The Howland Public Library in Beacon will hold its annual budget and trustee vote on Thursday (May 1) from noon to 8 p.m. at the library. It is open to residents of the Beacon City School District.

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In Garrison, Sarah Tormey and Kent Schacht submitted nominating petitions by the Monday (April 21) deadline to run for new ...

The state Department of Transportation announced on Friday (April 18) that is plans to close one lane of Route 9D between its ...

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A Putnam judge on Wednesday (April 16) ruled that the county Legislature violated state law when it rejected a recommendation to add a Patterson farm raising chickens, cows and other livestock to a ...

Gwen Laster, a violinist who lives in Beacon, was named on Tuesday (April 15) as one of 198 recipients of a Guggenheim ...

Editor’s note: Beacon was created in 1913 from Matteawan and Fishkill Landing. Israel Knapp of Fishkill, who had been unable ...

Charles Gorges of Garrison passed away suddenly on April 18, 2025, at home. He was 75. He was born on Feb. 28, 1950, in ...