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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 II

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

Are there any answers to the affordable housing crisis?

Police cars
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Reporter’s Notebook: Is Crime Up in Beacon?

Jeff Simms by Jeff Simms February 3, 2023February 10, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

How perception stacks up against the stats

Jaguar
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Classic Wheels: 1960 Jaguar XK150 Drophead Coupe

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

‘There’s nothing automatic about this car.’

Beautiful young woman enjoying in the snow
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Living Green: Can We Save Winter?

Krystal Ford by Krystal Ford January 27, 2023January 7, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

“If you hate change, you’re really going to hate climate change.”

Can you spot the smeuse? Photo by B. Cronin
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Out There: Thunderstruck

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin January 27, 2023January 27, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Why the right word matters

Red checkmark
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Reporter’s Notebook: Every Generation Has It Worse

Avatar photo by Michael Turton January 6, 2023January 6, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Learning Latin, with the scars to prove it

Deer, like people, enjoy a good run now and then.
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Out There: This Deer World

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin December 30, 2022December 30, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

How the presence – or absence – of deer changes the landscape

1930 Ford Model A Town Sedan
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Classic Wheels: 1930 Ford Model A Town Sedan

Avatar photo by Michael Turton December 23, 2022May 25, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

A new column about classic vehicles and motorcycles

Violeta (right) celebrates with her parents, Eduardo and Francisca, and sisters, Cala and Rita, after the family moved to Cold Spring in 2015.
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Reporter’s Notebook: Farewell, Mi Pueblo Acogedor

Avatar photo by Violeta Edwards Salas December 16, 2022January 5, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Student correspondent returns to Santiago

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

Avatar photo by Stowe Boyd December 16, 2022December 16, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

The housing crisis and the Highlands

The summit at Sugarloaf has been closed since 2019 because of damage from a wildfire.
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Out There: Season of Sanctuary

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin December 2, 2022December 2, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Leaving well enough alone

Air to air heat pump for cooling or heating the home. Outdoor unit
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Living Green: The Wonders of Heat Pumps

Krystal Ford by Krystal Ford December 2, 2022October 15, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Devices can produce cleaner air, and lower bills

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Wide Angle: E-bike Encounters

Avatar photo by Stowe Boyd November 11, 2022November 11, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

What rules apply to e-bikes?

Members of Beacon Climate Action Now canvassed with a petition calling for a ban on gas and oil in new construction in the city. Photo provided
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Living Green: Close to Home

Krystal Ford by Krystal Ford November 4, 2022November 4, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

New local group: Action is the antidote to despair

Mushrooms abound in Fahnestock (but leave them there). Photo by B. Cronin
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Out There: Eyes of the Woods

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin November 4, 2022November 4, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Making room for mushrooms

Lion Electric, a company based in Quebec, produces electric-powered buses that it hopes will soon be in high demand. Lion Electric
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Living Green: What Schools Can Do

Krystal Ford by Krystal Ford October 7, 2022October 6, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Getting smart about climate change

The view from Storm King; are we in for a “classic fall” this year? Photo by B. Cronin
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Out There: The Return of the Crisp

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin October 7, 2022October 7, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Climate change, changing leaves and getting weird

Gretchen Dykstra (center) with two Polish volunteers
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My View: What I Did This Summer

by Contributor September 2, 2022December 12, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Tired of just sending checks, Cold Spring resident went to Poland

Earth day diversity and cultural celebration as diverse global cultures and multi-cultural unity.
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Living Green: Climate Justice

Krystal Ford by Krystal Ford August 26, 2022August 27, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

The impacts of climate change will not be borne equally

A tree-lined street in Newburgh
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Out There: Seeing the City for the Trees

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin August 12, 2022August 12, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

New map shows the value of Newburgh’s greenery

Krystal Ford redecorated her family's home in Garrison mostly with preowned furniture and decor. RMC Real Estate Photography
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Living Green: Re-Re-Decorating

Krystal Ford by Krystal Ford July 29, 2022July 29, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Getting better at repairing, reusing and repurposing

Marcos Antonio, the owner of Rincon Argentino, recorded this black bear outside a home on Main Street in Cold Spring early on a Saturday in May.
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Out There: Bear With Me

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin July 15, 2022July 15, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

On the recent rash of sightings

Michael turton headshot
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Reporter’s Notebook: I Was a Foodie and Didn’t Know It

Avatar photo by Michael Turton July 1, 2022July 1, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

The culinary delights of growing up in rural Canada

Jeremy Roffman and Sophia Ptacek
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Living Green: Climate Warriors

Krystal Ford by Krystal Ford July 1, 2022July 1, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

A new generation takes on climate change

Pete Seeger had hoped that Little Stony Point would someday be an official swimming spot on the river.
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Out There: Swimming in the Hudson

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin June 17, 2022June 17, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Where you can — and can’t

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