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Pamela DoanColumnist

Pamela Doan, who lives in Philipstown, has been reporting for The Current since 2013. She can be reached at [email protected].

Posted inGardening

Roots and Shoots: A Little Milkweed Goes a Long Way

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan April 30, 2015September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

Monarchs in peril, local conservation efforts try to help

Posted inPhilipstown News

New Faces for Local School Boards

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan April 24, 2015January 21, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

Open trustee seats at both Haldane and Garrison

Posted inGardening

Roots and Shoots: Climate Change and the Garden

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan April 23, 2015September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

What are you doing to adapt?

Posted inPhilipstown News

State Testing a Divisive Issue in Local Schools

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan April 17, 2015March 29, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

More parents ‘opt out’ while consequences are unclear

Garrison School
Posted inPhilipstown News

GUFS Budget Ready for Voters

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan April 17, 2015January 21, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

Search for new principal begins

Posted inGardening

Roots and Shoots: April Yard Work Brings May Flowers (and Vegetables)

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan April 15, 2015September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

A realist’s honest assessment of spring clean-up

Posted inPhilipstown News

State Aid Allows Haldane to Upgrade

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan April 11, 2015January 21, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

Board votes April 20

Posted inGardening

Roots and Shoots: To a Sunflower on a Summer Day

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan April 7, 2015September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

They come in 67 varieties, and they deserve their due

Posted inGardening

Roots and Shoots: Fruits and Nuts in the Farmden

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan April 2, 2015September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

“A little more than a garden, not quite a farm”

Posted inGardening

Roots and Shoots: Happy First Day of Spring

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan March 23, 2015September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

How to learn more about gardening and where to buy plants

Posted inGardening

Roots and Shoots: New Regulations on Exotic Species Take Effect Now

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan March 16, 2015September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

State now oversees sale and transport

Posted inPhilipstown News

Taxpayer Issues Shaping Up for May Vote

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan March 14, 2015January 21, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

Butterfield Library proposition on the agenda

Posted inGardening

Roots and Shoots: Spring Is Nearly Here

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan March 12, 2015September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

When will we see blooms?

Posted inGardening

Roots and Shoots: Forsythia – Friend or Foe?

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan March 5, 2015April 20, 2021 Why you can trust The Current

Regardless, it’s probably here to stay

Posted inPhilipstown News

Haldane to Relax and Grow This Budget Season

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan March 1, 2015January 21, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

Bowers outlines ‘smarter spending’ even if Cuomo won’t give numbers

Posted inGardening

Roots and Shoots: A Horoscope for Your Garden, So to Speak

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan February 26, 2015September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

A trip inside the Farmers’ Almanac

Garrison School
Posted inPhilipstown News

Budget and Measles Outbreak Dominate Garrison Board Discussion

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan February 21, 2015January 21, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

Cost increases projected at about $150,000

Posted inGardening

Roots and Shoots: For a Good Harvest, Start With the Soil

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan February 18, 2015September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

Is a little pesticide going to do that much harm?

Posted inGardening

Roots and Shoots: Buried in Snow, Dreaming of Spring

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan February 11, 2015September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

Feb. 13–16 is the 17th annual international bird count

Posted inPhilipstown News

Local School Districts Respond to the Measles Outbreak

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan February 7, 2015January 21, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

44 of about about 1,100 students are not vaccinated

Posted inPhilipstown News

Haldane Will Grant Veterans Tax Exemption, But by How Much?

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan February 7, 2015July 7, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

Second hearing on increasing veterans’ exemption Feb. 24

Posted inGardening

Roots and Shoots: Pruning Pine Trees

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan February 5, 2015September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

They just grow and grow….

Posted inGardening

Roots and Shoots: Local Farms Are Getting Connected

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan January 28, 2015September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

Joint initiative attempts to network farmers

Posted inPhilipstown News

Budget Season Begins at Haldane

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan January 24, 2015January 21, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

Hearing on veterans’ exemption scheduled for Feb. 3

Posted inGardening

Roots and Shoots: New Year, New Garden

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan January 21, 2015September 29, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

It’s time to make your green resolutions

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