• SUPPORT LOCAL NEWS
  • ADVERTISE
  • FREE UPDATES
  • July 26, 2025
  • Home
  • Philipstown
  • Beacon
  • Arts
    • Columns
    • Food
    • Gardening
  • Sports
  • Obits
  • Advertise
    • View Media Kit
    • Place Classified Ad
    • View Classified Ads
    • Pay for Your Ad
    • Special Sections
  • Reader Guide
    • Who We Are & How to Contact Us
      • Contact
      • About The Current
      • Board of Directors
      • Editorial Standards
    • Community Resources
      • Events Calendar
      • Storm Updates
      • Business Directory
      • Local Officials
    • Print Paper
      • Back Issues
      • Where to Find
      • Mail Delivery
    • Free Updates by Email
    • Podcast Episodes
    • Student Journalists
    • Reader Comments
  • Support Our Work
    • Become a member
    • Renew your membership
    • Give a gift membership
    • Make a special donation
    • Update your information
  • Home
  • About The Current
  • Contact
  • Advertise in The Current
  • Editorial Standards
  • Become a Member
  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram
  • Bluesky
  • Linkedin
  • YouTube
Skip to content
  • Home
  • About The Current
  • Contact
  • Advertise in The Current
  • Editorial Standards
  • Become a Member
  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram
  • Bluesky
  • Linkedin
  • YouTube
The Current

The Current

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

  • SUPPORT LOCAL NEWS
  • ADVERTISE
  • FREE UPDATES
  • July 26, 2025
Donate
  • Home
  • Philipstown
  • Beacon
  • Arts
    • Columns
    • Food
    • Gardening
  • Sports
  • Obits
  • Advertise
    • View Media Kit
    • Place Classified Ad
    • View Classified Ads
    • Pay for Your Ad
    • Special Sections
  • Reader Guide
    • Who We Are & How to Contact Us
      • Contact
      • About The Current
      • Board of Directors
      • Editorial Standards
    • Community Resources
      • Events Calendar
      • Storm Updates
      • Business Directory
      • Local Officials
    • Print Paper
      • Back Issues
      • Where to Find
      • Mail Delivery
    • Free Updates by Email
    • Podcast Episodes
    • Student Journalists
    • Reader Comments
  • Support Our Work
    • Become a member
    • Renew your membership
    • Give a gift membership
    • Make a special donation
    • Update your information

Columnists

Antolinez shows off a $7 spotted lanternfly trap. (Photos by B. Cronin)
Posted inColumnists

Out There: Spot the Pest

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin June 28, 2024June 28, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Researching the spotted lanternfly

no parking
Posted inColumnists

Reporter’s Notebook: Beyond Parking

Avatar photo by Michael Turton June 28, 2024June 27, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Looking at parking from all sides

Bear Mountain Bridge
Posted inColumnists

Editor’s Notebook: Surviving Bear Mountain

Chip Rowe by Chip Rowe June 7, 2024June 7, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

A few people get a second chance

A snapping turtle in a happier place
Posted inColumnists

Out There: Why Did the Turtle Cross the Road?

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin June 7, 2024June 7, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

How to safely move a snapping turtle

Posted inColumnists

Classic Wheels: 1970 Dodge Challenger

Avatar photo by Michael Turton June 7, 2024June 7, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

A rare slant six gets some love

Michael Reisman (right) directs college students in Kyiv during a drama therapy workshop. Photo provided
Posted inColumnists

My View: Letter from Lviv

Avatar photo by Michael Reisman May 31, 2024May 31, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Cold Spring resident returns to Ukraine

Winter clouds seen from the south summit of Mount Beacon Photo by B. Cronin
Posted inColumnists

Out There: Old Man Yells at Cloud

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin May 24, 2024May 24, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Missing a once-in-a-generation celestial event (twice)

Posted inColumnists

Classic Wheels: 1933 Plymouth Coupe Hot Rod

Avatar photo by Michael Turton May 3, 2024May 25, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

An icon gets rebuilt and reborn

Kid pilot with toy jet pack against autumn sky background. Happy child playing outdoors
Posted inColumnists

Wide Angle: Play Time

Avatar photo by Stowe Boyd April 26, 2024April 28, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

The case for a low-tech childhood

The Beacon Monument today
Posted inColumnists

Out There: Hiding in Plain Sight

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin April 26, 2024April 29, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

One of Beacon’s most historic sites is also one of its least visited

A photo of the 2024 eclipse, taken at the Adirondack Sky Center in Tupper Lake by Cold Spring resident Aaron Freimark
Posted inColumnists

Out There: Cloudy, With a Chance of Awe

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin April 12, 2024May 24, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

We traveled 300 miles for the totality, but the weather had other ideas

Alison Rooney, holding one of the last of her nearly 2,000 Current articles Photo by Brooke Phillips
Posted inColumnists

Reporter’s Notebook: Bye Bye, Byline

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney April 12, 2024April 12, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Our intrepid arts editor bids farewell

Posted inColumnists

Classic Wheels: 1968 Volkswagen Beetle

Avatar photo by Michael Turton April 5, 2024May 25, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

AKA The Frog, The Turtle, and Herbie the Love Bug

Main Street in Beacon, shown here in a mid-century postcard, was disrupted by Urban Renewal.
Posted inColumnists

Wide Angle: Urban Orphans

Avatar photo by Stowe Boyd March 15, 2024March 15, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Secondary Main Streets need some attention

George Stevenson reads his get-well cards at the state veterans home in Montrose.
Posted inColumnists

Reporter’s Notebook: Relax, Cold Spring: George is Doing Well

Avatar photo by Michael Turton February 23, 2024April 28, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Checking in with a local hero

1937 Bell House Car
Posted inColumnists

Classic Wheels: 1937 Bell House Car

Avatar photo by Michael Turton February 23, 2024May 25, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

A car that’s literally one of a kind

Raki
Posted inColumnists

My View: What We Lost, and What We Found

Avatar photo by Fred Osborn February 23, 2024February 23, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

It took a village to find a missing friend

Posted inColumnists

Out There: Strange Light

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin February 23, 2024February 23, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

The season in-between winter and spring

Brent Chaim Spodek
Posted inColumnists

My View: Two Truths

Avatar photo by Brent Chaim Spodek February 16, 2024February 16, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Beacon rabbi calls for dialogue and reconciliation

Play Airlines offers flights from Stewart to Iceland (Photo provided)
Posted inColumnists

Wide Angle: Why You Can’t Fly From Stewart

Avatar photo by Stowe Boyd February 9, 2024February 9, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

The case for re-regulating the airlines

David Rothenberg
Posted inColumnists

Out There: Pond Rock

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin January 26, 2024January 26, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Discovering secret symphonies below the surface

Literary fiction, police inspector, investigate crime and mystery story conceptual idea with sherlock holmes detective hat, smoking pipe, retro magnifying glass and book isolated on wood table top
Posted inColumnists

Reporter’s Notebook: Cold Spring Mysteries

Avatar photo by Michael Turton January 26, 2024January 26, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

How did B Street get its name, and why is there no A or C street?

Posted inColumnists

Classic Wheels: 1926 Ford Model T Runabout

Avatar photo by Michael Turton January 26, 2024January 26, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

The classic of all classics

Stacey Gibson
Posted inColumnists

My View: The Right to Help in Dying

Stacey Gibson by Stacey Gibson January 5, 2024January 5, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

We need legislation to aid the terminally ill

Sept. 30: The underappreciated Ithaca Falls
Posted inColumnists

Out There: My Top 5 Days of 2023

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin December 29, 2023February 16, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

A new year-end tradition

Posts pagination

Newer posts 1 2 3 4 5 … 15 Older posts

Trending Now

  • Police siren

    Retired Beacon Police Officer Charged in Killing

  • Matty Hutchins

    Matthew Hutchins (1974-2025)

  • Cold Spring Village Hall

    Clerk-Treasurer Resigns in Cold Spring

  • Police siren

    Beacon Man Charged After Route 9 Crash

  • David Hardy

    David Hardy (1948-2025)

Carefull MD
Passport
First Look
See your ad here. Email us.

Free Updates in Your Inbox







See your classified ad here. Click for details.

Featured Ads

  • Acupuncture for Ease in Body + Mind
  • For Sale: 2020 GMC Sierra 1500 AT4
  • Sell Your Old Car Through Peddle
  • Consumer Cellular from $20 Per Month
  • Healing Bodywork with Joy Matalon
  • For Rent: Stone Carriage House
  • For Rent: Philipstown Office Space
Passport
First Look
Carefull MD
Generac
See your ad here. Email us.

Follow Us

Facebook
Instagram
Mastodon
Bluesky

ABOUT THE CURRENT

We are a reader-funded, nonprofit media organization that serves the communities of Beacon and Philipstown (Cold Spring, Nelsonville, Garrison, North Highlands and Continental Village) in the Hudson Highlands of New York.

HOW WE REPORT

The Current is a member of The Trust Project, a consortium of news outlets that has adopted standards to allow readers to more easily assess the credibility of their journalism. Our best practices, including our verification and correction policies, can be accessed here.

CONTACT

The Highlands Current
142 Main St.
Cold Spring, NY 10516
845-809-5584
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]

  • Our Awards
  • Editorial Standards
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Policy
© 2025 Highlands Current Inc Powered by Newspack Accessibility Statement
  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram
  • Bluesky
  • Linkedin
  • YouTube
pixel