A Voice from China

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Businessman discusses coronavirus in his home city

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Reporter’s Notebook: A Look Before You Leap

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Didn’t this just happen four years ago?

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On the Spot

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What do you have planned for Feb. 29?

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Reporter’s Notebook: In Search of the Perfect Sign

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Some help, some confuse, some are just funny

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If you could appear on stage with any performer, who would it be?

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She’s a Wrestler

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Like many girls in state, Beacon senior competed with boys’ team

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Notes from the Cold Spring Village Board

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No fireworks on Fourth; Putnam Pride parade

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Are you savoring the mild winter or fretting over global warming?

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What’s your favorite Oscar-winning film, and how could the awards be improved?

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All the City’s a Stage

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The story behind Beacon’s Shakespeare monument

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Leaving the Game Behind

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Twenty years ago, a Haldane star decided she’d had enough

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Reporter’s Notebook: From One Paperboy to Another

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