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Reporter’s Notebook

Highlands Current founder Gordon Stewart (right) receives in 2013 a Business Person of the Year Award from Vinny Tamagna, president of the Cold Spring Chamber of Commerce. (File photo)
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Reporter’s Notebook: The Current Turns 15

Avatar photo by Michael Turton July 4, 2025July 8, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

A lot has changed since July 4, 2010

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Reporter’s Notebook: Bird Killers

Avatar photo by Joey Asher June 13, 2025June 13, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

Addressing a clear and present danger

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Reporter’s Notebook: Don’t Get Scammed

Avatar photo by Joey Asher February 21, 2025March 7, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

If it seems like it’s too good to be true, it is

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Photographer’s Notebook: Laos and Cambodia

Avatar photo by Ross Corsair January 31, 2025January 31, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

After Vietnam, stops in two neighboring countries

The fishermen on the West Branch Reservoir in Carmel Photo by Ross Corsair
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Reporter’s Notebook: Tice on Ice

Avatar photo by Joey Asher January 24, 2025March 7, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

Ice fishing on the West Branch Reservoir

John Costa, left, with Joey and Johanna Asher at Yorkside Pizza
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Reporter’s Notebook: Learning Too Late

Avatar photo by Joey Asher December 13, 2024January 11, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

The ins and outs of disability etiquette

Joey Asher's winning hand
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Reporter’s Notebook: Winning My First Round

Avatar photo by Joey Asher November 15, 2024November 15, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

A rookie in the mahjong trenches

Joey Asher (right) jogs with former President Jimmy Carter in Atlanta in 1984. (UPI)
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Reporter’s Notebook: Jogging with Jimmy

Avatar photo by Joey Asher October 4, 2024November 6, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

A reporter remembers a fateful jog with the former president

Technicians install a wall unit in our living room. Photo by J. Simms
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Reporter’s Notebook: Change in the Air

Jeff Simms by Jeff Simms September 6, 2024September 6, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

The advantages of installing heat pumps

Debbi Milner (left), with Margaret Hayford (Photo by Ross Corsair)
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Reporter’s Notebook: Converting A Pickleball ‘Snob’

Avatar photo by Joey Asher August 2, 2024August 2, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

A reporter finds himself in a pickle

As the final resting place for many notable residents, the Cold Spring Cemetery is a walking history lesson. Photo by L. Sparks
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Reporter’s Notebook: In Praise of Cemeteries

Avatar photo by Michael Turton August 2, 2024August 2, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

They’re not just about death and loss

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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

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

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

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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?

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

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

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.

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

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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

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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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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

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

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

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