WORD ART — The BonfireWorks Foundation unveiled a mural at 364 Main St. in Beacon by Donna Mikkelsen, Word Alchemy: Presidential Words, that includes quotes from Barack Obama, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Grover Cleveland and John Adams. The Beacon Bonfire Music + Art Festival will return in November 2025. (Photo by Emill Alzamora)
BRIDGE CROSSING — On Nov. 24, in anticipation of the 100th anniversary of the Bear Mountain Bridge on Thanksgiving Day, a motorcade of historic vehicles representing the decades since made the crossing. At a ceremony, a brass quintet from the West Point Band performed to honor the West Point musicians who played at the dedication ceremony in 1924, and descendants of the Harriman family, which financed the bridge, helped unveil a plaque. (Photo by S. Rimm/Continental Village F.D.)
NEW PLAQUE — George Whipple, a member of Masonic Lodge No. 236 in Nelsonville, donated this plaque to commemorate the lodge’s founding in 1851. It was dedicated at a ceremony on Nov. 30. (Photo provided)
CHESSMASTERS — Jude Varricchio, a second grader at Haldane Elementary, won the Novice 1 division on Nov. 23 at the A&L 305 United Chess Tournament in Brooklyn. Jude, a member of the Growing Minds Chess Academy at Haldane, was joined at the tournament by teammates Oliver Vergara, Reilly Timmons, Julian Epstrin and Willa Vink. (Photo provided)
