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The Highlands Current - News for Philipstown (Cold Spring, Nelsonville, Garrison) and Beacon, New York

September 26, 2023


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Beacon High School

Just Like That… It’s 50 Years Later

By Chip Rowe, Editor | September 22, 2023

Members of Beacon Class of 1973 reflect on then and now

Leave Your Distractions at the Door

No-Cell Motel

Haldane asks high schoolers to park their phones

Beacon Church Seeks Home in Fishkill

37 lamplight road

Star of Bethlehem formed in city in 1900

Garrison Superintendent to Retire

Carl Albano

Says he plans to leave by end of month

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Hochul Approves Cold Spring Parking Expansion
New Vaccine to Test Disinterest
Reporter’s Notebook: Soaring Like a Vulture

Beacon News

  • coat drive
    Coat Drive Begins Oct. 1
    By Staff

    29th annual collection includes Beacon drop

  • Julie Shiroishi
    Eleanor’s Legacy Names Director
    By Staff

    Beacon resident will lead pro-choice group

  • Howland pennies
    Howland Center Launches Coin Drive
    By Staff

    Raising ‘pennies for a portico’

  • Mary Lou Carolan
    Cornell Cooperative Dutchess Names Director
    By Staff

    New leader comes from Newburgh library

  • spirit of beacon
    Spirit of Beacon Postponed
    By Staff

    Rescheduled for Oct. 1

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Philipstown News

  • Butterfield winners
    Butterfield Team Wins Battle of Books
    By Staff

    Middle-schoolers finish first in annual competition

  • Putnam Sheriff badge
    Putnam Sheriff: No Badges for Public
    By Staff

    Issues advisory about ‘courtesy’ IDs

  • Garrison School
    Garrison Residents Call for Study
    By Joey Asher, Reporter

    Ask school board to look at merger feasibility

  • Village Hall
    Notes from the Cold Spring Village Board
    By Michael Turton, Reporter

    Request for Route 9D safety measures, police body cameras

  • truck making turn
    Truckin’? Maybe Not in Early Morning on Peekskill Road
    By Liz Schevtchuk Armstrong, Reporter/Contributing Editor

    Also, Nelsonville continues storm-related follow-up

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Around Town

  • Jen Benson
    Clearwater Names Environmental Director
    By Staff

    Beacon-based nonprofit hires watershed specialist

  • Four vax
    Latest Coronavirus Update
    By Staff

    Garrison outbreak in 'contained setting' fuels recent spike in Putnam cases

  • Putnam Arts Council logo
    Putnam Arts Council Offers Grants
    By Staff

    Information seminars scheduled

  • dutchess-archery
    Dutchess Expands Archery Range
    By Staff

    Wappingers Falls park doubles capacity

  • No-Cell Motel
    Leave Your Distractions at the Door
    By Joey Asher, Reporter

    Haldane asks high schoolers to park their phones

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Arts & Leisure

  • Picnic
    Butterfield Holds Writing Contest
    By Staff

    Celebrating 200th anniversary of founder’s birth

  • BeaconArts-logo
    Beacon Arts Grants Applications Due
    By Staff

    Clara Lou Gould fund deadline is Oct. 27

  • Depot Theatre
    Depot Theatre to Hold Auditions
    By Staff

    Plans to present The Watched Pot

  • Summer Hart
    Two Artists Named Fellows
    By Staff

    State program distributes grants

  • Arun Ramamurthy Trio
    Where India Meets Jazz
    By Alison Rooney, Arts Editor

    Trio will blend traditions at Beacon’s Towne Crier

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Columnists

  • 1951 Vincent Black Shadow
    Classic Wheels: 1951 Vincent Black Shadow
    By Michael Turton, Reporter

    The love of his life, at least among motorized vehicles

  • Tools of the trade Photo by B. Cronin
    Out There: Rocks on My Mind
    By Brian PJ Cronin, Reporter

    A chance to pitch in

  • Clove Creek trout
    Reporter’s Notebook: Trout Still Live in Clove Creek
    By Joey Asher, Reporter

    But how much longer can they survive?

  • Our reporter went airborne aboard this glider at Wurtsboro Airport. Photo by Jonathan Elie
    Reporter’s Notebook: Soaring Like a Vulture
    By Michael Turton, Reporter

    Come fly with Mike.

  • 1958 MGA 1500
    Classic Wheels: 1958 MGA 1500
    By Michael Turton, Reporter

    What it lacks in options, it makes up for with engineering.

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Sports

  • Varsity Roundup: Haldane
    By Jacob Aframian, Reporter

    Soccer, tennis and volleyball results

  • beacon-football
    Varsity Roundup: Beacon
    By Nick Robbins, Reporter

    Football, soccer, volleyball, swimming, tennis and cross-country results

  • Travel Soccer Begins
    By Ross Corsair, Photographer

    Philipstown clubs open fall season

  • Clem Grossman advances the ball for Haldane on Wednesday (Sept. 13) in a loss to Croton-Harmon. For more photos, see highlandscurrent.org. Photo by Skip Pearlman
    Varsity Roundup: Haldane
    By Jacob Aframian, Reporter

    Football, soccer, tennis, cross-country and volleyball results

  • beacon bulldogs logo
    Varsity Roundup: Beacon
    By Nick Robbins, Reporter

    Football, volleyball, soccer, cross-country and swimming results

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Food

  • Sweet Corn Risotto
    Small, Good Things: Simply Seasonal
    By Joe Dizney, Food Columnist

    A recipe with ingredients you can find!

  • Zucchini Betty
    Mouths to Feed: An Evening Meal
    By Celia Barbour, Food Columnist

    Savoring the last days of summer

  • Tuna Salad with Green Olives, 
Capers and Fennel
    Mouths to Feed: Fish Hooks
    By Celia Barbour, Food Columnist

    The summer of tinned fish rolls on

  • Fisherman’s Eggs, Sicilian Style
    Small, Good Things: The Tin Man
    By Joe Dizney, Food Columnist

    Tinned fish take a trip to Sicily

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Gardening

  • Tussock moth caterpillars have been busy eating leaves and growing fast for their next stage. Photo by P. Doan
    Roots and Shoots: Fall Prep
    By Pamela Doan, Columnist

    Don't stop weeding just yet

  • evergreens
    Roots and Shoots: Evergreens in the Garden
    By Pamela Doan, Columnist

    I wasn't initially a fan, but they grew on me

  • A shadbush blooms in the school garden at Haldane in Cold Spring. Photo by P. Doan
    Roots and Shoots: Consider the Trees
    By Pamela Doan, Columnist

    Which trees have more resilience against the changing climate?

  • Bottlebush buckeye is a shrub that likes shade and forms thickets. Photos by P. Doan
    Roots and Shoots: Mid-Season Highlights
    By Pamela Doan, Columnist

    What's doing well so far

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Special Reports

  • Photovoltaic solar panels on sunset sky background,green clean energy concept.
    The Sun Rises on Solar, Part 1
    By Leonard Sparks, Senior Editor

    Climate concerns, gas prices drive installations

  • Beacon dummy light
    Then, Now and How
    By Jeff Simms, Beacon Editor

    Twenty-five years ago, Beacon was falling apart. It has been revived. But at what price?

  • A science teacher at Rombout Middle School in Beacon has been reassigned following complaints about comments she made in the classroom. Photo by Valerie Shivel
    Confusion in the Classroom
    By Jeff Simms, Beacon Editor

    What can a district do when a teacher spreads misinformation?

  • John Stowell gathers maple sap near Hubbard Lodge in Philipstown.
    Dire Warmings
    By Brian PJ Cronin, Reporter

    Mild winter was a sign of trouble for Hudson Valley agriculture 

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High Schools

  • Blue Print logo
    Haldane’s Paper: The Blue Print
    By Contributor

    Excerpts from four recent issues

  • Breaking Beacon
    BHS Paper: Breaking Beacon
    By Contributor

    Highlights from recent issues of the Beacon High School student newspaper

  • Mike Pennacchio
    Q&A: Mike Pennacchio
    By Jason Derasmo, Correspondent/Student Journalists Program

    1982 Beacon High grad marks 40 years working for school district

  • Route 301
    Braving Route 301
    By Eamon Wall, Correspondent/Student Journalists Program

    Speeding cars imperil pedestrians

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Current Conversations

  • Breakfast Clown (Toast), 2017
    Podcast: Bring on the Clown
    By Chip Rowe, Editor

    Beacon resident performs as clown in Macy's Thanksgiving parade

  • Dinky Romilly with her parents
    Podcast: Civil Rights | The Mitford Sisters
    By Peter Stevenson, Contributor

    Philipstown resident on civil rights movement, famous mother

  • Guy Felixbrodt competing barefoot in the bike portion of the Ironman (Photo provided)
    Podcast: The Barefoot Ironman
    By Brian PJ Cronin, Reporter

    Beacon resident explains how he stays grounded

  • Margaret Sullivan
    Podcast: The Future Of Local Journalism
    By Chip Rowe, Editor

    A media columnist discusses the challenges facing community news

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Obituaries

  • candles
    Beacon Obituaries
    By Staff

    Kathy Foley, Carol Fudge, Doug Kearney, Ann LoSasso, Gary Maneri, Millie Raymond

  • Donald Teff (1942-2023)
    By Paid Notice

    Cold Spring resident was gifted writer, speaker

  • candles
    Beacon Obituaries
    By Staff

    Frank Baxter, Grace Ostrander

  • Holly Mackin
    Holly Mackin (1964-2023)
    By Staff

    Cold Spring resident was nutritionist, EMT

  • candles
    Beacon Obituaries
    By Staff

    Joseph Arnold, Elvira Ayala, George Santa Maria

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