Columnists – The Current

Marking 15 Years: One Vision Now Shared by Many

by Staff July 4, 2025July 8, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

The past, present, and future of The Highlands Current

Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian Photo provided

Out There: Slug Life

by Brian PJ Cronin July 4, 2025July 8, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

Exploring “Forest Euphoria”

Highlands Current founder Gordon Stewart (right) receives in 2013 a Business Person of the Year Award from Vinny Tamagna, president of the Cold Spring Chamber of Commerce. (File photo)

Reporter’s Notebook: The Current Turns 15

by Michael Turton July 4, 2025July 8, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

A lot has changed since July 4, 2010

Reporter’s Notebook: Bird Killers

by Joey Asher June 13, 2025June 13, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

Addressing a clear and present danger

Classic Wheels: 1964 Chevy El Camino

by Michael Turton June 6, 2025June 6, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

Blazing down the road

From left, Steve Rappaport, Anthony Macchiarola, Kyle Bardwell and Michael Curtis search for birds at Boscobel on May 17. Photo by B. Cronin

Out There: Bird Count

by Brian PJ Cronin May 30, 2025June 13, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

Putting numbers on the board at Birdathon

My View: Letter from Lyuboml

by Michael Reisman May 30, 2025May 30, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

Returning to Ukraine and confronting history

Sales tax

My View: We Can Afford to Cut Tax

by Paul Jonke May 16, 2025May 16, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

A Putnam County legislator responds

1961 BMW R60

Classic Wheels: 1961 BMW R60

by Michael Turton May 2, 2025May 2, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

A smooth operator that carried a famous passenger

Out There: The Silent Majority

by Brian PJ Cronin April 25, 2025April 25, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

More people care about climate than you think

My View: 10 Years Later, What Has Changed

by Jeff Golden April 18, 2025April 19, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

The dehumanizing affects of prison on inmates and guards

1932 Ford Coupe

Classic Wheels: 1932 Ford Coupe

by Michael Turton April 11, 2025May 25, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

The star of “American Graffiti” hits the road

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Out There: Sacred Ground

by Brian PJ Cronin April 4, 2025April 4, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

EPA head calls climate change a ‘religion’

Hooray for Open Government

by Staff March 28, 2025March 28, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

Best practices for local boards and agencies

Bird Flu And Dairy Cows Spreading Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza or HPAI to a milking cow as a farm virus or livestock health risk for global infection outbreak or agricultural public safety symbol.

Out There: Bird Flu — What’s Next?

by Brian PJ Cronin March 7, 2025March 8, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

And what do you need to do about it?

Classic Wheels: 1953 Farmall Super H

by Michael Turton March 7, 2025May 25, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

A workhorse that “purrs like a kitten”

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Reporter’s Notebook: Don’t Get Scammed

by Joey Asher February 21, 2025March 7, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

If it seems like it’s too good to be true, it is

Close up side shot of microplastics lay on people hand.Concept of water pollution and global warming. Climate change idea.

Out There: Plastics on the Brain

by Brian PJ Cronin February 21, 2025February 21, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

The plastics problem is getting worse

A state highway sign in Afton, North Carolina Indy Beetle/Wikipedia

Out There: Justice for All

by Brian PJ Cronin February 7, 2025February 7, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

Protecting the past, and future, of environmental justice

'38 Chevy Master Deluxe

Classic Wheels: 1938 Chevy Master Deluxe

by Michael Turton February 7, 2025February 7, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

The return of The Rat Patrol

Legislators

Our View: Putnam Needs Change

by Contributor January 31, 2025February 4, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

Four county legislators call for transparency, accountability

Photographer’s Notebook: Laos and Cambodia

by Ross Corsair January 31, 2025January 31, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

After Vietnam, stops in two neighboring countries

The fishermen on the West Branch Reservoir in Carmel Photo by Ross Corsair

Reporter’s Notebook: Tice on Ice

by Joey Asher January 24, 2025March 7, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

Ice fishing on the West Branch Reservoir

The newly cleared-away outlook over Fishkill Bay Photo by B. Cronin

Out There: Time to Focus

by Brian PJ Cronin January 10, 2025January 10, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

Choosing a motto for 2025

Classic Wheels: 1975 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible

by Michael Turton January 10, 2025May 25, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

The return of the land yacht