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Beacon News

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Beacon Rabbi Celebrates Hanukkah at White House

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Brent Spodek and wife Allison represent Hudson Valley in Washington

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Woody Guthrie Songwriting Workshop Begins Dec. 13

by Staff December 6, 2014March 25, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

Michael Eck leads course on folk process Dec. 13

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Barb’s Butchery Opens in Beacon

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney November 23, 2014May 16, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

Personal service, carefully chosen meat hearken back to old traditions

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Fareground Community Café Launches Monthly Pop-Up in Beacon

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Nonprofit restaurant offers ‘Pay-What-You-Can’ menu

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Center for Creative Education Launches After-School Program in Beacon

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Ribbon Cutting and Open House slated for Sept. 13 Second Saturday

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Beacon Sound Shack Insists ‘Vinyl Is Final’

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Shop offers diverse inventory

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Key Food’s mission begins with service

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Beacon’s Mayor Presides Over City’s Rise

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Discusses connections to Philipstown

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Beacon Poet Laureate to Read at Howland Library on April 24

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Event with Laurence Sansone begins at 6:30 p.m.

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Going Local

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Re>Think Local Celebrates First Anniversary

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Beacon Cat Sanctuary Devastated by Fire

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Shelter seeks donations of time and money

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400-Year-Old Peace Treaty Celebrated at Beacon’s Two Row Wampum Festival

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More than 200 canoe and kayak paddlers stop during long trip

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New Restaurants Open in Beacon; Expanded Hours and Menus

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Making dinner variety less challenging

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‘Yen for a Wonderful Bagel’ Gives Birth to Beacon Bagels

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney June 25, 2013December 19, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Missing the kind of bagels he wanted to eat, Art Burns took matters into his own hands

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Looking Back at Beacon’s 100 Years

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Through boom and bust, Beacon has maintained its identity

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Beacon Weekend & Centennial Events

by Staff May 10, 2013January 16, 2015 Why you can trust The Current

Schedule begins on Saturday

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Centennial Year Shows How Far Beacon Has Come

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2003 opening of Dia:Beacon credited by many as shaping city’s cultural persona

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The Scoop on Beacon Creamery: One Name for Two Different Shops

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney May 7, 2013January 26, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

One is a re-creation of a 1930s soda fountain, the other an ice cream parlor

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Cat Sanctuary Helps Rescue 45 Abandoned Cats

by Staff March 14, 2013March 13, 2013 Why you can trust The Current

Hoarded animals rescued by three shelters

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Swift Opens at The Roundhouse in Beacon

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Hotel-restaurant project is sign of ongoing renaissance

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Six Bands On Two Stages: Beacon’s Riverfest

by Staff June 23, 2012January 16, 2015 Why you can trust The Current

June 30 all-day free music fest runs the musical gamut

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New Congregants and Their Enthusiastic Rabbi Energize Beacon Hebrew

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney March 22, 2012January 26, 2016 Why you can trust The Current

Rabbi Brent Chaim Spodek calls the synagogue ‘resurgent’; aims to make it “a place of creativity and rootedness in tradition.”

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Beacon Institute Expands River Observatory Network to Fort Edward

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Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries deploys first monitoring stations

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