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The Current is a nonprofit weekly newspaper and website that covers Beacon and Philipstown (Cold Spring, Nelsonville, Garrison, North Highlands and Continental Village) in New York's Hudson Highlands.
The Dutchess County Legislature approved the appointment by the county executive of Dr. Andrew Guajardo as medical examiner.
Mesh fencing will be installed at the Bear Mountain Bridge that advocates believe would have prevented the deaths of dozens of people who have used the bridge to take their own lives.
New York announced that it will begin a six-county pilot program to test private wells for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Dutchess and Putnam.
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Cub Scout Pack 137 held its annual Pinewood Derby on March 7 at the Philipstown Recreation Center. Emma Bishop won first place, followed by Silas Rauch and Ben Swiader.
Beacon Obituaries. Tully McElrath, Laura Ragaglia, Terrance Raymond buff.ly/s3Hi3OX
The Garrison School hopes to better utilize its 181-acre forest, donated to the district in 1956 for environmental education by the Osborne, Gunther and Sloane families, by adding an outdoor classroom with a nearby composting toilet.
Here's what the latest local, state and national gas prices per gallon are, and how they've changed in the past month.
During the intermission of Savage Circus: Vaudeville of the Absurd, presented at Savage Wonder in Beacon every Saturday through the end of March, one man said, “That was one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen.”
The Taconic Outdoor Education Center in Philipstown held its 31st annual Maple Syrup Celebration — always a sellout — on March 7. Along with breakfast, there were demonstrations of how trees are tapped for sap, and how sap becomes syrup.
Nearly 18 months after beginning its review, the Beacon Planning Board approved an application to construct a three-story addition on the historic Telephone Building at 291 Main St.
This week's "5 Questions" is with Anthony “Zep” Thomaselli, a lifelong Beacon resident who will be the grand marshal for today's Parade of Green.
Beacon city clerk Amanda Caputo discovered handwritten articles of incorporation for the Village of Matteawan buried under decades of dirt, dust and who knows what else at the city’s Transfer Station.
Maxwell Kofi Donkor, a native of Ghana, led a traditional African drumming workshop at the Howland Cultural Center in Beacon.
Three local athletes brought home medals at the state track and field championships in Staten Island.
Rombout Middle School Honor Roll. Beacon students recognized for second-quarter grades buff.ly/vqJbblW
New York State announced that it will distribute $15 million to 13 workforce development projects, including at the Fishkill campus of Dutchess Community College.
The Parade of Green, Maple Syrup Day, and a talk with a tall ship captain : All this and more coming up in The Week Ahead
The Putnam County Democratic Committee made the first endorsements for its slate for the November election.
The Putnam Conservative Party announced its slate for county, state and federal offices, endorsing its chairman, William Spain Jr., for county executive over incumbent Republican Kevin Byrne.
What can eager and winter-weary gardeners do — and not do — in the next two weeks as we count down to the first day of spring?
The Dutchess County Legislature passed a resolution opposing a proposed federal immigration detention facility in Orange County.
The bad news is that our food columnist injured his hand. The good news is that it inspired him to create a recipe so simple that you can literally make it one-handed.
In the regional semifinal against Section 1 champ Tappan Zee, the Bulldogs lost 49-33 to the Dutchmen at Mahopac High School.
Putnam County is conducting its first study of the public transit system since 2013 and wants resident feedback on routes, paratransit and on-demand services.
In her music videos and on the streets of Beacon, Tara O’Grady looks like she stepped out of a silent or Technicolor blockbuster from yesteryear.
The Putnam County Youth Bureau and Youth Board announced the recipients of its 2026 Youth Awards.
The Dutchess County Department of Health, in partnership with Dutchess BOCES and The Art Effect, announced an anti-vaping art contest for students ages 14 to 18.
