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Cristian Chironi on Long Island with his Fiat

Reporters’ Notebook: The Art of Experience

By Michael Turton, Reporter | October 23, 2021

An artist, a reporter, a lawyer, a real estate agent, and a 50-year-old car

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Some of the colors of the New Fall Photo by B. Cronin

Out There: Southern Comfort

By Brian PJ Cronin, Reporter | October 12, 2021

Learning to love The New October

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Kid Friendly: Kids Talk Vaccines

By Katie Hellmuth Martin, Columnist | September 26, 2021

Their huge little minds turn things over and over

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The Beacon Fire Tower, illuminated

Out There: The Glow Up

By Brian PJ Cronin, Reporter | September 14, 2021

Honoring the legacy of New York’s fire towers

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The 11-year-old, committed at the moment to going to cosmetology school, colors her hair using tin foil and Manic Panic.

Kid Friendly: College Expectations

By Katie Hellmuth Martin, Columnist | August 31, 2021

What it really means to go – or not go – to college

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Officer Silverio Santiago drives through Beacon on patrol.

Reporter’s Notebook: A Day with the Beacon Police

By Jeff Simms, Beacon Editor | August 20, 2021

A reporter brings questions from readers – and one of his own

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Out There: The Only Runner You Have to Beat

By Brian PJ Cronin, Reporter | August 13, 2021

Hint: It’s not the one in front of you (or behind you)

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Kid Friendly: Love & Marriage

By Katie Hellmuth Martin, Columnist | August 3, 2021

What if we threw showers for newly uncoupled people?

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Out There: The Mystery of the Sick Songbirds

By Brian PJ Cronin, Reporter | July 16, 2021

Removal and cleaning of bird feeders recommended

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Kid Friendly: Serving Summer

By Katie Hellmuth Martin, Columnist | July 5, 2021

Parents: Keep your own cup half full

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concrete repair

Out There: Beacon Fire Tower Turns 90

By Brian PJ Cronin, Reporter | June 22, 2021

Volunteers needed to help with repairs

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Kid Friendly: Cotton Candy Racism

By Katie Hellmuth Martin, Columnist | June 8, 2021

The truth is often hard to swallow

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Highlands Trail

Out There: Into the (Local) Woods

By Brian PJ Cronin, Reporter | May 25, 2021

Breakneck is crowded. It’s also an outlier.

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Kid Friendly: Do As I Say

By Katie Hellmuth Martin, Columnist | May 11, 2021

Sometimes it’s a good thing when your kids talk back

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Out There: The Eel Question

By Brian PJ Cronin, Reporter | April 27, 2021

Glass eels return to the Hudson

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Kid Friendly: TikTok Camping, Nails & Sports

By Katie Hellmuth Martin, Columnist | April 13, 2021

Stay in the Tent for 48 Hours Challenge was highlight of pandemic spring break

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old 7th ward in yonkers

Out There: The Inequality of Heat Waves

By Brian PJ Cronin, Reporter | April 13, 2021

The connections between racism and air temperature

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Philipstown Times

Reporter’s Notebook: Philipstown’s Lost Newspaper

By Michael Turton, Reporter | April 2, 2021

The short life of The Times

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Under Balanced Rock

Out There: Ghost Dogs, Bloody Ponds and Lost Treasure

By Brian PJ Cronin, Reporter | March 30, 2021

Exploring the old, weird Hudson Valley

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Kid Friendly: Reports from TikTok

By Katie Hellmuth Martin, Columnist | March 16, 2021

It’s more than just an app

Reporter’s Notebook: We All Could Have Died

By Michael Turton, Reporter | February 23, 2021

Nine Philipstown residents who flirted with the Grim Reaper

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Graham Mountain

Out There: You Just Climbed Two Mountains

By Brian PJ Cronin, Reporter | February 23, 2021

The 35 Catskill High Peaks are down to 33

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Putnam County courthouse

Editor’s Notebook: The Meeting Before the Meeting

By Chip Rowe, Editor | February 19, 2021

The Open Meetings Law (and how to get around it)

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Wall-art application

Kid Friendly: Cook or Clean?

By Katie Hellmuth Martin, Columnist | February 16, 2021

A snow day that’s not a snow day, and a primal scream

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Out There: A Park by Any Other Name

By Brian PJ Cronin, Reporter | January 22, 2021

Galef calls to rename Trump State Park

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