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Frank Bugg
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Reporter’s Notebook: Appreciating Frank Bugg

Jeff Simms by Jeff Simms December 18, 2021January 7, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

A 1961 Beacon grad who pushed for teacher diversity at schools

Merandy Early Murphy
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Reporter’s Notebook: A Changing of the Guard in Cold Spring

Avatar photo by Michael Turton December 5, 2021December 5, 2021 Why you can trust The Current

What it takes to serve a village

The Cornish Estate
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Out There: Unearthing the Cornish Estate

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin November 9, 2021November 10, 2021 Why you can trust The Current

The hidden history of Breakneck Valley

Beacon Portland
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Reporter’s Notebook: Keep Beacon Weird

Kat Merry by Kat Merry November 6, 2021November 5, 2021 Why you can trust The Current

Is Beacon an East Coast version of Portland, Oregon?

Skateboard Pilates
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Kid Friendly: Surrendering in Motion

Avatar photo by Katie Hellmuth October 26, 2021October 26, 2021 Why you can trust The Current

“Self-deprecation is the norm in female-speak, and I’m quite sick of it.”

Cristian Chironi on Long Island with his Fiat
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Reporters’ Notebook: The Art of Experience

Avatar photo by Michael Turton October 23, 2021October 26, 2021 Why you can trust The Current

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

Some of the colors of the New Fall Photo by B. Cronin
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Out There: Southern Comfort

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin October 12, 2021October 8, 2021 Why you can trust The Current

Learning to love The New October

Emmett Bram
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Kid Friendly: Kids Talk Vaccines

Avatar photo by Katie Hellmuth September 26, 2021March 3, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

Their huge little minds turn things over and over

Haldane High School
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Reporter’s Notebook: New Year, Old Concerns

Avatar photo by Ezra Beato September 18, 2021January 5, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Mask neglect, unvaccinated students risk another shutdown

The Beacon Fire Tower, illuminated
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Out There: The Glow Up

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin September 14, 2021September 10, 2021 Why you can trust The Current

Honoring the legacy of New York’s fire towers

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

Avatar photo by Katie Hellmuth August 31, 2021August 29, 2021 Why you can trust The Current

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

Officer Silverio Santiago drives through Beacon on patrol.
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Reporter’s Notebook: A Day with the Beacon Police

Jeff Simms by Jeff Simms August 20, 2021April 21, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

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

Catching up
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Out There: The Only Runner You Have to Beat

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin August 13, 2021August 13, 2021 Why you can trust The Current

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

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Kid Friendly: Love & Marriage

Avatar photo by Katie Hellmuth August 3, 2021August 1, 2021 Why you can trust The Current

What if we threw showers for newly uncoupled people?

bird feeder
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Out There: The Mystery of the Sick Songbirds

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin July 16, 2021July 16, 2021 Why you can trust The Current

Removal and cleaning of bird feeders recommended

summer-time
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Kid Friendly: Serving Summer

Avatar photo by Katie Hellmuth July 5, 2021July 2, 2021 Why you can trust The Current

Parents: Keep your own cup half full

concrete repair
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Out There: Beacon Fire Tower Turns 90

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin June 22, 2021June 20, 2021 Why you can trust The Current

Volunteers needed to help with repairs

Ice cream
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Kid Friendly: Cotton Candy Racism

Avatar photo by Katie Hellmuth June 8, 2021June 11, 2021 Why you can trust The Current

The truth is often hard to swallow

Highlands Trail
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Out There: Into the (Local) Woods

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin May 25, 2021May 28, 2021 Why you can trust The Current

Breakneck is crowded. It’s also an outlier.

Notebook
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Kid Friendly: Do As I Say

Avatar photo by Katie Hellmuth May 11, 2021May 7, 2021 Why you can trust The Current

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

fyke net
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Out There: The Eel Question

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin April 27, 2021April 24, 2021 Why you can trust The Current

Glass eels return to the Hudson

nails
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Kid Friendly: TikTok Camping, Nails & Sports

Avatar photo by Katie Hellmuth April 13, 2021April 18, 2021 Why you can trust The Current

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

old 7th ward in yonkers
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Out There: The Inequality of Heat Waves

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin April 13, 2021April 18, 2021 Why you can trust The Current

The connections between racism and air temperature

Philipstown Times
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Reporter’s Notebook: Philipstown’s Lost Newspaper

Avatar photo by Michael Turton April 2, 2021April 9, 2021 Why you can trust The Current

The short life of The Times

Under Balanced Rock
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Out There: Ghost Dogs, Bloody Ponds and Lost Treasure

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin March 30, 2021March 29, 2021 Why you can trust The Current

Exploring the old, weird Hudson Valley

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