Brent Spodek and wife Allison represent Hudson Valley in Washington
Beacon News
Woody Guthrie Songwriting Workshop Begins Dec. 13
Michael Eck leads course on folk process Dec. 13
Barb’s Butchery Opens in Beacon
Personal service, carefully chosen meat hearken back to old traditions
Fareground Community Café Launches Monthly Pop-Up in Beacon
Nonprofit restaurant offers ‘Pay-What-You-Can’ menu
Center for Creative Education Launches After-School Program in Beacon
Ribbon Cutting and Open House slated for Sept. 13 Second Saturday
Beacon’s Only Supermarket A Bellwether of Growth
Key Food’s mission begins with service
Beacon Poet Laureate to Read at Howland Library on April 24
Event with Laurence Sansone begins at 6:30 p.m.
Beacon Cat Sanctuary Devastated by Fire
Shelter seeks donations of time and money
400-Year-Old Peace Treaty Celebrated at Beacon’s Two Row Wampum Festival
More than 200 canoe and kayak paddlers stop during long trip
New Restaurants Open in Beacon; Expanded Hours and Menus
Making dinner variety less challenging
‘Yen for a Wonderful Bagel’ Gives Birth to Beacon Bagels
Missing the kind of bagels he wanted to eat, Art Burns took matters into his own hands
Looking Back at Beacon’s 100 Years
Through boom and bust, Beacon has maintained its identity
Centennial Year Shows How Far Beacon Has Come
2003 opening of Dia:Beacon credited by many as shaping city’s cultural persona
The Scoop on Beacon Creamery: One Name for Two Different Shops
One is a re-creation of a 1930s soda fountain, the other an ice cream parlor
Cat Sanctuary Helps Rescue 45 Abandoned Cats
Hoarded animals rescued by three shelters
Swift Opens at The Roundhouse in Beacon
Hotel-restaurant project is sign of ongoing renaissance
Six Bands On Two Stages: Beacon’s Riverfest
June 30 all-day free music fest runs the musical gamut
New Congregants and Their Enthusiastic Rabbi Energize Beacon Hebrew
Rabbi Brent Chaim Spodek calls the synagogue ‘resurgent’; aims to make it “a place of creativity and rootedness in tradition.”
Beacon Institute Expands River Observatory Network to Fort Edward
Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries deploys first monitoring stations