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The Highlands Current - News for Philipstown (Cold Spring, Nelsonville, Garrison) and Beacon, New York

March 28, 2023


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Mark Trekka (center) gives Mica Winters and Eve Cummings a push at the JV Forrestal Elementary sledding hill on Tuesday (Feb. 28). Photo by Valerie Shively
Around Town

Oh, There’s the Snow!

By Leonard Sparks, Senior Editor | March 3, 2023

Storm ends drought 

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By Pamela Doan, Columnist | March 3, 2023

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Funding Targets Housing Discrimination

By Leonard Sparks, Senior Editor | March 3, 2023

Victims include disabled, renters with vouchers

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Officials Bristle at Plan to Boost Housing

By Joey Asher, Reporter | March 3, 2023

Concerns that state would bypass local control

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By Chip Rowe, Editor | March 3, 2023

After Ohio derailment, says industry must make changes 

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