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Wide Angle: New York’s Decline

Avatar photo by Stowe Boyd December 29, 2023December 29, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Housing crisis, high taxes take their toll

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My View: Tough Winter Ahead

Avatar photo by Jim Witt December 8, 2023August 28, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Local meteorologist predicts a snowy January

“How long has that been there?” dennings point
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Out There: Vanishing Point

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin December 1, 2023December 1, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

The disorientation of late autumn

Volunteer Gerry Singer helps tourists at the Cold Spring Visitor Center. (Photo by M. Turton)
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Reporter’s Notebook: Visitor Center Confidential

Avatar photo by Michael Turton November 24, 2023November 27, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Seeing Cold Spring through a tourist’s eyes

1939 Ford De Luxe Coupe
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Classic Wheels: 1939 Ford De Luxe Coupe

Avatar photo by Michael Turton November 24, 2023May 25, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

‘It’s nice to drive but they don’t stop very well’

Lillian Rosengarten
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My View: I Could Not Save My Addicted Child

Lillian Rosengarten by Lillian Rosengarten November 17, 2023January 5, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

I did the best I could, but I didn’t know how

Hot climate in the city with strong sunlight in flat design.
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Wide Angle: How to Cool a City

Avatar photo by Stowe Boyd November 17, 2023December 26, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Preparing for a hotter future

The Soon is Now festival at Long Dock Park was flooded on Oct. 1. Photo by Flynn Larsen
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Out There: The Rainy Season

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin November 3, 2023November 3, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Planning events in a climate crisis

Posted inColumnists

Living Green: Burned Out

Krystal Ford by Krystal Ford November 3, 2023November 3, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Transforming grief into action

Henry Feldman
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My View: Dear AI: I’m Not Dead

Henry Feldman by Henry Feldman October 27, 2023December 17, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

When did “most probable” become equal to “correct”?

1965 Corvair Monza 110 Sport Coupe
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Classic Wheels: 1965 Corvair Monza 110 Sport Coupe

Avatar photo by Michael Turton October 27, 2023May 25, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

The poor man’s Porsche

Garrison native Frank Gallagher (Photo provided)
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Reporter’s Notebook: The Garrison Hunter

Avatar photo by Michael Turton October 20, 2023November 11, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

A quest to visit every town named Garrison

Cory Tiger of the Hudson Highlands Land Trust discusses habitat linkage at the edge of Fahnestock State Park. Photo by B. Cronin
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Out There: Following the Forest

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin October 20, 2023October 20, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Mapping project seeks community scientists

Christine Ortiz
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My View: Designing Connections

Christine Ortiz by Christine Ortiz October 13, 2023October 13, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

What my family taught me about homes

Asylum Brook was rerouted to empty into Fishkill Creek below the Roundhouse dam.
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Out There: The Buried Streams of Beacon

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin October 6, 2023October 6, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Uncovering the history of Asylum Brook

outdoor manual worker clean the fallen leaves on the road by blower in autumn
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Wide Angle: Dirty and Loud

Avatar photo by Stowe Boyd October 6, 2023October 6, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

The impacts of leaf blowers

1951 Vincent Black Shadow
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Classic Wheels: 1951 Vincent Black Shadow

Avatar photo by Michael Turton September 22, 2023May 25, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

The love of his life, at least among motorized vehicles

Tools of the trade Photo by B. Cronin
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Out There: Rocks on My Mind

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin September 8, 2023September 8, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

A chance to pitch in

Clove Creek trout
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Reporter’s Notebook: Trout Still Live in Clove Creek

Avatar photo by Joey Asher September 1, 2023September 8, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

But how much longer can they survive?

Our reporter went airborne aboard this glider at Wurtsboro Airport. Photo by Jonathan Elie
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Reporter’s Notebook: Soaring Like a Vulture

Avatar photo by Michael Turton August 25, 2023October 13, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Come fly with Mike.

1958 MGA 1500
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Classic Wheels: 1958 MGA 1500

Avatar photo by Michael Turton August 25, 2023May 25, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

What it lacks in options, it makes up for with engineering.

Violeta Edwards Salas (center) with friends Elena Fuenzalida, Flora Jurgens and Ángela Fernández (Photo provided)
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Reporter’s Notebook: Letter from Chile

Avatar photo by Violeta Edwards Salas August 18, 2023August 18, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Our correspondent in Santiago checks in

EllieQ is marketed as an “empathetic care companion.” Intuition Robotics
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Wide Angle: The Loneliness Epidemic

Avatar photo by Stowe Boyd August 18, 2023August 18, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Restructuring lives around people instead of work

An invitation, or a trap? Photos by B. Cronin
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Out There: If a Tree Falls in the Woods…

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin August 11, 2023August 11, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

A path appears to Fairy Island

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Living Green: Wrangle the Water

Krystal Ford by Krystal Ford August 11, 2023August 11, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

How to handle droughts and floods

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