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Work ahead
Posted inBeacon News

Beacon Gets Sidewalk Grant

by Staff August 19, 2022August 18, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Will fund South Avenue repairs

Green Street mural
Posted inBeacon News

New Beacon Mural

by Staff August 19, 2022August 19, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Joe Pimentel returns for another park project

Posted inPhilipstown News

Train Platform Work in Cold Spring

by Staff August 19, 2022August 19, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Track 2 and overpass will be closed

Baby and dog
Posted inAround Town

Baby and Dog

by Staff August 19, 2022August 18, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Not just a baby, not just a dog, but both…

onthespot 8.19.22
Posted inOn the Spot

On The Spot

Avatar photo by Michael Turton August 19, 2022December 23, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

What’s one thing you want to do before summer ends?

dummy light
Posted inAround Town

Around Town (Photos)

by Staff August 19, 2022August 18, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Dummy light returns, book sale is back, electric force, hoops champs

Real Estate Market Report
Posted inAround Town

Real Estate Market Report

by Staff August 19, 2022August 18, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

The latest data on home sales, listings, prices in Highlands

cartoon
Posted inComics & Cartoons

The Cartoon

Avatar photo by Dave Coverly August 19, 2022December 23, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Worth one laugh…

Sudoku Puzzles
Posted inPuzzles

Week of Aug. 19

by Staff August 19, 2022August 18, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Our weekly collection of words and numbers games

Dutchess County seal
Posted inBeacon News

Dutchess Creates Threat Assessment Group

by Staff August 19, 2022August 19, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Beacon police among members

Jim Mechalakos
Posted inPhilipstown News

Mechalakos Named Fellow

by Staff August 16, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Honored by physicists in medicine

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Posted inObituaries

Beacon Obituaries

by Staff August 14, 2022September 12, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Dottie Foy, Maxine Moody, Darren Villani

candles
Posted inObituaries

Philipstown Obituaries

by Staff August 14, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

David Dickinson, Mitzy LaFever, Alice Otruba

A brush fire damaged 5 acres at Bear Mountain, where a lack of rainfall has left dry conditions. Fort Montgomery Fire District
Posted inAround Town

Hot, Dry Summer

Leonard Sparks by Leonard Sparks August 12, 2022April 21, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

‘Severe’ drought hits Highlands

Democrats 17
Posted inPhilipstown News

Maloney Faces Primary Challenge

Avatar photo by Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong August 12, 2022August 25, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

State senator takes on House incumbent

Republican candidates
Posted inPhilipstown News

Five Republicans Vie for District 17

Avatar photo by Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong August 12, 2022August 25, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Aug. 23 primary will decide November ballot

Metro North train
Posted inAround Town

MTA Finances Worsen

Leonard Sparks by Leonard Sparks August 12, 2022August 25, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Ridership projections revised downward

A tree-lined street in Newburgh
Posted inColumnists

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

Sisters of Slide, Aug. 20
Posted inCalendar

The Week Ahead

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan August 12, 2022December 23, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Calendar highlights from August 13 to August 21

Cold Spring Village Hall
Posted inPhilipstown News

Policy Limits Official Flag Displays

Avatar photo by Michael Turton August 12, 2022August 12, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Also: Cold Spring board rejects earlier cruises by Seastreak boats

A still from a documentary by Ophir Ariel, now in production, about a conceptual artist known as Capitalistman
Posted inArts & Leisure

What’s Funny About Parenting?

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney August 12, 2022August 12, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Filmmaker, new to Beacon, plans ‘mockumentary’

Emily Ota, Luis Quintero and Lauren Karaman
Posted inArts & Leisure

‘Pushing a Sitcom Past the Apocalypse’

Avatar photo by Joe Dizney August 12, 2022August 14, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Finding meaning in a post-Simpsons universe 

Thompson with bearded dragon
Posted inPhilipstown News

Librarian Departs After 25 Years

by Staff August 12, 2022August 12, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Relocates to Minnesota from Garrison

Glassworks by Pierre Bowring Photos by Autumn Jordan
Posted inArts & Leisure

Beacon Glassblower Finds Work “Magical”

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney August 12, 2022August 12, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Will be among artists at annual Garrison craft fair

Waste bin full of electronics, e-waste and recycling concept computers keyboards phones
Posted inPhilipstown News

Philipstown Begins E-Waste Trial

by Staff August 12, 2022August 12, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Recycling Center open on Saturdays

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