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News for Philipstown (Cold Spring, Nelsonville, Garrison) and Beacon, New York

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Kid Friendly: Playground Politics

Avatar photo by Katie Hellmuth October 22, 2019October 18, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

What to do when the kids challenge “truths”?

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Out There: And the Teens Shall Lead

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin October 15, 2019October 12, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

Hiking Bull Hill behind intrepid scouts

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Kid Friendly: Take That Tone

Avatar photo by Katie Hellmuth September 24, 2019September 30, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

Ladies, we got to go low to be heard

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Family Trails: Give and Take

Valerie LaRobardier by Valerie LaRobardier September 17, 2019September 30, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

Don’t be tempted to blindly accept online clues

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Editor’s Notebook: Why No Room Tax?

Chip Rowe by Chip Rowe September 13, 2019May 26, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Putnam has no hotels, but hundreds of rooms

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Out There: Thoreau Got It Right

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin September 10, 2019September 6, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

How ultrarunning could save your life

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Kid Friendly: Say Yes

Avatar photo by Katie Hellmuth August 21, 2019September 30, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

Don’t block yourself, or lets others do it

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Reporter’s Notebook: Would You Survive a Mass Shooting?

Avatar photo by Michael Turton August 16, 2019May 26, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

County offers training for the unthinkable

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Editor’s Notebook: My Code of Conduct

Chip Rowe by Chip Rowe August 16, 2019May 26, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Life lessons from an unlikely source

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Out There: Running Circles Around Racism

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin August 14, 2019August 16, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

A race that follows the boundaries of redlining

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Reporter’s Notebook: When Finishing Isn’t Enough

Jeff Simms by Jeff Simms August 9, 2019June 2, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

After 286 miles, I felt deflated rather than inspired

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Editor’s Notebook: Why I Flipped on Secrecy

Chip Rowe by Chip Rowe August 2, 2019January 21, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

I was concerned about the law, but now I love it

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Kid Friendly: Journaling Off the Grid

Avatar photo by Katie Hellmuth July 24, 2019September 30, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

Write it down — with a pen

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Reporter’s Notebook: Turton Takes the Trolley

Avatar photo by Michael Turton July 21, 2019May 25, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

A few thoughts on how to improve the ride

Devil's Path
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Out There: Don’t Just Stand There, Bust a Rib

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin July 17, 2019September 30, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

You’ll feel better (eventually)

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Family Trails: What’s My Line?

Valerie LaRobardier by Valerie LaRobardier July 2, 2019December 26, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

‘Heritage’ societies remember and honor ancestors

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Kid Friendly: Quantum-Leaping

Avatar photo by Katie Hellmuth June 19, 2019September 30, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

How (family) time flies …

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Out There: Trail Magic

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin June 12, 2019September 30, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

It takes a village to protect the places you love

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Handshakes: The Good, the Bad and the Clammy

Avatar photo by Michael Turton June 2, 2019May 31, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

It seems simple, but so much can go wrong

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A Long, Thin Line of Personal Anguish

by Contributor May 27, 2019October 4, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

A classic account of the aftermath of D-Day

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Kid Friendly: Getting Out of My (Own) Way

Avatar photo by Katie Hellmuth May 22, 2019September 30, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

Looking for that balanced feeling

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Reporter’s Notebook: Hossing Around

Avatar photo by Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong May 19, 2019May 26, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Impertinent parrot gets by on a (partial) wing and prayer

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Out There: School of Hard Knocks

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin May 15, 2019August 28, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

Fall down seven times, get up eight

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Kid Friendly: When a Pet Dies

Avatar photo by Katie Hellmuth April 24, 2019September 30, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

What to tell the children — and yourself?

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Out There: The Ups and Downs (and Ups and Downs) of Breakneck

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin April 12, 2019April 28, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Fourth annual Trail Runs set for April 13

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