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Work ahead
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Update: Route 9 Bridge

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

Two lanes expected to return by Aug. 26

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Posted inOn the Spot

On The Spot

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

Have you ever gone to a psychic?

Monkeypox viruses, pathogen closeup, infectious zoonotic disease, background banner format
Posted inPhilipstown News

Putnam Reports First Case of Monkeypox

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

County: Risk to general public low

cold spring boat club
Posted inLetters to Editor

Letter: Boat Club

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

Writer: Village Board needs to enforce terms of lease

Kim Russell
Posted in5 Questions

5 Questions: Kim Russell

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

Oncology nurse at Vassar Brothers for 20 years

sells and gray circus
Posted inLooking Back

Looking Back in Philipstown

Chip Rowe by Chip Rowe August 12, 2022December 23, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

What happened this month 25, 50, 75, 100, 125 and 150 years ago

Musical Stew
Posted inBeacon News

Musical Stew

Avatar photo by Ross Corsair August 12, 2022August 12, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Songs and rhymes at the Howland Library

pow wow
Posted inArts & Leisure

Gathering of Nations

Avatar photo by Ross Corsair August 12, 2022August 12, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Tribes gather for 20th annual Bear Mountain Pow Wow

Maloney news conference
Posted inAround Town

Maloney Praises Gun Law

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

Holds news conference in Cold Spring with shooting victim

summer enrichment
Posted inBeacon News

Learning Never Stops

Avatar photo by Valerie Shively August 12, 2022August 12, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Beacon holds four-week summer academy

The Cartoon
Posted inComics & Cartoons

The Cartoon

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

Worth one laugh…

Sudoku Puzzles
Posted inPuzzles

Week of Aug. 12

by Staff August 12, 2022August 11, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Our weekly collection of words and numbers games

Beacon Police Badge
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Beacon Police Blotter

by Staff August 7, 2022November 12, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Select incidents from June

Real Estate "sold" sign with red brick building and trees blurry in the background
Posted inAround Town

Housing Market Soars

Jeff Simms by Jeff Simms August 5, 2022August 12, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Great for sellers, but low-income, renters squeezed

About two-thirds of the 39-acre former women’s prison sits within Beacon city limits.
Posted inBeacon News

Progress Slow at Camp Beacon

Jeff Simms by Jeff Simms August 5, 2022August 12, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Plans in place to develop former prison, but when? 

The Putnam County Sheriff's Department said it seized this arsenal of weapons and parts from a home in Mahopac. PCSD
Posted inPhilipstown News

‘Ghost’ Guns in Putnam

Leonard Sparks by Leonard Sparks August 5, 2022April 21, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Parts assembled into untraceable weapons

Indian Point
Posted inAround Town

Holtec: ‘We Do Not Dump Into the River’

Brian PJ Cronin by Brian PJ Cronin August 5, 2022August 8, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Says radioactive water would be far below limits

Girl eating corn on the street under natural light. Real people.
Posted inCalendar

The Week Ahead

Avatar photo by Pamela Doan August 5, 2022December 23, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Calendar highlights from Aug. 6 to 14

onthespot 8.5.22
Posted inOn the Spot

On The Spot

Avatar photo by Michael Turton August 5, 2022December 23, 2023 Why you can trust The Current

Do you have a favorite comic strip?

Kimmie Edge and Jennifer Young at Be A Friend's new office in Cold Spring Photo by M. Turton
Posted inAround Town

A Kind Word for Victims of Bullying

Avatar photo by Michael Turton August 5, 2022August 5, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Cold Spring nonprofit cultivates empathy

stream
Posted inPhilipstown News

Legislators Apparently Drop Resolution

Avatar photo by Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong August 5, 2022August 5, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Montgomery: Colleagues opposed stream protections

Cinderella
Posted inArts & Leisure

Magical (Photos)

Avatar photo by Ross Corsair August 5, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Depot Teens present Cinderella

Julia Caldwell at Studio Tashtego with sculptures by William Coggin Photo by Jeff Mikkelson
Posted inArts & Leisure

Function & Beauty

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney August 5, 2022August 5, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Cold Spring gallery focuses on tactile

The orange line represents the current northern border of District 18 within Beacon, and the blue line is the border that takes effect in 2023.
Posted inBeacon News

Legislature Boundaries to Shift in Beacon

Leonard Sparks by Leonard Sparks August 5, 2022August 5, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

Dutchess County commission adopts final map

The stock at Witch Hazel focuses on botanicals.
Posted inArts & Leisure

A Modern-Day Apothecary

Alison Rooney by Alison Rooney August 5, 2022August 5, 2022 Why you can trust The Current

New Beacon shop big on botanicals

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