Robert Murphy, Author at Highlands Current

Bits of Beacon History

Hollywood comes to town, the Forrestal legacy, the east end silos

A century ago, the first local men died in WWI

Classic postcard, plastic snow, electric flying suits

A message from above, and treating Zelda

Sign painter inscribed names of 1,704 service members

A “commuter ski school,” Bookie Blox and a Hellcat buzzes Main

Beacon’s stuntman, the first TV, cat trouble and a mystery man

Explosions, daredevils, cannonballs and straw hats