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Last-Minute Giving Guide 2023

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2023, Updated

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With 2024 fast approaching, our reporters caught up with and updated select stories from the past year.

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Fishkill Planning Board gives OK

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Will increase by 80 cents on Jan. 1

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Deadline for students is Jan. 4

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Section will connect Dockside Park and Breakneck

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Making the holidays a little brighter

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Heavy rain causes flooding

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Can Everyone Shop Main Street?

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Disability access lacking at many stores

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Deceased Veteran Gets a Marker

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But many other memorials were never installed

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Highlands Districts to be Redrawn

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State reviewing other Highlands applications

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Still No Plan for Indian Point Wastewater

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Holtec says it didn’t think legislative ban would pass

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Q&A: Why Does Cold Spring Fire Have So Many Elevator Rescues?

by Staff December 15, 2023April 28, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Your questions, answered

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Howland Public Library Names Director

by Staff December 15, 2023December 22, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Former Cold Spring leader will join Beacon 

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Around Town (Photos)

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Real Estate Market Report

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The latest data on home sales, listings and prices in the Highlands

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‘Congestion pricing’ expected to begin in spring 

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Fewer Rescues on Breakneck Ridge

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Numbers fall from 2021, 2022

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Q&A: Why is One Lane Always Closed on the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge?

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