Nine companies that serve as alternative electricity and gas suppliers to customers of Central Hudson and other utilities agreed to pay $50 million in bill credits and offer a discount program to resolve claims of wrongdoing.
A Beacon man died on Saturday (April 18) after being ejected from his dirt bike while riding on a track about 2½ hours north of the city in Washington County, according to the state police.
In this week's "My View" column, Philip Berg makes the case for not ditching the rails when you build a rail trail.
This week marks the return of our "Baby & Dog" feature, which is designed as a counterweight to all the bad news in the world that weighs people down.
This week's "5 Questions" is with Beacon's Olivia Hunter, who will run the London Marathon on April 26 to raise money for the Royal National Institute for Deaf People.
In homage to the Italian artist, Piero Manzoni, who staged a similar event in 1961, Magazzino hosted an open call to visitors on April 11 and 12 to stand on Manzoni’s “Base magica” (“Magic Base”) and become art. Beacon photographer Alejandro Lopez was there to capture each new piece.
Here is how our House and Senate members voted on select issues during the legislative week ending April 17.
The sloop Clearwater has started its summer sailing season, but it will end early because of a scheduled rebuild that begins in July.
Jackie Grant of the Philipstown Garden Club led a scavenger hunt for children along the Glenclyffe Trail in Philipstown designed to “safeguard their sense of wonder.” Among the items: a ruin, an old iron ring, a sawed-off log with a hole and forsythia, bloodroot, skunk cabbage and trout lilies.
For at least a year, the Beacon City Council has grappled with how to address housing “affordability.”
The Nelsonville Village Board adopted a $392,497 budget for 2026-27, a 3.4 increase over the current year.
Each year, the state Comptroller’s Office analyzes data submitted by municipalities and school districts and assigns fiscal- and environmental-health scores on a 100-point scale. So how did the Highlands score?
The Haldane Girls' Lacrosse team hosted Hastings on Tuesday (April 14) and took control from the outset, walking off with an 18-10 victory to improve to 4-1.
The Fishkill Planning Board concluded on April 9 that the plan to restore the 158-year-old Dutchess Manor into a visitor’s center and offices for the Hudson Highlands Fjord Trail will not have a significant environmental impact.
We’re working on a story about challenges local residents may face buying and affording health insurance after recent changes to the Affordable Care Act. If you’d like to share your story, reach out to our reporter Joey Asher at jasher@highlandscurrent.org.
The Beacon Baseball team won two games before dropping a third, beginning with a 10-4 win in its home opener against Warwick on April 10.
Voters in the Beacon City School District will be asked on May 19 to approve a $91.9 million budget that would allow Rombout Middle School to expand to a nine-period day in 2026-27.
The Hudson Valley Renegades, the High-A minor league team that plays at Heritage Financial Park just north of Beacon, opened its home season on April 7 in what the announcer noted were chillier conditions (36 degrees) than Anchorage, Alaska (39 degrees).
Bubbles, bluegrass, and the return of the Soup 4 Greens fundraiser: All this and more coming up in The Week Ahead.
About 10 years ago, Cold Spring resident Andy Reid was headed to Fishkill when he spotted a 1974 Triumph TR6 sitting outside Double Z Motors on Route 9 with a “For Sale” sign on the windshield.
“I made a U-turn,” Reid recalled.
