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Female spongy moths laying eggs on Mount Beacon
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Out There: Mount Beacon Brown-Out

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin July 28, 2023October 13, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

What’s behind those patches on the mountain?

Rob Young '73 Gremlin
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Classic Wheels: 1973 AMC Gremlin X

Avatar photo by Michael Turton July 28, 2023May 25, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

‘Where’s the rest of your car?’

Dana Levenberg
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Living Green: Legislative Wins

Krystal Ford by Krystal Ford July 21, 2023July 21, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Tackling the climate crisis in the statehouse

Vlosky prepares a breakfast burrito.
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Out There: Angels In The Outdoors

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin July 14, 2023July 14, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

A little Trail Magic goes a long way

Cold Spring parking
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Wide Angle: The High Cost of Free Parking

Avatar photo by Stowe Boyd July 7, 2023July 18, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

The spot may be free, but we’re all paying for it

Electronic devices dump site. E-waste disposal, management, reuse, recycle and recovery concept. Electronic consumerism, globalization, raw material source concept.
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Living Green: Digital Detritus

Krystal Ford by Krystal Ford June 23, 2023June 26, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

What to do with your e-waste

1957 Ford Thunderbird
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Classic Wheels: 1957 Ford Thunderbird

Avatar photo by Michael Turton June 23, 2023May 25, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

A Beacon boy’s dream comes true

An unfiltered view of last week’s unfiltered sky Photo by B. Cronin
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Out There: Welcome to the Age of Fire

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin June 16, 2023June 16, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

When it’s hot and dry enough, anything will burn

Alexa Rosales (foreground), the founder of the Body Liberation Outdoor Club, leads a hike on Storm King. Photo provided
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Out There: Liberating the Outdoors

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin May 19, 2023May 19, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Expanding access with the Body Liberation Outdoor Club

1966 Land Rover Series IIA
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Classic Wheels: 1966 Land Rover Series IIA

Avatar photo by Michael Turton May 19, 2023May 25, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

“There’s no power anything, just lights, signals and a horn.”

Earth crystal glass globe ball with windmills, Saving environment ecology, save clean planet
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Living Green: What’s Your Future? (II)

Krystal Ford by Krystal Ford May 19, 2023May 19, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Visions for our world in 2050

toilets
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Wide Angle: The Trouble With Toilets

Avatar photo by Stowe Boyd May 19, 2023August 26, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

All dressed up and nowhere to go

Shelley and Juan
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Reporter’s Notebook: 20 Years of Fresh Food

Avatar photo by Michael Turton May 5, 2023May 5, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Cold Spring Farmers’ Market celebrates 20 years

Penny Adler-Colvin of the Mohonk Preserve trains volunteers to observe peregrine falcons nesting on the ridgeline in the distance. Photo by B. Cronin
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Out There: Take to the Sky

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin April 21, 2023April 21, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Keeping an eye on peregrine falcons

Earth crystal glass globe ball with windmills, Saving environment ecology, save clean planet
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Living Green: What’s Your Future?

Krystal Ford by Krystal Ford April 21, 2023April 28, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Envisioning a better tomorrow, with your help

fine 3d image of grunge jail background
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Wide Angle: Prison Blues

Avatar photo by Stowe Boyd April 14, 2023April 15, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

What should we do with shuttered prisons?

Jim Knox's 1956 Studebaker Golden Hawk CharvetClassicCars.com
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Classic Wheels: 1956 Studebaker Golden Hawk

Avatar photo by Michael Turton April 7, 2023May 25, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

‘It’s maybe the ugliest beautiful car I’ve ever seen.’

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Editor’s Notebook: The Tricky Origins of the Constitutional County

Chip Rowe by Chip Rowe March 31, 2023April 4, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

The Putnam executive wants a declaration. Where did the idea come from?

Wildflower: Snowball Sand-Verbena Photo by Amy Washut
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Out There: Guidebooks for a Warming Planet

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin March 24, 2023March 24, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

The next generation of Audubon guides forge a new path

Activists from the Rainforest Action Network protested against Chase in Manhattan in December 2018. Photo by Michael Nigro/RFN
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Living Green: Follow the Money

Krystal Ford by Krystal Ford March 24, 2023March 24, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Who’s funding the climate crisis?

Expensive housing market vector concept. Unaffordable, out of reach price, market crisis, recession. Minimal design. Eps10 vector illustration.
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Wide Angle: Priced Out, Part III

Avatar photo by Stowe Boyd March 10, 2023March 10, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Possible solutions to the housing crisis

Youth hand holding electric plug on sky with sun flare
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Living Green: Big Savings Ahead

Krystal Ford by Krystal Ford February 24, 2023February 28, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

What the Inflation Reduction Act means for you

game image
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Out There: Snow Job(less)

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin February 24, 2023February 28, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Winter in black and white 

Steve Etta's 1951 Ford F-1 pickup
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Classic Wheels: 1951 Ford F-1 Pickup

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

‘Everyone looks at it; I like it when they add a wave.’

phone book
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Reporter’s Notebook: The Book With Everyone’s Number

Avatar photo by Michael Turton February 24, 2023January 7, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

An old phone book stirs up memories

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