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News for Philipstown (Cold Spring, Nelsonville, Garrison) and Beacon, New York

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Reporter’s Notebook

Michael Turton
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Editor’s Notebook: Asking the Asker

Chip Rowe by Chip Rowe June 9, 2020January 21, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Reporter Michael Turton is put on the spot

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Reporter’s Notebook: COVID Got You Down?

Avatar photo by Michael Turton May 17, 2020March 3, 2025 Why you can trust The Current

A few pandemic-coping strategies

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Reporter’s Notebook: Coverage of a Locked-Down World

Avatar photo by Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong May 10, 2020May 8, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

What’s changed putting together a newspaper

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Reporter’s Notebook: Coloring Wars

Avatar photo by Michael Turton May 5, 2020May 1, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

The battle for my state of mind

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Editor’s Notebook: Top Secrets

Chip Rowe by Chip Rowe May 1, 2020January 21, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

The early results of our search for “confidential” Putnam records

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Reporter’s Notebook: The Truth Hurts

Jeff Simms by Jeff Simms April 18, 2020April 17, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

I haven’t been a team player. I needed help.

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Reporter’s Notebook: Time to Lean on Old Friends

Avatar photo by Michael Turton April 6, 2020April 3, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

Allow me to introduce a few faithful companions

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Reporter’s Notebook: Running on Empty

Jeff Simms by Jeff Simms March 20, 2020April 18, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

There’s never been a Beacon council meeting like this week’s

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Reporter’s Notebook: The Current Goes Outlaw

Avatar photo by Michael Turton March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

A winning race formula to benefit Cub Scouts

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Reporter’s Notebook: A Look Before You Leap

Avatar photo by Michael Turton February 28, 2020February 28, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

Didn’t this just happen four years ago?

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Reporter’s Notebook: In Search of the Perfect Sign

Avatar photo by Michael Turton February 23, 2020February 21, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

Some help, some confuse, some are just funny

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Reporter’s Notebook: From One Paperboy to Another

Avatar photo by Michael Turton February 7, 2020February 18, 2020 Why you can trust The Current

Remembering Decatur Myers

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Reporter’s Notebook: Would You Survive a Mass Shooting?

Avatar photo by Michael Turton August 16, 2019May 26, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

County offers training for the unthinkable

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Editor’s Notebook: My Code of Conduct

Chip Rowe by Chip Rowe August 16, 2019May 26, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Life lessons from an unlikely source

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Reporter’s Notebook: When Finishing Isn’t Enough

Jeff Simms by Jeff Simms August 9, 2019June 2, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

After 286 miles, I felt deflated rather than inspired

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Editor’s Notebook: Why I Flipped on Secrecy

Chip Rowe by Chip Rowe August 2, 2019January 21, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

I was concerned about the law, but now I love it

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Reporter’s Notebook: Turton Takes the Trolley

Avatar photo by Michael Turton July 21, 2019May 25, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

A few thoughts on how to improve the ride

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Reporter’s Notebook: Hossing Around

Avatar photo by Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong May 19, 2019May 26, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Impertinent parrot gets by on a (partial) wing and prayer

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Reporter’s Notebook: Cold Spring’s Riverfront Puzzle

Avatar photo by Michael Turton February 17, 2019September 30, 2019 Why you can trust The Current

Can the community put the pieces together?

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Reporter’s Notebook: The Highly Intelligent American Crow

Avatar photo by Michael Turton April 15, 2012March 12, 2021 Why you can trust The Current

An underrated personal favorite 

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Reporter’s Notebook: One Man’s Yuletide Notebook

Avatar photo by Michael Turton December 24, 2010May 25, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

Reflections on Christmas past

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Reporter’s Notebook: The Sad Demise of a Once Proud Word

Avatar photo by Michael Turton August 31, 2010May 25, 2024 Why you can trust The Current

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