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23+ hour, 17+ min ago   (140+ words) highlandscurrent.org April rescue forced closure The Beacon High School swimming pool has reopened after sustaining structural damage in April when firefighters rescued a child whose finger was trapped in a gap in the pool’s edge. The pool is open…...

1+ day, 35+ min ago   (441+ words) Darrell Dwyer passed away suddenly after a brief illness on Aug. 3. My sadness is infinite sadness and my heart is broken. Darrell was my husband and life partner for over 60 years. He was brilliant and astonishingly well-read. He especially loved…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (487+ words) Francis A. Russo, 84, a longtime resident of Fishkill who grew up in Cold Spring, died at his home on Aug. 12. He was born Aug. 9, 1942, in Newport News, Virginia, where his father was stationed in the Navy. Frank, the son of Frank…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (679+ words) James H. “Jim” Bell Sr., 74, of Peckville/Blakely, Pennsylvania, and formerly of Beacon, died Aug. 10. Jim loved the outdoors, especially hunting and fishing. He was also a firefighter and the type of person willing to lend a hand whenever someone needed…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (119+ words) Welcome Table highlandscurrent.org You have infinite page views remaining. Fareground provides a free dinner each Friday at the First Presbyterian in Beacon. On July 24, 18 volunteers under the direction of head chef Beatrice Clay served 122 meals with donations from Second…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (123+ words) Making Ice Cream highlandscurrent.org You have infinite page views remaining. Librarian Ryan Biracree led a workshop on Aug. 5 at the Desmond-Fish Public Library in Garrison in which children delighted in making ice cream in plastic bags with half & half,…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (440+ words) highlandscurrent.org Sharon Watts, who lives in Beacon, is the author of The Rather Magnificent Bert Sommer: Woodstock’s Lost Treasure She will talk about the book at the Howland Public Library at 6 p.m Did you always want to…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (359+ words) What horror lies beneath the Beaconcrest Hotel? Built on the north peak of Mount Beacon in 1908, the 60-room hotel, along with the adjacent Mount Beacon Casino, was one of the Hudson Valley’s top tourist destinations during the Roaring Twenties. Postcards…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (454+ words) The Beacon Planning Board on Tuesday (Aug. 11) approved an application to convert 1154 North Ave. to a karaoke bar called The Howl. The Planning Board authorized Gunn to sign site plans to finalize the 2019 approval of a housing project at 53 Eliza…...