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The Highlands Current @highlandscurrent.bsky.social · 12h

SPONSORED Check out our special Highlands House and Home section for profiles of Dain's Lumber, Garrison Foundry, River Architects and Shelter Air! buff.ly/s3HP1Xt

Highlands House and Home

Read our profiles of Dain's Lumber, Garrison Foundry, River Architects and Shelter Air

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The Highlands Current @highlandscurrent.bsky.social · 15h

Philipstown’s Town Board received draft regulations for short-term rentals such as Airbnb and Vrbo that require annual permits, along with a ban on parties, limits on stays and requirements for off-site parking. buff.ly/1Ykc262

Philipstown Drafts Short-Term Rental Regs

Would require permits, ban parties

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The Highlands Current @highlandscurrent.bsky.social · 17h

Heather Christian, a Beacon-based composer, playwright and vocalist, is among 22 people named as 2025 MacArthur fellows, the organization announced Wednesday (Oct. 8). The awards provide $800,000, paid out in quarterly installments over five years, with no strings attached.

Beacon Composer Wins MacArthur Grant

Will receive $800,000 over five years

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The Highlands Current @highlandscurrent.bsky.social · 1d

Here is how New York’s two senators voted on select issues during the legislative week ending Oct. 3, buff.ly/jdJesd3

How They Voted (Congress)

Select votes by our Senate members through Oct. 3

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The Highlands Current @highlandscurrent.bsky.social · 1d

The Cold Spring Board of Trustees will hold public hearing at 7 p.m. on Wednesday (Oct. 8) to hear feedback on proposed changes to two chapters of the Village Code. buff.ly/LTyT0ZC

Cold Spring to Hold Public Hearing

Proposals would change parking restrictions

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The Highlands Current @highlandscurrent.bsky.social · 1d

SPONSORED From the hustle of New York City to the heart of Cold Spring—meet the principals of River Architects, Juhee Lee-Hartford and James Hartford! #RiverArchitects #ColdSpringNY #HudsonValleyDesign #MeetTheArchitects #SustainableDesign #ArchitectureFirm #DesignDuo buff.ly/sAXw6te

River Architects in Cold Spring

Two architects unite at home and work

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The Highlands Current @highlandscurrent.bsky.social · 1d

Beacon Obituaries. Michael Coles, Anna Fredericks, Cleo McKinney, Shontalea Nimmons, Joe Osterhoudt buff.ly/xwmY18Y

Beacon Obituaries

Michael Coles, Anna Fredericks, Cleo McKinney, Shontalea Nimmons, Joe Osterhoudt

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The Highlands Current @highlandscurrent.bsky.social · 1d

Haldane Inducts Eight into Athletic Hall of Fame. Players, coaches and teams recognized at ceremony buff.ly/QpJUDJO

Haldane Inducts Eight into Athletic Hall of Fame

Players, coaches and teams recognized at ceremony

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The Highlands Current @highlandscurrent.bsky.social · 1d

Around Town (Photos). Lions gather, Land Trust party buff.ly/vBHiyl6

Around Town (Photos)

Lions gather, Land Trust party

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The Highlands Current @highlandscurrent.bsky.social · 2d

State Declares Burn Ban. Continues through Oct. 15 buff.ly/SDePCtu

State Declares Burn Ban

Continues through Oct. 15

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The Highlands Current @highlandscurrent.bsky.social · 2d

Tim Sullivan (1943-2025). Cold Spring resident was barber for 60 years buff.ly/6FtSJRO

Tim Sullivan (1943-2025)

Cold Spring resident was barber for 60 years

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The Highlands Current @highlandscurrent.bsky.social · 2d

On The Spot. Do you prefer traveling by plane, train or automobile? buff.ly/CvwT1U1

On The Spot

Do you prefer traveling by plane, train or automobile?

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The Highlands Current @highlandscurrent.bsky.social · 2d

The Beacon City Council will hold a pair of public hearings tonight (Monday Oct. 6,) concerning prospective zoning changes and partial property tax exemptions on parcels with accessory dwelling units. buff.ly/cBmwCzz

Zoning, Tax Hearings Set in Beacon

Council to gather feedback on Monday (Oct. 6)

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The Highlands Current @highlandscurrent.bsky.social · 2d

Start your week off with a laugh...https://buff.ly/litI81x

The Cartoon

Worth one laugh...

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The Highlands Current @highlandscurrent.bsky.social · 2d

A Super Harvest Moon will shine down on the Hudson Valley tonight, and Joe Dizney has the perfect recipe to commemorate the event. buff.ly/vVGtuN5

Small, Good Things: Shine On Brightly

Celebrating the Super Harvest Moon

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The Highlands Current @highlandscurrent.bsky.social · 3d

Climate change is affecting the ways in which both birds and people migrate, and raising some difficult questions in the process. buff.ly/LqrFwg1

Out There: Migratory Patterns

When the climate forces you to move

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The Highlands Current @highlandscurrent.bsky.social · 3d

The judge’s seat at the Cold Spring Justice Court is up for grabs in the Nov. 4 election — but the ballot will not list any candidates.

The unusual circumstance arose after Justice Thomas Costello, who has served for 24 years, decided not to seek reelection. buff.ly/tyZW9UU

You Be the Judge

No candidates on ballot for Cold Spring justice

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The Highlands Current @highlandscurrent.bsky.social · 3d

A Modern Voice from the 19th Century. In a classic work, a woman suffers in silence buff.ly/J32xEWs

A Modern Voice from the 19th Century

In a classic work, a woman suffers in silence

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The Highlands Current @highlandscurrent.bsky.social · 3d

Week of Oct. 3. Our weekly collection of number games and puzzles buff.ly/A19jPT6

Week of Oct. 3

Our weekly collection of number games and puzzles

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The Highlands Current @highlandscurrent.bsky.social · 3d

Byrne Unveils $222M Putnam Budget. Wants Nelsonville station named for McConville buff.ly/dpR96aB

Byrne Unveils $222M Putnam Budget

Wants Nelsonville station named for McConville

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The Highlands Current @highlandscurrent.bsky.social · 3d

A half dozen bands from around the Hudson Valley are bringing the musical mayhem to Industrial Arts Brewing in Beacon on Sunday (Oct. 5) for an afternoon, all-ages punk show. buff.ly/Kro2eTt

A Sunday Afternoon of Hardcore Punk

Industrial Arts will host all-ages show

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The Highlands Current @highlandscurrent.bsky.social · 4d

Putnam Cancels School Flu Shots. Cites lack of nurses, low participation buff.ly/9KVsemI

Putnam Cancels School Flu Shots

Cites lack of nurses, low participation

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The Highlands Current @highlandscurrent.bsky.social · 4d

A Cold Spring photographer who has documented protests against the Gaza war was arrested on Sept. 28 on charges of threatening an editor at The New York Times over its coverage of the conflict. buff.ly/9BMqtxn

Cold Spring Resident Accused of Threat

Arrested with women charged with defacing  NYT building

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The Highlands Current @highlandscurrent.bsky.social · 4d

Reporter’s Notebook: Taking a Stand. A local look at the Pledge of Allegiance buff.ly/z1nFLeQ

Reporter’s Notebook: Taking a Stand

A local look at the Pledge of Allegiance

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The Highlands Current @highlandscurrent.bsky.social · 4d

Spirit of Beacon (Photos). The city's 48th community day was Sept. 28 buff.ly/CGQChUJ

Spirit of Beacon (Photos)

The city's 48th community day was Sept. 28

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